Nowadays, the definition of manager has become so widespread that it is not always clear which types of responsibilities can be assigned to different types of managers (finance, sales, web, etc). More mysterious still, is the profession of a translation project manager. Who are they? – Are they simply dispatchers who merely receive orders and submit them for execution, or are they managers who actually make decisions? Here are some details that could help better understand the responsibilities of translation project managers and the importance of their work.
These days, technical communicators are generally aware that translators almost always use computer aided translation (CAT) tools to work more quickly and produce a translation with the highest degree of consistency possible – given the source text and reference material provided.
The question of what defines a “good” translation is about as old as the discipline of translation itself. But whereas international quality standards have been established in many industries for decades, they are a rather recent development in the translation industry. The ISO 17100 standard is the first international quality standard of its kind for translators and was only introduced in 2015. It defines the minimum standards translation service providers need to adhere to in order to deliver quality translations.
Content writing and localization – rigidly separated or mutually dependent? One aspect is becoming clearer every day in the industry: developing a content strategy keeping localization in mind from the earliest stage of content production helps companies save time and money, increase the quality of translations and, ultimately, better satisfy your customers.
Machine translation post-editing is the process of improving a machine-generated translation with minimal manual labour. It is a new skill which many translators are not familiar with. However, with a bit of practice, it can speed up the process dramatically.
While free online translation has undoubtedly become an integral part in everyday life for many, the new EU regulation on data protection impacts these services – as well as their users.
One of the most popular ways to advertise your translation services as a small(er)-sized provider is to establish yourself as a content leader online. Think Corinne McKay behind the famed Thoughts on Translation blog or Marta Stelmaszak, the Polish-English translator-turned-specialist in digital marketing. Their successes all started from a humble blog and a meticulously developed translation marketing strategy which focuses on inbound marketing.
Translation project management can be very challenging when the project is complex or voluminous. In order to ensure the highest quality content, the translation project manager has to follow the several steps of the translation project, while scrupulously meeting the deadlines set by the client. Discover how to perfectly manage your translation projects by reading this article.
We are in 2018, and machine translation (MT) is taking more and more space in the translation industry. Its proponents (mostly LSPs) see in it the future of translation, whereas its detractors (mostly translators) are most reluctant when it comes to it. The Globalization and Localization Association (GALA) explained that in 2016, SDL claimed that “it translates 20 times more content with MT than with human teams”. It is obvious that MT has a lot of advantages but also a lot of drawbacks to keep in mind.
Flitto is a crowdsourcing translation and social media application that allows users to request translations into various languages, launched in 2012. Flitto supports text, image, and voice translations, and also has 1:1 Pro translation service – for those who need to respect confidentiality agreements or require professional translations – in 18 different languages. Bilingual or multilingual people who are interested in doing a little bit of translation on the side, can become translators on this platform.
