Whether your technical project may involve a brochure, catalog, billboard, video or audio for either print or digital media, some clear steps will help you get the best results from your multimedia project.
That means a better ROI, a quicker turnaround, and better compliance.
Since being founded in 1978 in Houston, Texas, Omni team members have seen it all across translation and multimedia—brining decades of industry knowledge.
But when thinking about multimedia projects specifically, there are some things that clients should know to help them prepare:
- Research, gather quotes and shortlist
- Choose your supplier
- Send your file formats
- Provide additional information
- Sit back and relax
In this blog, Omni multimedia writer Jack Heale explores each point in more detail. No fluff, only useful information.
5 Steps To Prepare for a Multimedia Project
1. Research, Gather Quotes and Shortlist
When exploring potential suppliers for your multimedia project, research potential translation suppliers by looking at their credibility. Do they have testimonials from other clients? Do they have case studies? Even better if they have ISO-certified workflows.
When you have done your research, gather a shortlist of around five and get quotes for the multimedia work you need completed.
2. Choose the Supplier
Always choose the supplier that is the best fit for you.
That could be one who has the most experience in your sector; it could be the one you connected with most. But if you felt it was a good fit and it’s in budget, then it sounds like a good combination.
3. Send Your File Formats
When you have settled on the services you want, send your source files.
Good multimedia providers should support a range of file formats, including common multimedia formats from MP3 and MP4, to SRT and VTT.
Our Omni team works directly with your source files to minimize formatting issues and post-production effort. Our in-house DTP team ensures every file is production ready.
Sometimes your source files aren’t always available, so our team will find a turnkey solution that works for you.
4. Provide Additional Information
The more information, the better.
The key types of information we want:
- Instructions: Our team also needs to know whether the client wants burned-in subtitles, or if they only need an SRT file. Do they want us to provide a final mix, or will they handle the final mix themselves? Is this going to print, video, etc.?
- Prepare your terminology list: Define how approved key terms should be used to ensure consistency. If you already have a glossary or terminology database, share it. If not, we will need things like product names, brand phrases, and industry-specific terms
- Style guide: Provide us with a style guide so our team can align with your brand.
- Deadline: If you have a deadline, it helps us to know it upfront. We can support multi-language projects with fast turnaround times.
- Industry-specific detail: Is there anything else relevant to the sector or industry that we should know?
Some of the recent projects the Omni team has worked on include audiences of medical patients, truck drivers, employees, and managers/supervisors. From industry to industry, standards differ, and it’s important that we are given information about them to do our best for the audience.
As part of that, tell us about your industry, and we can use a specialist linguist or supplier who is accustomed and experienced in that field.
“More information enables us to provide the best service possible. Our team and providers can better understand your product or service, and with something like live captions, that is only going to ensure better accuracy and a happy client.”
– Anthony Montoya, Audio/Video Production Manager at Omni
5. Sit Back and Relax
At this point, the project is in safe hands with the Omni team. The team will reach out if they need anything and are available to answer any questions as part of our personalized support for every project.
It is common for clients to come back to us after one project. For example, for ConocoPhillips’ shareholder communications, Omni has provided high-quality support for more than 25 years.
In fact, four in five clients (80%) have enabled Omni to be their preferred language service provider for 10 years or longer.
Conclusion
With these five steps, the Omni team can almost guarantee that you’ll be satisfied client with your multimedia project.
After decades of experience delivering turnkey language solutions, the Omni team is well positioned to provide expert support.
Contact the Omni team today for a quote for your multimedia project.