An organization is an entity, or social arrangement, which has a specific collective goal(s). There are many types of organizations (research organizations, non-profit organizations, environmental organizations, educational organizations, trade unions, professional organizations, the list is endless). Each organization has its specific programs, agendas, objectives and/or services.

Ideally, the content of an organization’s website should express the diversity of the organization, its philosophy, its programs or the services it provides. Organizational websites aim to express the interests and opinions of a niche group.

An organization that needs to break through language (the North American society, for example, is becoming much more multicultural) and geographical barriers, will often realize that it is not enough to have a unilingual website on the Internet, and will decide to translate its website into the language(s) of its targeted audience(s).

While free MT (Machine Translation)-over-the-Internet systems may serve to express the “gist” of a message, they cannot be compared to professional human website translation services. An organization that has decided to globalize or internationalize its online content should only trust reputable website translation professionals with the task.

Capital Typing’s Language Translation department employs experienced website translation professionals and provides website translation services in several languages (English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish …).  Our website translators translate into their native languages and understand the audiences they are translating for.  They know that sloppily translated websites will not attract audiences – and may not even show up in all Web searches.

We have translated hundreds of organizational websites, and we always make a point of working with the client to identify organizational objectives in order to transform these into effective website features in the chosen Target Language before starting the website translation process.

Capital Typing’s custom-tailored website translation process includes defining the exact output formats, delivery method, timeframe (start date, review deadlines, review times, final deadlines), testing scripts and all other project-specific details.

Organizational website translation (like all Website translation) presents certain challenges. Text expansion is one example. English, when translated into most other languages, expands by up to 20%. This may mean that the translated text will expand outside of the space allotted, impacting other elements of the website. This is even more problematic when text is “embedded” into graphic elements. At Capital Typing, our website translation professionals will work with your organization’s website designers to ensure that the translated website displays properly and is fully functional and effective.

Organizational websites may elect to translate only the core pages of their websites, or to add foreign language versions to existing websites or to translate the entire organizational website. At Capital Typing, we can help you decide which option best suits your needs. We provide affordable professional website translation services for HTML, XML, XHTML, JAVA, FLASH, CSS and ASP files. Call Capital Typing now.