Translation
Our translation department offers a high quality of translation, interpreting, transcription, proofreading, and editing services at speedy and affordable rate, in both local and international languages using a network of over 50 translators and interpreters. We deliver cutting-edge services to industries as diverse as ICT, Broadcast, Software, Medical institutions, Legal practitioners and so on, assisted by professionals who have been involved in these sectors of expertise. All our translation works are proof-read and edited prior to submission to our clients in order to ensure their quality.
We have certified and professional translators with many years of experience in various disciplines who ensure the quality of work that we provide in almost any language and subject. Our qualified translators are always ready to handle your requirements. Thus, when you approach us for a specific translation project, you can be assured to receive it on time and in good quality.
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We are reputable in managing translations’ projects; this is possible through a dedicated project management team and scrutinized professional and native-speaking translators who have an appropriate knowledge of the language and topics.
Besides general and technical translations, we also provide official, certified or legalized translations. We translate documents from personal certificates to official company materials (transcripts, birth certificates, contracts, bank statements etc...)
Translation rates
Our rates are relatively lower compared to the quality of service that we provide.
Are you interested in finding out how we charge? We…
- Charge per page and the rate depends on the type of document to be translated.
- Take into account the language combination of the document to be translated. Local languages such as Zulu and Xhosa are less expensive than international languages. Even between the international languages some are expensive (Russian, Spanish, Italian are expensive than French, Portuguese and English).
- Provide extra costs for urgent deadlines
- Offer discount to regular customers
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“Customers need to be attracted to your page by the services and information it provides that will be useful to them. So by presenting a good public image the web has the ability to level the playing field for businesses dramatically. For people who encounter your business through your web page that page provides them with the image of your company. For many companies it is also means moving from a local into a global market, where they can gain considerable competitive advantage”
Usually, the reason behind having translations is evident, you want more people to have the facility to read your website's content and portray an international image, ultimately to generate more business. In fact, this is capital in marketing of the company.
The website can be used for marketing and sales support, for public relation and can help the enterprise to gain visibility for its efforts, products, or services. Even direct sales, products information.
Summarily, the advantages of translating a website include the following:
- Attracting more potential clients to your Website
- Improving your target audience dramatically on a truly Global scale
- Providing a means for customers to find you faster and easier.
- Advertising to your clients in a language they can trust with confidence.
- Getting the potential client to feel concerned and as such identify with you.
- Statistically if a product or service is read in one's own language it is 4 times more likely to be purchased [Source: Financial Times].
Those Involved in the Translation Process
The purpose of translation “is to pass on an understanding to people in their own language and create the same impact as the original text”. In order to achieve this, it requires a team of people. This includes the translators, the editors as well as the web master.
The Translator
A translator is someone who translates written messages from one language to another. He/she has a number of things defined as roles. A Translator is a person who has complete knowledge of source and receptor languages, intimate acquaintance with the subject matter, effective empathy with the original author and content and stylistic facility in the receptor language.
The Editor
An editor is a person responsible for the editorial aspects of a publication; the person who determines the final content of a text.
- Information management: correlating information from a wide range of sources into a coherent whole; ensuring this information provides the desired view of the institution; providing an effective means of locating specific information; commissioning material where there is an information deficiency.
- Quality control: ensuring accuracy, maintaining house style; advising (if not determining) on editorial policy and implementing that policy; determining appropriate metrics and supplying evaluative data to management.
- Author support: provision of tools, training, advice to facilitate HTML authoring.
- Web Design: creation and implementation of the corporate Web look-and-feel.
- Software skills: HTML, Perl, CGI etc. - i.e. the technical ability to carry out the above.
- System management: care and feeding of servers.
The Webmaster
A Webmaster is the one who installs the software or sets up the Web site. Web Master is the person who is in charge of and takes care of the website on a regular basis. Their job often contains roles such as ensuring that the website is up and running and making updates to the website. Web Designer or Web Developer may also be the Web Master in some cases.
In order to ensure that we give our client the best, we work with a team of professionals. Our translators are Sworn Translators; our editors are professionals as well as our webmasters. |
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Interpretation
Whether you are conducting deposition, medical examination, sensitive business negotiation, conferences or seminars, we can put at your disposal interpreter who meets your language and subject needs pleasantly, most of our interpreters are sworn in the high court.
We currently have interpreters available for our most requested languages, for on-site interpreting services in several cities throughout South Africa and abroad.
Our interpreting services comprise of
Simultaneous Interpreting
Whereby on-site, our interpreters both listen and speak at the same time as participants. Most of the time this type of service takes place at large conferences or meetings. This particular type of service is more expensive because it requires intense concentration; and we have to send at least two interpreters for a language combination. In this instance we required you to provide the interpreter with quality microphones, headsets, and sometimes booths.
Consecutive Interpreting
With this type of onsite interpreting service, is the most widely used type of on-site interpreting services, the speaker speaks for a few minutes while the interpreter takes notes and then translates the speaker's message during her/his pause. We are required to provide consecutive interpretation during training workshops, negotiations, and seminars.
Escort Interpreting
If you are hosting or organizing a delegation of visitors from another country, you may want to use the services of an escort interpreter for meeting clients at the airport, city tours, and shopping excursions. Thus, Sacam is ready to provide you with escort interpreters to facilitate your conversations.
Our commitments
At SACAM, we are happy when we make you happy, so our commitment is to provide you with:
- Unbeatable rates: we offer affordable prices in the local and international language translations
- Deadline: we always respect deadlines
- Flexibility and personalized services: we tailor our services to meet your needs
- Unchallenged translation: our translation and interpreting services are exclusively done by professionals. Our project managers and translators assure a top-class, smooth-sailing service.
- Confidentiality: We handle your projects with care and discretion
For us, providing you with a high-quality translation and interpreting services is not only our goal, but it is most importantly our duty |
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Our language combinations include: English, French, Portuguese Spanish, German, Russian, Italian, Swahili, Arabic, Sotho, Zulu, Xhosa, and Ndebele and many other.Depending on our clients needs, SACAM is disposed to supply them with skilled translators and interpreters on basis of short or long term contracts |
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