HR & Internal Communications

HR globalization involves aligning and integrating HR policies, practices, and systems across an organization’s global operations, and effectively communicating these internally is vital to ensuring that all understand the intentions of management and the workforce's concerns.

One Global has plenty of experience in this sector, working with world leading brands like Univar, localizing digital, printed, written and video media for a global audience in over 200 languages.  We are happy to work directly in your chosen format, speeding up delivery and keeping your communications standard.

Here are some of the related challenges our customers have and how we can help:

• Translation Accuracy and Cultural Sensitivity: It is critical to ensure that HR materials are accurately translated. Cultural differences impact workplace norms, communication styles, and hierarchy, so HR must adapt practices to respect local customs and values.
• Legal and Compliance Complexity: Each country has unique labour laws and compliance requirements. Managing data privacy across borders (e.g., GDPR compliance) is also challenging.
• Recruitment and Talent Acquisition: Finding diverse talent globally requires active sourcing from various backgrounds. Balancing a consistent candidate experience with localization is essential.
• Benefits and Compensation: Harmonizing global benefits with local variations is complex. Adjusting compensation based on local currency and the cost of living ensures fairness.
• Communication and Training: Effective multilingual communication is crucial for policies, performance reviews, and training. Consistent training content across languages and cultures is a challenge.
• Change Management and Employee Engagement: Implementing new HR practices requires effective change management. Tailoring engagement initiatives to local preferences helps retain talent.

Successful HR localization balances standardization with cultural adaptation, creating a more inclusive and effective global workforce. Organizations that invest in overcoming these challenges can thrive in a diverse business landscape.

Our linguists are not only qualified professionals with a minimum of three years’ experience in their trade: they’re also native speakers, immersed in the culture of your target country – ensuring they can get the message across without embarrassing errors.  We insist that linguists also have a university-level education and specialist knowledge of your sector and project.   

Due to our focus on partnership and quality, our clients know One Global can be trusted to maintain our high standards even on tight turnarounds.

We can provide localization services for any kind of printed, verbal or digital corporate communication:

• Graphics and artwork localization
• E-learning and training materials
• Technical manual transcreation
• Internal blogs and social media post transcreation
• Video and audio translation and subtitling
• Email translation
• Interpreters for live events, meetings and conferences

Call us on +44 (0)113 856 0015 or speak to one of our team to discuss your next translation project or request a quote.