provís+ translations

By our foreign affairs correspondent

Provís+ translations LLP is a translation agency at the forefront of a radical push to internationalise the South East and, in particular, the Isle of Wight. Based in Cowes on the Island, with a branch in Barcelona, the company not only offers a traditional service – translating material ranging from sales brochures to menus – but also a more specialist service localising websites and optimising web pages for foreign search engines.

Provís+ translations was founded by three Islanders sharing a common vision to raise local awareness of the benefits brought to the region by overseas visitors and trade. The company offers its wide experience to help businesses translate and localise any material that should be made available to customers or visitors in their native language. They have developed a database of experienced translators, located throughout Europe, who cover all of the major European languages. Translation quality is guaranteed by insisting on both native speakers and exhaustive proofreading.

There is a recognised urgency to internationalise the region. Tourist organisations have documented that overseas visitors spend “considerably” more money than visitors from this country. More significantly, the Department of Trade and Industry is encouraging SME’s to increase profits by exporting to overseas markets. They have even developed a scheme, Passport To Export, which provides matching funding to help cover costs incurred in the preparations to export a product or service. This funding can offset the cost of translating relevant sales material, such as brochures and websites.

As part of its service, Provís+ translations provides advice to clients on reducing cost and maximising gain from localising a marketing approach – highlighting design implications, the use of translation summaries, and even website expertise.

The specialist website service involves translating and handling all formats of web-related documents. In short, Provís+ translations can accept a site in its original form and return it with added language pages ready to be uploaded to the client’s server. This service includes basic optimisation for foreign search engines. At a small extra cost, the translated website can be hosted with Provís+ translations, providing a more advanced search engine optimisation and a useful ‘easy-update’ feature that allows the website owner to make alterations to site content (prices, dates) without the involvement of the Webmaster.

The company's website – www.provis-translations.com - contains more information on services and prices. The site includes an online estimator that will provide an instant quotation for a translation, and even an online chat facility that makes it possible to talk directly to a waiting customer service representative.

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