Malay Translation Services

If you have Malay clients, customers, or employees, you will need Malay translation services in order to reach them in their own language. There are around 18 million speakers of Malay (Bahasa Malaysia) worldwide. Although many Malay speakers have some facility with English, Web sites, software, and documentation should all be translated into Malay for best results in Malaysia.

• Malay Software Translation
• Malay Document Translation
• Malay Website Translation

Malay translation is just one part of a larger process known as Malay globalization. Malay globalization is the process of adapting your products (software, documentation, and Web sites) functionally, linguistically, and culturally for Malay speakers worldwide.

Malay Websites Translation
Research by IDC has shown that customers are four times as likely to buy if Web site content is presented in their language. Malay translation services for Web sites range from simple (such as a straight HTML-based Malay Web site) to complex (such as a dynamic, database-driven Malay web application). Your Web site translation company should have the capability to translate text from source files such as HTML/XML, applets, database exports, CGI scripts, Java scripts, graphic files, ASP files, or FLASH files.

Malay Software
Malay software translation services, more appropriately called "localization" services, are needed to create an authentic Malay software user experience. Online help, menu commands, and installation instructions should be fully translated into Malay. Your software translation company should have the ability to deal with programming, scripting, and mark-up languages such as Java, VB and ASP, XML and ASP, C/C++, and Visual Basic.

Malay Documentation
Malay document translation refers to the translation of printed materials such as books, user guides, promotional brochures, and financial information. Different industries generate different kinds of documents such as instruction manuals, packaging, and marketing materials, all of which must be linguistically and aesthetically consistent with the original. Common layout applications include QuarkXpress, FrameMaker, Word, and InDesign, while graphics are often created and edited in Illustrator or PhotoShop.

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