The translation industry is an ever-changing environment where one has to navigate carefully between common pitfalls and dynamic competition. Below are presented 7 challenges which pose a double threat for the entrepreneurs...

Somehow we tend to accept the fact that complexity is part and parcel of anything business-related – be it an application or a website. Any software developer would do their best to ensure that their application is...

You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure This old adage, often attributed to Peter Drucker, has inspired and fuelled countless implementations of business improvements. It’s no wonder, then, that it guides...

While agile process management itself has made its way into business over a decade ago, it remains relatively new to the specialists working within the translation and localisation industries. Even though it has been...

The more experience you gain within the field of business, the more apparent it becomes what it all boils down to: relationships. Be it a relation among colleagues, employees and employers, manufacturers and clients, there is...

Modern translation environment progresses at an astonishing pace, the change being triggered both by customer requirements and a never-ending evolution of the industry. As we strive for notable achievements, we have to...

Sometimes, upon the end of a particularly busy day - the one that comes with demanding clients, challenging quotations and tight deadlines all at once - you might have a feeling that all your effort was entirely not worth it...

Translation industry veterans remember well those times when a translation project involved translation of a whole manual or other multi-page document with the deadline counted in weeks rather than in days. Those times, and...

  Recently I published a post on the issue of the pressure surrounding the prices - omnipresent within the translation industry. Having been inundated with uplifting feedback, I would like to discuss one of the widely...