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Types of services and languages
Translation : editing, proofreading, multilingual projects.
Production : desktop publishing, typesetting, page layout, narration, audio-visual projects including producing VHS tapes in target language, interactive CDs, audio cassettes, etc.
Whatever your production needs, from formatted, print ready material to audio/video output, Web site translation to software localization, betmar languages has the experience necessary to provide you with what you need.
betmar languages is experienced at negotiating the unique challenges involved in working with languages which use fonts or scripts different from English, including but not limited to: Russian, Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, Lao, Cambodian, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Serbo Croatian, Vietnamese, Czech, and Polish.
Transcription : of existing audio files for translation, record keeping, script generation, etc.
Interpretation : business meetings, seminars, educational presentations, court and social services. Simultaneous and consecutive interpreters available. Wireless equipment available as required.
Audio/Video Services : narration, audio-visual projects including production of VHS tapes in target language, interactive CDs and audio cassettes.
Conversion : of interactive CD and/or DVD media and VHS tapes into target languages including audio track and graphics.
Provision : of voice talent, producer, studio, engineer and production.
Duplication : of audio cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs or VHS tapes.
Educational services : Diversity programs for businesses and schools.
Training sessions for:
- Workshops
- Continuing education for interpreters
- Individualized language instruction
- Community reviews
- Cultural consultation
- Diversity training
Additional services : software localization, adaptation of source text (involves evaluating and possibly rewriting to accommodate cultural differences) authoring in target language, cultural consultation, text technical writing, print management, graphic design, proofing client materials including bluelines, community reviews, diversity training, etc.
Most frequently requested languages : Arabic, Hmong, Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Oromo, Russian, Serbo-Croation (Bosnian), Somali, Spanish, Vietnamese, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Farsi, Amharic, Portuguese.
Other languages : Abkhazain, Afar, Afghan, Afrikaans, Albanian, American Indian, Armenian, Asamese, Aymara, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bashkir, Bengali, Bhutani, Bihari, Bislama, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese, Byelorussian, Cantonese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chippewa, Corsican, Croatian, Cutchi, Czech, Dakotah, Danish, Dari, Dutch, English, English (Creolized), Eritrean, Estonian, Faroese, Farsi (Persian), Fiji, Finnish, French Canadian, Frisian, Galician, Georgian, Greek, Greenlandic, Guarani, Gujarati, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Ibo, Icelandic, Indonesian, Interlingue, Inupiak, Interlingua, Inuktitut, Irish, Javanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Kirundi, Kiyarwanda, Kurdish, Lebanese, Latin, Latvian Lettish, Lingala, Lithuanian, Malay, Macedonian, Malagasy, Mandarin, Maori, Marathi, Maltese, Malayalam, Moldavian, Mongolian, Nauru, Nepali, Norwegian, Nuer, Occitan, Ojibway, Oriya, Pashto, Polish, Pundjabi, Quechua, Rhaeto-romance, Romanian, Samoan, Sangho, Sanskrit, Scots Gaelic, Serbian, Sesotho, Setswana, Shona, Singhalese, Sindhi, Siswati, Slovak, Slovenian, Sudanese, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tajik, Tonga, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrinya, Tsonga, Turkmen, Turkish, Twi, Uigur, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Volapuk, Wolof, Welsh, Xhosa, Yiddish, Yoroba, Zhuang, Zulu.
Types of work : medical, manufacturing, engineering, information technology, electronics, marketing and advertising, business and legal, human resources.
Types of projects : training manuals, instruction booklets, newsletters, document translation, video and audio conversion, promotional materials, brochures, ad copy, sell sheet.
Cost
Translation costs are based on word count, length, difficulty of material and formatting requirements.
Interpretation costs are based on the type of assignment including factors such as: travel distance, length of time, and difficulty of material, and whether research will be required.
Transcription costs are based on the length of the original material plus the time required to hear clearly, transcribe and translate the material.
Production costs and additional services costs are based on a careful review of all the requirements of a project.
Project management fees are included in the translation fees on the majority of projects. Unique projects may have project manager fees included as a separate line item on the quotation.
Our original price includes corrections made after our editor reviews the project, and corrections made after the proofreading steps are completed by betmar languages. It also includes one round of client-generated suggestions. Additional rounds of suggestions by the client may incur additional charges.
If, during the course of a project, the client requests revisions or additions, additional costs may be incurred.
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tel:763.572.9711; fax:763.571.3467; best@betmar.com