Best practise needed for translating content

[simonsw]

Hi all,

I was after some advice in the best solution to follow for translating website content into multiple languages? I am working on a content rich UK site and want to know a good solution to translate this content into other languages for best practise SEO?

Would anyone have any recommendations in best practise to follow as well as best solutions?

Many thanks

Simon

[ScottJames13]

I'm looking into doing this as well.

The best way is to have the content translated by a professional, I would suggest using Odesk, this way you're getting an accurate translation. The only issue I can think of with doing this is that if you're targeting certain keywords they might not be what people are searching for in the language that you translate to. Also, the cost of doing it this way can add up.

The Alternative would be to use a translation program/plug in to do this for you.

I suggest getting it translated by a professional as this way you know that your articles aren't going to insult anyone.