Translated.net (now Translated.com) is an Italian-based agency that has been in the online translation service for 18 years. It has a long history or work and feedback on that work. It boasts over 100,000 customers and over 250,000 translators – that’s quite a few. This translated.net review is based on several factors – the website content, customer testimonials on the website, quality reviews found on the web, prices, and services.
The company offers an array of translation services in the following areas – business, technology, marketing, medical, industry, science, localization, legal, professional (e.g. resumes and CV’s) and personal.
Translated.net relies heavily on machine-based translations and states that it uses the latest technology, including AI, in order to perform more routine translations, and that human translators are utilized for more complex work. Most projects, then, have a combination of machine and human activity.
The company further states that it only utilizes human translators that have a minimum of three years’ experience in successful translation.
This is an area that is not fixed. In fact, the company states that price quotes will vary based upon the availability of translators and the specific languages requested. Here are some important factors in pricing:
The company lists several well-known companies as clients. Digging deeper, however, we find that its work for Google, for example, relates to AdWords and keyword translations only, and that actually Google uses a wide variety of translation services for this task.
On-site testimonials are uniformly positive, as we expect.
Off-site reviews and feedback are mixed. Some complain that there are linguistic and stylistic problems, especially with the nuances and syntax details of a language.
We took our translated letter, a simple personal piece but one with language nuances, to an expert in our target language (German) and found that the translation of our satirical and humorous phrases was “lost” in that translation. It appears that it was fully completed by a machine that had not “learned” these nuances yet.
In terms of “pros,” we can state that Translated.net has been around a long time and does use some of the latest technology in its translation, and, of course, that technology is getting much better. And, based on customer feedback, the company does meet deadlines consistently.
In terms of “cons,” we have several concerns. The constantly changing pricing, based upon the availability of translators, is an issue, especially when the company boasts over 200,000 professionals to do this work. Then, there are the mixed Translated.net reviews that we have found on the web and the issues with the translation we ourselves ordered.
In total, our review of Translated.net is mixed. When even a simple translation such as our letter contains errors, we can provide an overall rating of “Fair” or “Mediocre.”
recommended this service
Positive: The translation was OK but I don't think a machine-generated text should cost that much.
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Positive: The translator I worked with was pleasant and cooperative, I enjoyed every moment of talking to her. Even though my order was delayed for a day (she told me in advance), the quality was outstanding.
Negative: Too expensive to call it affordable.
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Positive: Got my medical translation. Looks good.
Negative: Pages break weirdly.
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