You Are Consulting on Software Purchases for a Translation Agency

question 31

Essay

You are consulting on software purchases for a translation agency whose headquarters is in New Jersey, but which works with translators located globally. Headquarters needs to share documents with 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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Definitions:

Personality Theorists

Scholars and researchers who study and develop theories regarding personality, its structure, development, and its effects on behavior and mental processes.

Freudian Psychoanalysis

A rephrasing of Psychoanalysis, highlighting its origin with Freud and focusing on the analysis of the unconscious mind and the resolution of repressed conflicts.

Free Will

The ability of individuals to make choices that are not determined by pre-existing causes or divine intervention.

Anna Freud

Austrian-British psychoanalyst and daughter of Sigmund Freud, known for her pioneering work in child psychoanalysis.