Implement your global business strategy with the consultants from KERN.
Implement your global business strategy with the consultants from KERN.
Advice and consulting for all language services
Are you looking to introduce your products into foreign markets? Do you want to optimize the process of translating your multilingual documents? Use our vast experience in foreign-language communication to optimize work effort and save costs. The advisors at KERN will work with you to determine how your global company strategy can best be implemented.
Upon request, experienced KERN specialists can also assist you directly on site and help you implement your international communication and translation strategy.
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Our areas of expertise at a glance
KERN provides you with comprehensive expertise in every relevant area of language and translation services and helps you implement your international projects efficiently and effectively.
KERN is familiar with the needs of different industries and companies regarding translation and localization management. We can help you with your foreign language communication needs. To this end, we determine the current status and the desired improvement of your methods. We then assign these to a Localization Maturity Model. We also analyze technology and process-based properties.
KERN helps you plan and implement your goals in foreign language communication. This minimizes costs and work effort. During our consultation, we can answer questions regarding translation management, the use of translation memory systems, machine translation, and much, much more. KERN will be happy to advise you on choosing translation memory systems that meet your requirements.
Website localization
KERN helps you optimize your website for international markets. We can advise you on language, culture, and technology to ensure a successful placement. We’d be happy to explain the tools and technologies used in the localization process, and we’ll show you how to prepare your website content in a way that makes it easier to translate/localize. Depending on the website execution, this can also involve taking a closer look at interfaces, export formats, fonts, and coding, as well as selecting a suitable file format.
Search engine optimization for multilingual websites
A team of specialist translators and online marketing experts develops multilingual solutions and concepts for new websites or individual online campaigns. KERN’s knowledge of target markets and the search behavior of the target group are utilized here. This is necessary for the website to achieve better search engine results and therefore also a higher number of visitors. We would be happy to help you with multilingual websites, optimized online texts, keywords, and international ad campaigns.
Software localization
Our experience shows that internationalizing the user interface at the outset of the project provides the best results in software localization. KERNs helps you to adapt your software for international use. Linguistic, cultural and technological aspects are taken into account.
We would be happy to explain the tools and technologies we use in the localization process. In addition, we will show you how to adapt your software to a specific target market.
Depending on the manner in which the software is realized (e.g. JAVA applications, .NET applications, RC files, database contents), we will also explain interfaces, export formats, the selection of a suitable file format as well as fonts and coding. We’d be happy to advise you on the best way to carry out internationalization tests (before product localization takes place), localization tests (after translation), and functional tests (after localization).
In times of increasing international trade, translation process management and project management are becoming ever more important. Translation into more target languages, faster time-to-market and more complex document and system structures require that translation projects are not to be seen as an isolated task for individuals. They must be seen as a process that is part of an integrated whole of upstream and downstream work processes with numerous actors. Project managers thus need a kind of “signpost” or manual for the coordination of their projects.
KERN helps you manage your projects. We explain how tasks and responsibilities of a project manager can be defined at each stage. You will also learn how to communicate successfully in a team and with others. In this context, we will explain the individual project phases as well as resource, risk and change management, project documentation, quality and project evaluation.
KERN will explain how you can integrate quality assurance into your translation and localization processes. That will enable you to meet the DIN EN ISO 9001 and ISO 17100 standards.
In this context, we can explain topics such as the composition and ideal preparation of the project team, terminological and stylistic consistency, the use of quality assurance tools, the documentation of tested results, question and answer management, the implementation of a QA model, proofreading and correction, quality norms, and much, much more.
KERN’s goal is to help you develop flexible, tailor-made processes that canconcentrate all the knowledge that your company has to offer. We offer advice relating to translation-oriented writing and formatting. In addition, we provide support for managing customers’ internal terminology and for maintaining translation memories. We also seamlessly integrate our customers’ processes into our workflow.
KERN will explain various types of interpreting and help you choose the best interpretation technology for your event. We can also help you plan and organize events where interpretation is required. We also discuss exploitation rights when interpreting is to be used on sound recording media, the internet, television, or radio.
Some of the most common and important arguments in favor of outsourcing:
- Cost control
Your expenses will become more transparent and manageable if you outsource all of your processes relating to foreign-language document processing. Outsourcing means that possible cost points are recognizable more quickly and can be ultimately planned for better.
- Know-how/expertise
Your company will have better opportunities by being able to access best-in-class know-how and foreign-language expertise at any time. You profit from the innovation and experience of a specialized language services provider.
- Concentration on core competencies
Your company wishes to concentrate on its core competencies in order to improve its competitiveness both locally and internationally. Services such as translations, terminology management, multilingual DTP and language training are specialized competencies and must be outsourced to a specialist service provider.
Individual support for your project team
The KERN team supports you in a wide range of tasks in the field of foreign language communication and translation. We are happy to provide you with suitable specialists on site to help you carry out the required tasks. They can come to your company and work with you in-house.
That means specialists are trained in complex tasks in your own environment, and new processes can be implemented quickly and efficiently in close coordination with your employees.
Optimization of work processes through direct collaboration
Let the KERN team support you in your own company and you’ll save more than just time and resources: Our specialists gain detailed insights into all your work processes, including upstream and downstream procedures, through on-site work, if desired. It goes without saying that all KERN employees are bound to secrecy, ensuring that confidential information is treated securely at all times. Accordingly, they can directly identify a potential need for optimization—especially in advisory activities—that would not have been noticed in conventional consultations.
Possible scenarios for how the KERN team could be utilized on site:
There are a number of scenarios in which it makes sense to use a KERN team at your location. These include:
You need temporary project management support for your translation and localization projects in order to increase your own capacities.
You need a translation for the documentation of a complex technical system. This can only be done by a translator who has previously received appropriate training about the machine.
Due to confidentiality-related or system requirements, linguistic translation or localization may only be carried out on site by a specialist or a team of specialists.
Your internal resources are depleted due to a major project. Therefore, you need short-term support from in-house translators, editors, and/or technical writers. They work closely with your technical documentation teams to quickly and efficiently supplement your capacity.
You would like support for implementing your global corporate strategy, for example in evaluating and introducing translation management systems. We offer system-independent consulting and help you introduce company-wide terminology management. Our services also include centralizing translation managementand integrating portal solutions. In addition, we offer customized training courses and workshops.
We offer in-house training to promote confident interactions with foreign customers and business partners. This training course teaches your employees linguistic and intercultural skills. In addition, the knowledge they acquire is reinforced through shadowing in everyday work.
You would like support for implementing your global corporate strategy, for example in evaluating and introducing translation management systems. We offer system-independent consulting and help you introduce company-wide terminology management. Our services also include centralizing translation managementand integrating portal solutions. In addition, we offer customized training courses and workshops.
FAQs about our consulting services
You will find short answers to the most important questions about our consulting services here.
What does KERN's consulting and advisory service cover?
KERN’s consulting services analyze your existing translation, localization, and language processes and help develop optimized workflows—from strategy and system selection to project and quality management.
When is consulting by KERN worthwhile?
If you regularly produce multilingual content, serve international markets, or coordinate many different translations, consulting can help reduce costs, increase efficiency, and minimize quality risks.
What areas does KERN's consulting service cover?
KERN’s consulting services include translation and localization processes, terminology management, the use of technology tools, workflow optimization, and quality assurance for technical documentation, websites, and software.
How does a typical consulting project at KERN work?
First, an analysis of your current language processes is carried out and their maturity level is assessed. KERN will then work with you to develop a strategy and appropriate measures for process optimization.
How do KERN's consulting services help make translation and localization projects more efficient?
Consulting and advice from KERN creates clear structures, standardized workflows, and consistent terminology—making translations more predictable, faster, and more reliable in terms of quality.
For which companies is KERN's consulting service particularly suitable?
This service is particularly suitable for internationally active companies or firms with high or growing translation and localization needs—for example for technical documentation, software localization, or multilingual marketing.
What are the advantages of an external consulting partner like KERN over internal self-organization?
As a specialized service provider, KERN offers proven processes, ISO‑certified quality, years of experience, and access to tools and specialist translators—that reduces your effort, risk, and running costs compared to in-house management.