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What Happens When a Translation Order Is Received?

January 22, 2013

Some translation clients want to know in detail what happens when they place an order with Affinity Translation. More often clients, especially those who are repeat customers, mainly care that the final delivered translation meets their specifications. Meeting specifications means that the target language translation accurately expresses what was originally conveyed in the source language. […]

What Informed Translation Clients Need to Know – Part #1

January 13, 2013

Translators Have Areas of Specialization Most professional translators have areas of subject matter specialization. Translators are people, human beings with unique life experiences and educational backgrounds. So it’s natural that an individual translator will be more comfortable in some domains and subject areas than in others. Typical areas of translator specialization might be in legal, […]

What Happens When a Translation Order Is Received?

January 22, 2013

What Informed Translation Clients Need to Know – Part #1

January 13, 2013

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What Happens When a Translation Order Is Received?

January 22, 2013

For clients who prefer more insight, here’s an outline of steps that happen behind the scenes to process a professional translation.

1. A translation order is received.

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2. A translator is assigned to the project.

This is an important step in the process. Affinity Translation works with an extensive network of translators so there are typically numerous qualified translators available to assign the project to. To help pinpoint just the right translator to assign we consider:

a) Most obviously the language involved. Our policy (with very few exceptions) is to assign translators that are native speaking in the target language (the language we’re going into). So in the case of a project to translate a manual from English-to-Spanish, the translator would be native Spanish speaking.

b) The subject matter of the project. Translators have areas of specialization in many cases. It’s natural since translators are unique in their interests, life experiences, and educational specializations. Technical translators will typically have domain specific familiarity within certain defined areas.

c) Translator availability. Translators may be unavailable while working on another project. The ability to perform the translation within the required deadline is another consideration.

Confirmed acceptance of a project by the assigned translator means they agree to perform the translation and will complete the work within the agreed upon schedule.

3. Upon completion of the translation the output file is passed to another translator for editing/proofing. This step is performed in almost every project, with a very few exceptions, for reasons that we’ve discussed before (see prior blog on this topic). For any text that’s to be published we recommend proofing be performed.

4. After quality assurance editing/proofing occurs then the project is ready for delivery to the client. Projects are delivered by email or by ftp download (for larger files) for the fastest availability to the client. Since written documents are digital files, electronic delivery is the preferred method for nearly all clients.

5. Post project availability to answer client questions and provide any necessary support is part of the process. Questions are rare since the projects have been verified and our translators are seasoned professionals. However, it’s reassuring for clients to know that when questions occur we’ll do our best to answer them satisfactorily and in a timely manner.

What Informed Translation Clients Need to Know – Part #1

January 13, 2013

Translators Have Areas of Specialization

Most professional translators have areas of subject matter specialization. Translators are people, human beings with unique life experiences and educational backgrounds. So it’s natural that an individual translator will be more comfortable in some domains and subject areas than in others. Typical areas of translator specialization might be in legal, technical disciplines (there are many), marketing, finance, literature, or numerous other categories of written material.

Part of our job at Affinity Translation is to make sure that the right resources are assigned to each translation project. For this reason we work with a wide range of expert, native-speaking linguists. Our depth of translator resources allows us to optimally match each project with translators’ strengths.

Translation companies with only a few in-house translators, or independent freelance translators might be inclined to take on a project, even one they’re not optimally suited for, rather than turn down business. At Affinity Translation our clients can be assured that no matter the nature of the project, we have translators suited to its unique requirements.

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What Happens When a Translation Order Is Received?

What Informed Translation Clients Need to Know – Part #1

What Happens When a Translation Order Is Received?

What Informed Translation Clients Need to Know – Part #1

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What Happens When a Translation Order Is Received?

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