How many times have you asked for a job to be done and ended up with a botched one? In this life we come across people who promise us the earth, who tell us they will do something for next to nothing, and when they finish we realise all they have done is make matters worse.
Imagine you need the house painted. You start asking specialist painting firms for quotes, and then someone tells you that so-and-so can paint the whole house for half of what they have quoted. So, given the way things are these days, you decide to give it a go. You call that person and they tell you they can start tomorrow. You take the plunge, and the next day they begin painting your house.
At first, everything is wonderful. They are painting for half the price, they start the very next day and, on top of that, they are bringing the paint themselves. What more could you ask for?
But you soon realise that all that glitters is not gold. They are careless about the drips landing on the floor, they have not bothered to cover the furniture properly, they do not turn up at the agreed time and so on. When they finish, your house is upside down. And to cap it all, the paint they used was so basic that it barely covers the previous coat.
What happened? You did not hire professionals, you hired botchers. Exactly the same thing happens with translating texts, although, to be honest, with a translation it is harder to spot.
Professional translations, no botched jobs
Some people have a vague grasp of another language and, with the help of engines such as Google Translate, set about offering their services without being professionals. Having thought you were going to save money, as with the painters, you end up paying twice over, because the difference was not that great in the first place, quite apart from the time you wasted waiting for the first attempt. When we need to commission a piece of work, we have to think carefully about who we entrust it to, because we want the job done properly, not botched. Work that does not have to be done again, that nobody questions the professionalism of, and that anyone who sees it knows could not have been done better. At AlosIdiomas we have an excellent team of qualified, well-trained professionals, including sworn translators and interpreters. We select our translators with great care, because when we offer a service, we offer the best.
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