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Using Localization Consultants
26/01/14 21:51 Archived in: E-zine
By Peter Kjeldsen,
There are many ways to use a consultant, but the main thing to keep in mind is that the consultant is there to help their client achieve a certain result. As an expert, there are many things the consultant can help the client with, however, the client must understand that it is only possible to benefit from expert advice if you act on it. Additionally, you have to be honest with yourself and the consultant in order for the relationship to work.
Using a localisation consultant can, in many instances, keep down the cost of your localisation projects. Let’s say you’re working for a software company who needs to localise one of their projects, and you have noticed that you get very different quotations from the localisation companies you have asked to quote. Some people would say; go with the least expensive solution, others would instantly rule out the least expensive solution in favour of a more expensive solution simply because they will be suspicious about the cheap solution.
No matter what you think, or the sales people tell you, the price difference is more than likely caused by you not controlling the quotation process properly. Read More...
There are many ways to use a consultant, but the main thing to keep in mind is that the consultant is there to help their client achieve a certain result. As an expert, there are many things the consultant can help the client with, however, the client must understand that it is only possible to benefit from expert advice if you act on it. Additionally, you have to be honest with yourself and the consultant in order for the relationship to work.
Using a localisation consultant can, in many instances, keep down the cost of your localisation projects. Let’s say you’re working for a software company who needs to localise one of their projects, and you have noticed that you get very different quotations from the localisation companies you have asked to quote. Some people would say; go with the least expensive solution, others would instantly rule out the least expensive solution in favour of a more expensive solution simply because they will be suspicious about the cheap solution.
No matter what you think, or the sales people tell you, the price difference is more than likely caused by you not controlling the quotation process properly. Read More...