Because you're not willing to bet your brand image on Google Translate's ability to capture exactly what you mean.
Give us a try!Translating medical documents? We have doctors on staff. Translating technical spec? You guessed it, we've got software developers, too. Domain knowledge matters when language needs to be precise.
We must be doing something right. A4 has been producing high quality translation and design solutions since Bill Clinton was president.
Our president is a veteran software developer who brings technological efficiency and sophistication to our operations. He has also worked with bots long enough to know not to trust them...
A4's translation pipeline is industry leading, and prioritizes
accuracy and efficiency. Here's a quick rundown:
Drop your files and job details into our online portal. This kicks off a series of automations that alert our team and start the job.
An automated job strips the text from your documents and sends the plain text to our translators, making it easier for them to focus on the words they're translating.
When the translator is done they advance the task to the next step, which alerts the designer. The designer then gets to work adapting the original file(s) to the new language.
The job is then sent to a member of the review team, made up of our most senior translators, whose only job is to ensure accuracy and design quality.
Let's take a look at an example of how automatic
or AI translation tools can get you into trouble.
Let's say you wanted to translate this into French:
An automatic translation might give you this:
In French, “mettre sur la table” literally means to put something on the table, as in to make it the focus of a conversation. However, the English phrase "table this discussion" actually means to pause or postpone it—nearly the opposite. A human translator would understand the context and likely render it as: "Reportons cette discussion pour l’instant et y revenons plus tard."
We price every job using the same formula in order to
ensure fair, predictable rates for our customers.
Give it a shot and see what your project will run.
First-time customers get 25% off!
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*Price may vary depending on final assessment of complexity
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