Translation or Localisation? Is there a difference?

On July 7, 2010, in Multilingual SEO, by Tobias

So you are thinking about rolling out your website into multiple languages? You make a couple of Google searches for website translation and speak to a couple of translation agencies and everything is making perfect sense. Then you stumble upon the dreaded ‘L’ word and everything gets thrown off balance. ‘Is there a difference between localisation and translation?’ is one of the most frequent FAQs regarding multilingual SEO, which I will endeavour to answer now.

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