3 industries that benefit from our translation and localization services

28 Dec, 2023
Asif Afzal

Let’s be honest, there isn’t really any industry, or global firm, that doesn’t benefit from translation and localization services, but there are a few industries for whom these language services are absolutely vital, ensuring firms are able to meet their legal and regulatory obligations, and trade within a specific location or country.

However, translation and localization services aren’t just about meeting a legal obligation, they also ensure effective communication with regional audiences, giving firms a dependable brand presence and a recognizable ‘local’ identity.

Language services give global firms a direct and meaningful connection to their target audience.

Professional language services providers (LSPs) work with a variety of industries on a daily basis to create and foster this ‘connection’ but here at Creative Word, we tend to work with a few specific industries more frequently than others.

Below you’ll find the top 3 industries that use our language services and which benefit from our translation and localization services on a regular basis.

1. Legal industry

As mentioned in the introduction above, many industries require translation and localization services for legal reasons, including everything from employment contracts to MOUs (memorandum of understanding).

Virtually every type of industry, operating outside of their domestic market, will require translations of a legal nature due to ensuring compliance with local legal regulations and guidelines.

These usually tend to be certified translations and carry a legal obligation to be formally translated and ‘certified’ by a qualified LSP or translator.

The same is also true for individuals requiring legal translations such as official documents (marriage certificates, visas, immigration documents, and so on).

However, here at Creative Word, we don’t only work with individuals, and industry-wide legal translations.

Our partnerships with many legal firms in Dubai led us to open our regional office there in 2010 and enables us to better serve our legal clients in the region, offering a comprehensive range of language services to legal professionals.

We also work the Dubai Legal Affairs Department, so our clients can expect their translations to be accurate and reliable.

We offer the following legal services:
Legal Translations
Certified Translations
Contract Translations
Ministry of Justice (MOJ) certified translations
Court Interpreters
Transcriptions – court and arbitration hearings
CLPD Training
Cultural Awareness Training

2. Financial industry

The finance industry is extraordinarily complex and its language requirements are also intricate, including aspects such as, industry-specific terminology, precise practices, and regional variations (including legal variances).

Providing translation and localization services for the finance industry means working in partnership with banks, insurance companies, fintech providers, investment houses, and so on.

Customized language services are essential; accuracy, security, reliability and time-sensitivity are also paramount.

Global players within the finance industry need to attract customers from multiple countries around the world which means adapting everything from localized customer services and chat bots to marketing materials and in-store documents.

At Creative Word, we work closely with our finance partners such as, the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) offering the following language services:

Translation – financial statements, annual reports, RFP’s proposals, presentations, websites, contracts, editorial etc.
Interpreters – business meetings, negotiations, conferences
Training – business etiquette, cultural awareness, language
Localization – websites, e-commerce, digital media

3. Tourism industry

The tourism industry relies heavily on language services to attract overseas customers through marketing materials.
For many countries, tourism is also the backbone of economy, and attracting as many tourists as possible is essential to the well-being of the majority of the population.

For instance, in Macau (a city and special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China) over 50% of the GDP is generated by direct travel and tourism, and in the Maldives, a third of GDP is due to tourism.

As a language services provider based in Dubai, with offices in the UK, Europe and the Middle East, we have a superior understanding of the requirements of the travel industry.

This led to being the preferred choice of LSP for FlyDubai, for whom we have completed numerous translation projects in 15 language pairs, alongside interpreting and website translation.

We worked directly with the internal content management system (CMS), press releases, marketing & advertising, manuals and legal documents.

We support our travel and tourism clients with the following services:

Translation – websites, press releases, brochures, marketing materials, apps
Interpreters – concierge services, business meetings, conferences
Training – etiquette, protocol, customer service, cultural awareness, language
Localization – social media, software, digital media

Whatever industry your firm operates within, and whichever language(s) you require for your translation project, the Creative Word team are ready to help you achieve your objective.