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Quality A Mix of Needs , Tools and Creativity

Quality A Mix of Needs , Tools and Creativity. Rocío Abelleira Linguistic Lead ForeignExchange Translations rabelleira@fxtrans.com. What is Quality?. Spell-checking and final reading of translated files? Multiple rounds of proof? Using the right glossaries ?

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Quality A Mix of Needs , Tools and Creativity

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  1. QualityA Mix of Needs, Tools and Creativity Rocío Abelleira Linguistic Lead ForeignExchangeTranslations rabelleira@fxtrans.com

  2. What is Quality? • Spell-checking and final reading of translated files? • Multiple rounds of proof? • Usingtherightglossaries? • Fastturn-arounds? • 0% complaintsfromclients? • Followingthespecs? • …

  3. What is Quality? • Qualityisperceiveddifferentlybyeachlinguist and itmayrequiredifferentapproachesdependingontheproject/client. • Linguistsneedtoachievethelevel of qualitytheyfeelsatisfiedwithand use creativity/toolstogetthere.

  4. Tools and Creativity • Severaluseful FREE toolsavailabletoincrease final internalquality. • Easyto use tools: Theyshouldmakethingseasier, notharder. • Multipleoptionsdependingonneeds>CREATIVITYfromlinguists. • Knowyour “rawmaterials” and thenbecreativeto use thetoolsyouhavemostefficiently.

  5. Review of 3 free usefultools • ChangeTracker http://www.change-tracker.com/download • Olifant http://okapi.sourceforge.net/downloads.html • Xbench http://www.apsic.com/en/downloads.aspx

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