Translations
Language Translation and Localization*
DDi is a full-service translation and localization services boutique that specializes in Spanish translations, adaptations, and localization, and offers expert teams for Brazilian Portuguese, French Canadian, and select European and Asian language translation services.
While retaining the same well-tested benchmarks and practices of high-quality translation and localization, our services have expanded to include English to and from the following languages:
- Spanish (Latin American and Castilian)
- Portuguese (Brazilian and European)
- French (Canadian and European)
- Italian
- German
- Russian
- Armenian
- Chinese (Simplified and Traditional)
- Japanese
- Korean
- Vietnamese
DDi language specialists are bilingual and bicultural, veterans in language services, experts in your field, and educated in both the US and the country of origin. Our linguistic team communicates your message and captures the nuances of the various styles within that cultural and ethnic framework.
* Translation is the process of converting written text or spoken words into another language. It requires that the full meaning of the source material be accurately rendered into the target language, with special attention paid to cultural nuance and style.
The difference between translation and localization can be defined as follows:
"Translation is only one of the activities in localization; in addition to translation, a localization project includes many other tasks such as project management, software engineering, testing and desktop publishing1."
1A Practical Guide to Localization, by Bert Esselink