{"id":4267,"date":"2022-06-25T14:22:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T14:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acceptatie11.brightsquare.be\/the-4-most-common-types-of-translation-and-when-to-use-them\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T12:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T12:56:40","slug":"the-4-most-frequent-forms-of-translation-and-when-to-use-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/en\/the-4-most-frequent-forms-of-translation-and-when-to-use-them\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4 most common types of translation (and when to use them)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4267\" class=\"elementor elementor-4267 elementor-4222\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1bfff85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1bfff85\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa97f1c\" data-id=\"fa97f1c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dff293f\" data-id=\"dff293f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c775cd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c775cd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The 4 most common types of translation (and when to use them)<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ad7b2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ad7b2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you want to have a text translated, there are usually <strong>four way<\/strong> to have this done.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c22e28d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c22e28d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Machine translation (MT)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec5c690 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec5c690\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Translation by a computer programme (e.g. Google Translate). No human intervention.<\/p>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4227\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/plus_klein.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td>Free, virtually instant translation<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4224\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/min-klein.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td>Bad quality \u2013 various errors and unclear or even absurd wording<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7562fda elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7562fda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Machine translation + human proofreading (PEMT)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7695894 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7695894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A proofreader (only on rare occasions a professional translator) corrects the most obvious errors and unclear wordings of machine translation.<\/p>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4227\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/plus_klein.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td>Fairly cheap and rapid<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4224\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/min-klein.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td>Still contains errors and bad wording<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2b71ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d2b71ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Human translation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8296c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8296c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A qualified and professionally trained translator translates the text.<\/p>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4227\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/plus_klein.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td>Fairly accurate, well-worded translation<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4224\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/min-klein.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td>Costs more and takes longer than PEMT<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce81e42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce81e42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Human translation + revision<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-573c727 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"573c727\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A second translator carefully checks the translation of the professional translator.<\/p>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4227\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/plus_klein.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td>The careful checks allow for the highest quality<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4224\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/min-klein.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td>Is the most expensive and takes the longest<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee3320d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee3320d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In other words, the quality of the translation improves with each method, but so do the costs and duration:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f60ef85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f60ef85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4vertaalmethoden-grafiek.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4231\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4vertaalmethoden-grafiek.jpg 775w, https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4vertaalmethoden-grafiek-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4vertaalmethoden-grafiek-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5084b19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5084b19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What method is recommended for your text?<\/p>\r\n<table cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td>I just want to know\r\nwhat it\u2019s about<\/td>\r\n<td>I want to know\r\nwhat it says<\/td>\r\n<td>I want to use the text\r\nprofessionally<\/td>\r\n<td>I want to publish\r\nmy text<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4239\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"72\" height=\"68\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4245 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/juist.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4254 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fout.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4254 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fout.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4254 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fout.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4242\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PEMT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"39\" height=\"67\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4245 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/juist.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4245 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/juist.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4254 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fout.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4254 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fout.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4233\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/HT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"45\" height=\"55\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4245 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/juist.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4245 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/juist.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4254 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fout.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4236\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/HT-REV.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"37\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4245 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/juist.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4245 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/juist.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fb4380 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fb4380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Alta Verba only delivers translations using methods 3 and 4, depending on your company\u2019s needs. Method 4 is the only way to guarantee the very best quality so that you can publish with full confidence. The other methods risk damaging your company image. <strong>Don\u2019t be fooled by the exaggerated claims of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/en\/machine-translation-babel-or-babble\/\">machine translation<\/a>, with or without human revision (methods 1 and 2). The risk to your company\u2019s image is too great.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4f4fa0 elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"c4f4fa0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Post Navigation\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__prev elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/en\/mock-up-of-files-for-translation\/\" rel=\"prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-prev\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-left\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Prev<\/span><\/span><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__prev\"><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--label\"><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__prev--title\">Mock-up of files for translation<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__separator\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post-navigation__next elementor-post-navigation__link\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/en\/translation-of-pdf-files\/\" rel=\"next\"><span class=\"elementor-post-navigation__link__next\"><span class=\"post-navigation__next--label\"><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__next--title\">Translation of PDF files<\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-navigation__arrow-wrapper post-navigation__arrow-next\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Next<\/span><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f1880f\" data-id=\"7f1880f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7cae70c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7cae70c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-205c830\" data-id=\"205c830\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87a765b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87a765b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Would you like to have more information?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d68cd6e\" data-id=\"d68cd6e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-868f27a elementor-align-right elementor-tablet-align-left elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"868f27a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;,&quot;_animation_tablet&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/altaverba.be\/en\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact us<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you want to have a text translated, there are usually four way to have this done. 1. Machine translation (MT) Translation by a computer programme (e.g. Google Translate). No human intervention. Free, virtually instant translation Bad quality \u2013 various errors and unclear or even absurd wording 2. 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