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| Paid Research - Membership Required |
| What Translation Costs |
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| Keywords |
| translation, localization, pricing, buyer behavior, language service provider, business process outsourcing |
Abstract |
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“What Translation Costs” provides analysis and industry insight based on a survey of 156 language service providers (LSPs), the review of a dozen requests for proposals, and interviews with 35 buyers and LSPs. This original, independent research report offers both buyers and vendors of language services the tools they need to understand a complex marketplace.
With companies looking to produce a greater variety of products, improve quality, accelerate time-to-market, and maintain or reduce costs, the trend of turning to outsourced vendors for translation and localization services continues to rise. But what should buyers pay and what should vendors charge? Common Sense Advisory gets to the truth about translation pricing in this report.
Detailed Data
From manufacturing services to high-tech to consumer-based product developers, penetrating new markets globally requires effective translation and localization of your product or service. This report contains over 30 pages of survey results and analysis, complete with graphics and figures, which buyers from any industry can use to quickly assess norms and trends in pricing and services – and save time and money! The report also helps LSPs better position their companies to respond to requests for proposals.
About the Lead Analyst
This report effort was led by Renato Beninatto, who used his experience as VP of Sales at Berlitz GlobalNet and ALPNET to compile information that he lacked to do his job better when he was in sales.
Subscribers received this report as part of their annual subscription.
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Benefits |
In General:Both buyers and vendors of localization and translation services will benefit from:
- Detailed quantitative data based on actual prices paid and from a representative range of supplier list prices.
- Buyer’s guide to pricing data for translation services – all major languages surveyed.
- Understanding quotes – what to offer…what to buy.
- Independent and unbiased research and analysis.
- Indispensable tool for buyer budgeting, LSP sales and marketing planning.
- Understanding of market dynamics.
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For Buyers:Buyers of language services can use the report as a guide to understand market dynamics, calculate the price ranges for different services, and determine what different price points mean in terms of service.
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| For Suppliers:LSPs can learn to position themselves in a buyer’s market relative to the buyer behaviors identified, while finally gaining access to empirical data on pricing. |
Physical Details |
| Authors: Renato Beninatto and Donald A. DePalma |
| Date: 28 May 2004 |
| ISBN: 1-933555-00-9 |
| Pages: 35 |
Companies |
| Nokia, Ericsson, Telefónica, Repsol, Iberdrola, McDonald’s |
Table of Contents |
- Topic
- We Wanted to Determine Whether Price Is All Any Buyer Cares About
- Survey Results
- Methodology: Pricing Data We Used and How We Collected It
- Companies in North America and Western Europe Dominated Results
- U.S. Dollars Still Dominate Translation Commerce in North Atlantic Region
- Nearly Half of LSPs Charge Different International and Domestic Rates
- What LSPs Specify in Invoices: Services Offered in Localization Quotes
- Buyers Pay by the Word, Page, Line, and Box
- Buyers’ Guide to Pricing Data for Translation Services from English
- Arabic
- Central European Languages: Czech, Hungarian, & Polish
- Chinese for Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong
- Dutch for Netherlands and Flemish (Vlaams) for Belgium
- French for France, Canada, and the Francophone Zone
- German for All Markets
- Hebrew
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese for Brazil , Portugal, and Former Colonies
- Scandinavian Languages: Danish, Finnish, Swedish, and Norwegian
- Spanish for Spain and Latin America
- Conclusions from Pricing Survey
- Buy When the Price and Chemistry Are Right
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| Paid Research - Membership Required |
| What Translation Costs |
| |
| Keywords |
| translation, localization, pricing, buyer behavior, language service provider, business process outsourcing |
Abstract |
|
“What Translation Costs” provides analysis and industry insight based on a survey of 156 language service providers (LSPs), the review of a dozen requests for proposals, and interviews with 35 buyers and LSPs. This original, independent research report offers both buyers and vendors of language services the tools they need to understand a complex marketplace.
With companies looking to produce a greater variety of products, improve quality, accelerate time-to-market, and maintain or reduce costs, the trend of turning to outsourced vendors for translation and localization services continues to rise. But what should buyers pay and what should vendors charge? Common Sense Advisory gets to the truth about translation pricing in this report.
Detailed Data
From manufacturing services to high-tech to consumer-based product developers, penetrating new markets globally requires effective translation and localization of your product or service. This report contains over 30 pages of survey results and analysis, complete with graphics and figures, which buyers from any industry can use to quickly assess norms and trends in pricing and services – and save time and money! The report also helps LSPs better position their companies to respond to requests for proposals.
About the Lead Analyst
This report effort was led by Renato Beninatto, who used his experience as VP of Sales at Berlitz GlobalNet and ALPNET to compile information that he lacked to do his job better when he was in sales.
Subscribers received this report as part of their annual subscription.
|
Benefits |
In General:Both buyers and vendors of localization and translation services will benefit from:
- Detailed quantitative data based on actual prices paid and from a representative range of supplier list prices.
- Buyer’s guide to pricing data for translation services – all major languages surveyed.
- Understanding quotes – what to offer…what to buy.
- Independent and unbiased research and analysis.
- Indispensable tool for buyer budgeting, LSP sales and marketing planning.
- Understanding of market dynamics.
|
For Buyers:Buyers of language services can use the report as a guide to understand market dynamics, calculate the price ranges for different services, and determine what different price points mean in terms of service.
|
| For Suppliers:LSPs can learn to position themselves in a buyer’s market relative to the buyer behaviors identified, while finally gaining access to empirical data on pricing. |
Physical Details |
| Authors: Renato Beninatto and Donald A. DePalma |
| Date: 28 May 2004 |
| ISBN: 1-933555-00-9 |
| Pages: 35 |
Companies |
| Nokia, Ericsson, Telefónica, Repsol, Iberdrola, McDonald’s |
Table of Contents |
- Topic
- We Wanted to Determine Whether Price Is All Any Buyer Cares About
- Survey Results
- Methodology: Pricing Data We Used and How We Collected It
- Companies in North America and Western Europe Dominated Results
- U.S. Dollars Still Dominate Translation Commerce in North Atlantic Region
- Nearly Half of LSPs Charge Different International and Domestic Rates
- What LSPs Specify in Invoices: Services Offered in Localization Quotes
- Buyers Pay by the Word, Page, Line, and Box
- Buyers’ Guide to Pricing Data for Translation Services from English
- Arabic
- Central European Languages: Czech, Hungarian, & Polish
- Chinese for Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong
- Dutch for Netherlands and Flemish (Vlaams) for Belgium
- French for France, Canada, and the Francophone Zone
- German for All Markets
- Hebrew
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese for Brazil , Portugal, and Former Colonies
- Scandinavian Languages: Danish, Finnish, Swedish, and Norwegian
- Spanish for Spain and Latin America
- Conclusions from Pricing Survey
- Buy When the Price and Chemistry Are Right
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