The editing and proofreading of all translations is automatically included in any quote, ensuring both the satisfaction of our customers and their potential readers. However, we can also offer this as a separate stand-alone service. If your original translation project was done by a different provider or automatic on-line application, with less than satisfactory results, we can edit for grammar, spelling and terminology to produce a result much more in keeping with your expectations.

Adaptation (Localization) Differences between languages and cultures are important factors in document translation. Words change meaning depending on the country, region or city and it will also depend on who the potential readers of your documents are. Use the term “Durex” in a document intended for an Australian audience, and they’ll know you mean clear adhesive tape (where a particular brand name has become generic, even though no longer even sold in that market), however, a British reader would become very confused, since to them, Durex is also a brand name that has become generic … but for condoms! Similar situations can easily occur in documents intended for any specialist audience, but with potentially much more serious consequences. Medical, scientific or engineering or particularly, legal documents (or legal references within more general documents) can require much more detailed work to avoid serious repercussions. Through this more detailed editing and proofreading service, we ensure a consistent message for all your readers, whether a specific “local voice” or a more general “global tone” is required. Understanding both the message you want to get across and the target audience is crucial to producing the best quality result, and it is in this area that we can most readily demonstrate the difference between our service and that provided by others more concerned about volume than quality.

Desktop Publishing (DTP) Is the design or editing of text and graphics using specialist text and graphics design software. Generally, it is the combination of both and used for documents intended for publication, either in printed form (newsletters, brochures, manuals, fliers, books, etc.) or in digital format.

The LC Panama DTP team are able to translate the text content and the images in software applications such as InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Publisher and Microsoft Power Point to maintain an appearance and format consistent with the original document. We will also automatically ensure that as far as possible any document intended for on-line publication meets basic search engine optimization standards, hitting appropriate keywords etc. both in the body of any text and in picture and video captions.

Machine translation (MT) is growing in popularity within our market.  The main advantage it has is in being able to deliver large volumes of content in comparatively short periods of time and with minimal costs. Machine translation can be fully edited, or it can be left without editing depending on the final purpose. Our specialist translation technology allows us to provide you a machine translation text with high levels of accuracy thanks to our wide database of terminology and translation memories. This option is excellent for reaching global customers more rapidly when you have large volumes of text that need to be translated as quickly and cost-efficiently as possible.

In simultaneous interpretation, the interpreter interprets the message into the target language, without pauses, at the same time that the speaker gives his presentation in the original language.

The interpreter is ideally located in a soundproof booth where he/she can see the speaker, receiving audio input through headphones to minimize any outside distractions. LC Panama has all the necessary equipment for simultaneous interpretation at local events: cabins, console units, transmitters, receivers, speakers, microphones etc. Where we are unable to attend in person, we can provide a remote equivalent.

This new form of interpretation mixes the conventional way of providing simultaneous interpretation but, either the interpreter or the speaker is in a different location. Our recommended application for this form of interpretation is webinars, one-on-one meetings and training sessiones with several participants from different offices.

Please ask us about this service so we can explain how this new modality can help you save costs on your meetings.

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In consecutive translation, the interpreter starts rendering the interpretation after the speaker (in the original source language) has paused or finished their speech. From notes taken, the interpreter transmits the complete message (in the target language), while the speaker waits for the interpreter to finish rendering the information in order to continue with his/her presentation.

It does not require a soundproof cabin, but if the venue is particularly large (an auditorium or similar) where there might be problems with audibility, transmitters, receivers, microphones and speakers can be provided. Once again, equivalent on-line/over the phone services, to an equally high standard, can be provided when we are unable to be there in person, subject to local availability of any necessary specialist equipment.

The interpreter provides discrete assistance to an individual, usually in meetings, where only one participant – maximum two – requires interpretation services. The interpreter sits next to the person requiring the service and transmits the translated message in a low tone of voice simultaneously or consecutively, passing on the translated speech without any disruption to the meeting itself. It does ntt require any specialist equipment.

If you have not yet worked with large translation projects, big conferences or other multi-lingual projects, we appreciate that it can seem a daunting prospect.

Breaking into a new market or simply getting your message across is headache enough, without worrying about language barriers. We can offer you consultancy services based on our experience and values so that you can understand the issues that you will face, the specific problems you will encounter and the various options available to help minimize any difficulties.

Whether it be a one-off technical conference or launching your business into a new territory, our advice and assistance will ensure that you can understand the issues you will face, choose the best options to resolve them and ensure that the results fully match or exceed your expectations.