Crunch-time SAP rollout achieves 30 percent savings on manual translation

The client had a rigid budget that called for cost efficiencies wherever possible, while maintaining the aggressive timeline for completion. With little experience conducting multilingual rollouts, a thorough consultation was needed before initiating any work. This would help determine the optimal method for execution.

Another challenge that presented itself was the company’s workforce structure. With remote and on-site employees all over the world, the implementation of VPNs was required to allow remote access to the project.

With a looming deadline and unfamiliarity of SAP translation, the company was looking for a partnership that would lend both technical and linguistic expertise to guide the project to success while meeting the financial parameters with a time-sensitive strategy.

United Language Group (ULG) worked with the company to define a longterm, effective and sustainable approach to translate the company’s custom SAP applications for rollout to Central America. ULG also consulted with the company on how to approach translation of the Canadian French UI text lines.

ULG set up the online translation environment to complete the SAP project and also created VPN infrastructure for remote access to the SAP servers. Providing special ABAP software that accelerated the translation process enabled faster turnaround of translated materials, effectively streamlining the process and ensuring the project stayed on track.

In addition, ULG provided the company long-term support after the translation went live with ongoing language and software updates.