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How can translation and localization businesses minimize the effects of market volatility?

Learn what strategies providers of translation and localization services can adopt to mitigate the risks of market volatility.

What have virtual conferences taught us?

Discover the advantages and disadvantages of virtual conferences and whether or not they’re here to stay.

XTRF and memoQ Announce Continued Partnership

We’re thrilled to confirm that the XTRF and memoQ partnership will remain in place. Together, we will continue to look at ways to work even more closely for the benefit of our joint clients.

Keep track of your business with KPIs and reporting tools

A deep dive into how KPIs and automated reporting tools can help keep your business on track in 2022.

Alex Matusescu joins XTRF as new Managing Director

Alex Matusescu has joined XTRF as Managing Director, bringing a customer-centric approach and a decade of experience from some of the largest translation companies across the globe.

XTM and XTRF to cooperate but remain separate entities

K1 Investment Management has made majority investments in both businesses but does not plan to merge the products or companies.

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XTRF launches advisory board to bolster business strategy

XTRF has announced the creation of a new advisory board, which has been appointed to support business and operational decision-making processes at the firm.

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Low costs and happy clients – Attached’s success story

Based in The Hague, the highly reputable Attached team tirelessly strives to produce top-quality results by combining the expertise of its technical and linguistic teams.

Technical and digital debt series:
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Technical and digital debt series:
How does digital debt affect localization companies’ ability to compete?

Digital debt occurs when a digital problem hasn’t been addressed properly from the outset. Discover why this is a problem for localization businesses.

Technical and digital debt series:
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Technical and digital debt series:
How can localization companies reduce technical debt?

We’ve learned about technical debt and the problems it poses for localization companies. Now let’s discuss what you can do to reduce it.

Technical and digital debt series:
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Technical and digital debt series:
What is technical debt and why is it problematic for localization companies?

Technical debt is extra technology work, often caused by taking shortcuts to meet a deadline. Discover why this is a problem for localization businesses.

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Workload planning in the time of Covid

Covid-19 continues to affect the daily lives of your vendors. You need to make sure you know who’s available and be confident this is up-to-date.

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Future-proofing business the right way – Tilde’s success story

In this blog post, language service and technology provider, Tilde, shares how the implementation of XTRF has helped them to keep a better track of vendors. We also hear how the expertise of the XTRF team helped the company to transition in less than six months.

XTRF Client - Translations International

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Business in the fast lane – Translations International’s story

In this post, we discover how XTRF has transformed the day-to-day workings of Minneapolis-based agency, Translations International.

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Work from home

How to keep your mental health in check when going remote? We offer some advice on boosting your mental health while working from home.

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From code jungle to full flexibility with TMS implementation – Comunica’s success story

Discover how Comunica Translations went from a veritable proper code jungle of a system to automation and flexibility, thanks to TMS implementation.

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How does implementing technology impact motivation?

Discover how putting employees before KPIs can take your business to the highest of heights when it comes to implementing technology.

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How can you make money with XTRF?

Discover how implementing XTRF at your company holds the key to financial success.

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Make your XTRF implementation a success

Discover how to get our unique TMS running super smoothly with our useful tips and tricks.