First Translations, Inc. - Industry Standard Translation Services

You’re hearing about it everywhere. Web 2.0. It’s on every blog, every design studio claims to do it, every company wants it. You can find how-tos and tutorials showing you step-by-step how to become a “Web 2.0 designer.” What most people don’t realize is that there are many facets to what makes up the Web, not just the look and feel of the sites and user interfaces. Real Web 2.0 sites, which are well-built, offer a new way of gathering and communication information. The most successful are actually information-based. Inevitably, distributing information can usually mean a wide audience, and that audience might not all be from the same region, country, or even part of the world. Continue Reading »

Last week, in the first part of this article, we examined a few easy ways that a client can examine a company’s external, visible processes to be able to determine what sort of translation services they might receive from that company. In this article we will have a brief look at how we at First-Translations feel that the translator selection process should work, how “translation” differs from “localization” and how this starts the document life-cycle. Continue Reading »

It’s amazing how many people out there need translations, but don’t know where to look, or even when they find a company, they aren’t really sure what they are getting. What constitutes a “quality” translation? It is simply using professional translators? What is the difference between a certified translation and a standard translation? In this series, we will examine various aspects of the translations process, what some companies overlook or neglect, and why it matters.

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Finally, we are settling into our new home here at first-translations.com. It’s been a while in the making, and much of our thoughts and efforts have been going into, as they always have, making our clients happy. One of the difficulties facing many companies is how to approach and create a strategic marketing plan while maintaining and developing the most important priority: our clients.

After working with ThinkTree Creative for much of the early to middle part of 2007, we have been able to establish new directions and goals, in terms of creating new client relationships, setting new goals and standards for the company’s corporate face. First Translations is quickly arriving.

As we made our way into the vein of the translations industry, we’ve been able to make many observations about not only what the market is like, but what makes us unique and different, and able to achieve relative success in that market. First Translations is fresh. How do we achieve this? By always thinking about problems from a new perspective. We are not afraid to develop solutions for problem that have not yet occurred. We plan for technologies which are currently outside our budget realm. We set reasonable goals and include these solutions in our plans. By maintaining this mentality, we can solve problems before they happen.

As President and CEO of First Translations, Danny Goossens brings with him 16 years of experience in the translations solutions industry. This alone gives the entire company a cornerstone foundation based on the careful observation of competing companies and their practices. He is always thinking of new ways to view the company and it’s practices, while injecting the quality he best known for, honesty.

In essence, First Translations is a very unique and colorful company. By bringing dedication and passion to an industry which is otherwise overlooked, we feel that we are quickly positioning ourselves to become the new leader in the US translations market.