In-house translator vs. Translation Company, which one is more efficient?


In-house translator vs. Translation Company, which one is more efficient?

Companies that market products or services internationally to consumers often face challenges. This is because they are debating whether to hire an in-house translator or use a translation company. To increase efficiencies, reduce costs, or shorten time to market, they will eventually have to choose between the two.

The advantage of hiring an in-house translator is that he/she can easily translate as he/she knows company's internal process and exceptional brand expertise. However, the work of in-house translators can be overloaded when carrying out large-scale projects.


Some marketing projects require strategies such as multilingual transcreation and copy-writing that only translation companies can do. Translation companies also offer a pool of multilingual translators when they want to add a new language to their website. Hiring a professional translation company gives you a large pool of translators to choose from to meet your needs. Translation quality is also a great advantage to be able to receive high-quality results that are managed by a professional translation team. Translation quality control is a big problem for companies that hire in-house translators. Because they only have a handful of translators, thus, the general quality assurance of translations is often poor. To maintain high-quality translations, many companies hire translation companies.



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