Where the Translation Money Is

Until now, all the information about the size of the translation and localization industry in the United States was based on guesstimates from different sources; numbers thrown against the wind that nobody challenged.
Common Sense Advisory has completed the most comprehensive and detailed industry analysis using economic data gathered from the U.S. Census and comparing it with the aggregated results from interviews about the spending habits of translation and localization buyers gleaned from our report, "Beggars at the Globalization Banquet.".

Outsourceable Translation Budget "Where the Translation Money Is" provides a conservative projection of the language services market for 2003. It contains realistic numbers that you can relate to, not hyped figures that make no sense to anyone. The estimated Outsourceable Translation Budget for each industry will allow you to calculate your market share in each of over 200 industries.

Industry Maps This report contains over 200 pages with maps and graphics that will allow you to visually plan your sales strategy. It might even save you some travel money!


Why Buy This Report

• Detailed quantitative data
• Independent and unbiased
• Indispensable for Marketing planning
• Market Potential and Market Share formulas
• Tool for sales quota determination

What You Get

• Top 20 markets for translation and localization
• Dollars spent on translation and localization by SIC code
• Geographic distribution of translation companies in the U.S.
• Market Size statistics by SIC code
• Geographical distribution of potential clients by State and Metropolitan - Statistical Area
• Number of companies in each industry

This report effort was led by Renato Beninatto, who used his experience as VP of Sales at Belitz GlobalNet and ALPNET to compile information that he lacked to do his job better when he was in sales.

2004 Update

“Where The Translation Money Is” is based on information from the 1997 U.S. Economic Census adjusted to 2003. In March 2004, the Census will be releasing the data for its 2002 Economic Census, and Common Sense Advisory will release an updated version of this report. If you acquire this report now, you will receive a copy of the new report for free.