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Poll: Do you think SEO translations are a legitimate job?
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Mario Freitas
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Brazil
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English to Portuguese
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Yes, but wrong question (not "job") Apr 15, 2017

Do I think SEO translations are a legitimate RESOURCE? Yes.
But I don't think there is anything that could be called a SEO Job. I can find several SEO solutions, and yes I think tehy are legitimate. In the areas I translate, the jargon is very important. My target-readers are from the same areas, so they would very much appreciate the terms in the documents are something they are used to and understand well. That's what you get with SEO translations, exactly what I need. The supposedly "mo... See more
Do I think SEO translations are a legitimate RESOURCE? Yes.
But I don't think there is anything that could be called a SEO Job. I can find several SEO solutions, and yes I think tehy are legitimate. In the areas I translate, the jargon is very important. My target-readers are from the same areas, so they would very much appreciate the terms in the documents are something they are used to and understand well. That's what you get with SEO translations, exactly what I need. The supposedly "more correct" translation doesn't really matter in technical documents, as long as the SEO suggestion is not "incorrect". ▲ Collapse
 
Alexandra Villeminey
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Spain
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Spanish to German
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It's not only translating keywords Apr 15, 2017

This is a very complicate job that requires lots of training. There are agencies that specialize only on this!
 
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