The electronic age has not conquered every area of life, and I read recently that translation agencies still find plenty of demand from clients old and new.  If you are trying to get new contracts from customers who speak a different language from you, then you probably need help with the paperwork.  Using a professional translation company can be extremely cost-effective as you can use their services to check over all the paperwork that you receive from the authorities in the country where you are doing business.  This could help you avoid some very costly mistakes:  there are a number of apochryphal stories of naive enterprises buying plots of land that did not exist, or did not belong to the purported vendors.  After all, it would be naive to think that you could undertand another country’s culture and laws without living there, wouldn’t it?  And as a bonus, some larger translation companies also have consultants in other countries who can join you at important business negotiation meetings and help you avoid pitfalls in the negotiations.  You will always feel much more confident with this kind of help, leaving you to run your business abroad as well as you would at home.