English Japanese translation is no different: too many translators and your spoil it!
That is, while a translation service is a commodity (being provided by many translation companies, agencies and firms), the very act of translation itself is just like a broth -- Each is a uniquely human endeavor.
In order to understand why Translation Crowdsourcing will NOT get you the quality Japanese translation you expect in your projects, let’s take a look at what exactly Translation Crowdsourcing is.
Most people are familiar with crowdsourcing, although they may not necessary know it. Ever used Wikipedia? This is the same approach used by translation crowdsourcing outfits, with many translators working on the translation of a source, or “from language”, text. Translators respond to an “open call” over the Internet with each being assigned a different section of material to translate. The benefit of translation crowdsourcing is its ability to speed up the translation process.
However, much the same as Wikipedia, since many people - a crowd, essentially - do the translation, quality issues, such as quality of contributing translators, are to be expected. For example:
There is little in the way of tried and tested vetting processes employed by traditional translation service agencies to ensure only qualified translators, proof-checkers and editors (human translators with university education, practical training, translation tool knowledge, experience, and, most important, are experts in their subject matter of choice) get to work on your projects.
In addition, crowdsoucing operations are notoriously plagued by “Editor Wars”. Editor wars are where numerous editors continuously override each others’ editing. The result is a translation broth that is thoroughly ruined.
These, and other reasons which are too numerous to dive into here, are the reasons why Japanese Human Translation Service is your best option for quality Japanese translation.
