Budgeting for Translations

is being presented by Jason Heaton, with ForeignExchange Translations, Inc. and airs on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011. For more details, or to register please visit our site at www.fxconferences.com

Do you struggle with budgeting for translations? You’re not alone. Translation used to be an afterthought, a line item tacked onto the bottom of a budget. My, how things have changed... With the flattening world comes an increased need for localized, translated product documentation. In a tough global economy, companies’ upper management are sharpening pencils and paying more attention to translation costs. This means more pressure to find ways to accurately forecast, and budget for, translations.

The trouble is, translation work has many variables that conspire to make budgeting seem like something akin to fortune telling. Project schedules, different language needs and rates, document types and translation memory leveraging are only some of these variables. The key to increasing accuracy in translation budgeting lies in the ability to minimize or lock down the variability to a predictable level.

This audio conference provides an overview of the variables that impact translation budgeting. It offers an insider’s view of how projects are priced at a translation agency and how you can maximize efficiency and work with your providers to keep costs lower and more predictable. Finally, the discussion covers concrete tips on how to create ballpark budgets for your translation projects and extrapolate for quarterly and annual numbers.

Budgeting for Translations

is being presented by Jason Heaton, of ForeignExchange Translations and airs on Wednesday, September 29th, 2010. For more details or to register, please visit our site at www.fxconferences.com

Do you struggle with budgeting for translations? You’re not alone. Translation used to be an afterthought, a line item tacked onto the bottom of a budget. My, how things have changed... With the flattening world comes an increased need for localized, translated product documentation. In a tough global economy, companies’ upper management are sharpening pencils and paying more attention to translation costs. This means more pressure to find ways to accurately forecast, and budget for, translations.

The trouble is, translation work has many variables that conspire to make budgeting seem like something akin to fortune telling. Project schedules, different language needs and rates, document types and translation memory leveraging are only some of these variables. The key to increasing accuracy in translation budgeting lies in the ability to minimize or lock down the variability to a predictable level.

This audio conference provides an overview of the variables that impact translation budgeting. It offers an insider’s view of how projects are priced at a translation agency and how you can maximize efficiency and work with your providers to keep costs lower and more predictable. Finally, the discussion covers concrete tips on how to create ballpark budgets for your translation projects and extrapolate for quarterly and annual numbers.

Budgeting for Translations

Do you struggle with budgeting for translations? You’re not alone. Translation used to be an afterthought, a line item tacked onto the bottom of a budget. My, how things have changed... With the flattening world comes an increased need for localized, translated product documentation. In a tough global economy, companies’ upper management are sharpening pencils and paying more attention to translation costs. This means more pressure to find ways to accurately forecast, and budget for, translations.

The trouble is, translation work has many variables that conspire to make budgeting seem like something akin to fortune telling. Project schedules, different language needs and rates, document types and translation memory leveraging are only some of these variables. The key to increasing accuracy in translation budgeting lies in the ability to minimize or lock down the variability to a predictable level.

This audio conference provides an overview of the variables that impact translation budgeting. It offers an insider’s view of how projects are priced at a translation agency and how you can maximize efficiency and work with your providers to keep costs lower and more predictable. Finally, the discussion covers concrete tips on how to create ballpark budgets for your translation projects and extrapolate for quarterly and annual numbers.

Budgeting for Translations was presented by Jason Heaton, with ForeignExchange Translations, and aired on 2009-01-14. To purchase a download of this event, please visit our site at www.fxconferences.com

Getting Along Famously: Creating Harmony in Project Teams

Cutbacks! Layoffs! Budget reductions! Like many industries, it feels like the life sciences are under seige these days. In this workplace environment, managing teams is not good enough, muddling through is not an option. Today’s teams are being asked to do more with less, overcome functional and cultural differences and devise domestic and global solutions. With these weighty agendas, R&D teams have no time for less than the highest level of performance at every team meeting, making quality decisions, meeting deadlines and sticking to a tight budget.

In this audio conference, our speaker shares expert advice on how R&D teams can get along famously, moving from discordant, wasteful, dysfunctional teams to harmonious, functioning teams through a set of “people science” solutions.

Getting Along Famously: Creating Harmony in Project Teams is being presented by Susan Morris, President, Morris Consulting Group, LLC and airs on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009. For more details or to register for this conference, please visit our site www.fxconferences.com