Common Sense Advisory

What are the defining characteristics of the Indian market for translation and interpreting services? What is the typical service mix, rate of growth, and average revenue per employee? How much re-selling takes place in this market? This brief sheds light on the language service provider (LSP) landscape of India, based on 995 LSPs we identified in this market, and detailed findings from a survey of 36 Indian translation and interpreting firms.

What are the defining characteristics of the Spanish market for translation and interpreting services? What is the typical service mix, rate of growth, and average revenue per employee? How much re-selling takes place in this market? This brief sheds light on the language service provider (LSP) landscape of Spain, based on 1,520 LSPs we identified in this market, and detailed findings from a survey of 67 Spanish translation and interpreting firms.

Global Leaders | The exploding demand for products in more and more languages, coupled with the ever-increasing need for speed to reach local markets from day one on a variety of platforms, has turned what used to be a long-distance run into a 50-meter sprint. This report defines how localization is being transformed by these three powerful forces, and what organizations must do to accomplish the transition to worldwide scalability for their global product development process, including localization.

Industry Providers | Translation tools are following many corporate applications to a hosted, web-based, or software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. A wide range of computer-aided translation (CAT) tools, translation management systems (TMS), terminology management, and machine translation (MT) software developers have adopted the “cloud” metaphor in their marketing. Similarly, many language service providers offer their workflow management or custom TMS systems through a web-based connection. This brief outlines the IT and translation requirements for using translation software in the cloud.

What are the defining characteristics of the Italian market for translation and interpreting services? What is the typical service mix, rate of growth, and average revenue per employee? How much re-selling takes place in this market? This brief sheds light on the language service provider (LSP) landscape of Italy, based on 1,036 LSPs we identified in this market, and detailed findings from a survey of 34 Italian translation and interpreting firms.

Industry Providers | Partnering and re-selling agreements are common in the global market for translation, interpreting, and other language services. Because of this fact, it is commonplace for companies to count other language service providers (LSPs) – even competitors – among their clients. How much of total revenue corresponds to sales to other LSPs in the Nordic region? In this brief, we examine this question.

Global Leaders | Our research takes us to enough websites that we can quickly separate properties that are clearly global in design and intent from the poseurs. In this brief, we outline three things that we expect to see whenever we visit a globalized site and another two that we contend would be valuable additions to any organization’s online presence.

Global Leaders | Colors can evoke strong emotions. The problem for global marketers is that the meaning of a given hue can vary drastically from one place to another. How can you make sure that the colors you use for your logo, product packaging, and other branding and marketing materials are appropriate for the cultures you wish to target? In this guide, we provide maps to help you quickly identify the connotations of every major color, so that you can determine how your company’s color choices will be perceived in major regions of the world.

How much do interpreters earn? What is the average hourly rate? How common is it to charge for travel time? These and other questions are answered in this detailed, comprehensive review of the North American market for interpreting services across all major industry sectors.

Global Leaders | Spending power is growing quickly among many market segments throughout the world. If it’s time for your company to retool its emerging markets strategy, this brief provides guidelines to get you started on the right path.

This brief details and analyzes buyer and supplier responses to our quarterly business confidence survey for the first quarter of 2010.

In this brief, we present 35 of the world’s leading providers of translation, localization, and interpreting services. We also size the market based on 2009 reported revenue data, and present our projections for the next five years.

Global Leaders | This report focuses on improving the source quality of technical communications at software and other high-tech companies, but the findings apply to any manufacturing or service organization that publishes end-user or technical documentation, support information, and even marketing materials.

Industry Providers | “How big is the global market for translation and interpreting services, and how fast is it growing?” “How many language service providers (LSPs) are there in the entire world?” “How much of the market corresponds to each region?” “Is it true that this market is recession-proof?”“Who are the biggest players?” These are questions we hear all the time. In this report, we answer them. We also provide insight into our methodology and answer questions about the process we used to collect the data, develop our rankings, and calculate the market size.

Organizations often wonder which language service providers (LSPs) are the largest in a given region of the world. In this brief, Common Sense Advisory presents our first-ever list of the largest suppliers in Western Europe.

Organizations often wonder which language service providers (LSPs) are the largest in a given region of the world. In this brief, Common Sense Advisory presents our first-ever list of the largest suppliers in Eastern Europe.

Organizations often wonder which language service providers (LSPs) are the largest in a given region of the world. In this brief, Common Sense Advisory presents our first-ever list of the largest suppliers in Southern Europe.

Organizations often wonder which language service providers (LSPs) are the largest in a given region of the world. In this brief, Common Sense Advisory presents our first-ever list of the largest suppliers in Northern Europe.

Organizations often wonder which language service providers (LSPs) are the largest in a given region of the world. In this brief, Common Sense Advisory presents our first-ever list of the largest suppliers in North America.

Organizations often wonder which language service providers (LSPs) are the largest in a given region of the world. In this brief, Common Sense Advisory presents our first-ever list of the largest suppliers in Latin America.