Thai Translation Services
If you have Thai clients, customers, or employees, you will need Thai translation services in order to reach them in their own language. There are roughly 25 million speakers of Thai living in Thailand. Although many Thai speakers have some facility with English, Web sites, software, and documentation should all be translated into Thai for best results in Thailand.
Thai translation is just one part of a larger process known as Thai globalization. Thai globalization is the process of adapting your products (software, documentation, and Web sites) functionally, linguistically, and culturally for Thai speakers worldwide.
Web sites
Research by IDC has shown that customers are four times as likely
to buy if Web site content is presented in their language. Thai
translation services for Web sites range from simple (such as a
straight HTML-based Thai Web site) to complex (such as a dynamic,
database-driven Thai web application). Your Web site translation
company should have the capability to translate text from source
files such as HTML/XML, applets, database exports, CGI scripts,
Java scripts, graphic files, ASP files, or FLASH files.
Software
Thai software translation services, more appropriately called
"localization" services, are needed to create an authentic Thai
software user experience. Online help, menu commands, and
installation instructions should be fully translated into Thai.
Your software translation company should have the ability to deal
with programming, scripting, and mark-up languages such as Java, VB
and ASP, XML and ASP, C/C++, and Visual Basic.
Documentation
Thai document translation refers to the translation of printed
materials such as books, user guides, promotional brochures, and
financial information. Different industries generate different
kinds of documents such as instruction manuals, packaging, and
marketing materials, all of which must be linguistically and
aesthetically consistent with the original. Common layout
applications include QuarkXpress, FrameMaker, Word, and InDesign,
while graphics are often created and edited in Illustrator or
PhotoShop.