You Are Consulting on Software Purchases for a Translation Agency

question 20

Essay

You are consulting on software purchases for a 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, who 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) In this particular case, what features will you be looking for?

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