8. Make sure that the original document is finalized and will not need any more editing.  If you make changes to the original after you have submitted it for translation, you will be paying for extra, unnecessary work.

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7. Check your dates.  Formats vary from country to country so spell out the month to avoid confusion.  8/9 is August 9th in the U.S., but it is September 8th in many countries.

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6. Measurements in inches, feet and quarts need to be converted to the metric system.

If the translation is going to be used outside the United States, make it user-friendly.  Even the British stopped using English measurements.

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5. Include country codes for telephone and fax numbers in your text.  If your product instructions are going to Mexico but your call center is in the U.S., your consumers need to have the complete phone number in order to make the call.

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4. Keep internal acronyms and jargon to a minimum.  Who is the intended audience?  If they don't work for your company or if they are not in the same line of business, the translation could miss the mark.

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