You Are Consulting on Software Purchases for a Young Translation

question 24

Essay

You are consulting on software purchases for a young translation agency, whose headquarters are in New Jersey, but who works with translators located globally. Headquarters needs to share documents with translators, and groups of translators working on the same documents also need to communicate with each other, in real time if possible, as many people are working in different time zones. (1)What is your process for determining the most appropriate collaboration software? (2)And in this particular case, what features will you be looking for?

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Definitions:

Attribute

A quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something.

Social Influence

An interaction process in which one person’s behavior causes another person to change an opinion or to perform an action that he or she would not otherwise do.

Influence

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something.

Effectiveness

The degree to which objectives are achieved and the extent to which targeted problems are solved, in various contexts including business, therapy, and medicine.