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In the last few months, I have successfully rebuilt and relocated all my small business websites to Google Sites. You may wonder why, and what services I used it before. Here is my story. I am a graduate student in the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey in the Translation and Localization Management program, and this spring semester I took Website Localization classes. Just to give you an idea of what my studies are about, localization refers to the process of adapting content related to an idea, service, or product to the language and culture of a specific market or region. During the course, we were exposed to a wide variety of technologies and tools, such as the fundamental web technologies of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, as well as dynamic WordPress websites localized with Polylang and WPML, Drupal websites, translating with SEO in mind, and advanced topics such as Node.js and PHP. We have touched upon the fundamental tools of dynamic website creation, we...

Quality, Cost, Time dilemma in Localization Translation projects  have to meet three main requirements as defined in the ‘iron triangle’ invented by Dr. Martin Barnes in the 1970s: quality, time, and cost. One side of the triangle cannot be changed without affecting the other two. According to this theory, translation projects appear to be locked in an impossible equation where the ideal process that is quick, well done, and cheap can never be achieved. According to this idea, projects can be: Fast and cheap  = this results in poor quality. This is what most clients are asking for, without taking into consideration that reducing the amount of time spent on a project will most probably cause issues. Fast and high quality  = expensive. You will need a bigger team, which will cost you more in terms of human resources and organization. High quality and cheap  = slow. In order to save money, the translation agency will choose beginners and give them extra time, and t...