Looking for global translation services? Transcreation and brand checking are part of any international marketing strategy. Planning to enter a new market? Don’t leave your branding and marketing material impact to chance. Use a professional translation and transcreation service to make sure that your message genuinely ‘translates’.
We offer a range of transcreation services to help, including the following:
- Full brand and sales/marketing message, new market audit
- Protect your reputation by cross-checking colloquial, cultural, or comprehension issues
- Adapt your ‘language’ to make the best first impression
- Global translation services
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Different Strokes for Different Folks
Different countries and cultures, political leanings, and societies will react differently to your branding and marketing messages. Make sure those messages make sense, are ‘acceptable’ across the local spectrum, and they’ll have the right impact with the right audience.
Colours and numbers can have negative associations in some countries. In the UK, some hotels don’t have room 13, as it is considered an unlucky number. Whereas in China, 4 is considered the worst number. Even photographs need careful consideration depending on your target market.
Just the name of your product could have a negative, rude, or just plain funny meaning in another language. This can affect sales of cars, fridges, and beer, so any product name needs to be carefully considered.
Our global translation services ensure that a network of local linguists is ideally positioned to research any sector and any market, report on their findings and recommendations, and make any necessary adaptations to your corporate materials and content.
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Client Stories | Holy Lama Naturals
Atlas was commissioned to provide the work Holy Lama needed to launch their body care range in Germany. This was through bespoke, high-quality, human translations for packaging. However, as Gouri Koubair, Director of Holy Lama Naturals explained, trying to reach out to a foreign economy with no knowledge of the language was only possible through specialist support and guidance.
“In order for us to be successful in Germany, all the products in our UK Amazon shop needed to be translated, but we didn’t want to use Amazon’s automated packaging translations. It didn’t feel right for us – a specialist business, to be relying on a computer system for translations. I was concerned that the integrity of the products and our ingredients would be compromised if we chose this approach.
Atlas delivered everything we wanted and more. I loved their commitment and quality. Our translations were done in-house, proof read and project managed by the same team throughout the whole process. Their level of service was remarkable; I could call or email anyone at any time and they would have a solution for me. The end product was faultless, I had high expectations and they completely surpassed them.”
Here at Atlas, we had the task of not only translating the extensive, elaborate ingredient list and product descriptions from English to German. We also had to ensure that every translated ingredient complied with EU Regulations by using INCI names (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients). This was a mandatory requirement for consumer safety.
Our Project Manager at the time, Nina, was perfectly placed to work on this as she was from Germany and understood the market as a consumer. In a way, she was our target market.
Nina explained that Germany had a very different consumer philosophy from the shopping or purchasing process here in the UK:
“A rather different approach is needed when appealing to the German market…. We don’t use as many adjectives to describe products; Germans aren’t too keen on being bombarded with extensive descriptions when buying – we find it slightly overwhelming.”
Main Challenge
Nina found her main challenge was to translate the products in a ‘relatively simple manner’ to fully appeal to the German market, but to not undermine the elaborate and extensive process it takes to create a Holy Lama product:
“This was the irony of the project. German consumers are very efficient in the way they shop. They make decisions quickly with limited facts and details. English consumers want the who, what, where, why – they like to know the history behind the product before making a decision.
The story behind Holy Lama is of course the very reason to buy their products. This was their all women enterprise in Kerala and sustainable manufacturing process. There was a balance to be struck of preserving the integrity of the Holy Lama brand and process, whilst introducing the products to a more ‘simplistic’ economy.”
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