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Our Quality Control
System
For us mediocrity is
not acceptable. We think our and your clients deserve better:
a high-quality manual or brochure that matches the first-class
product they chose to buy.
With this goal in mind, we developed a quality control process
for all our translation, editing and localization services:
Specialized
Document Translation – in all our Areas of Expertise
Proofreading
and Editing – in all our Areas of Expertise
Website
Translation and Localization
Software
Translation and Localization
Specialized Document Translation -
in all our Areas of Expertise
Quality and accuracy are monitored throughout every stage
of a translation project. The following measures we adopted
will ensure that your documents are error-free:
- Both the translator and editor have Romanian
as their native language and live in Romania, to
ensure that no language nuance is lost in translation.
- They are both specialists,
either with a degree in the subject matter or with extensive
experience (over 5 years) working in the respective field,
or both.
- For each project, a work order
is generated containing all the particulars for the job
and special instructions from the client, and a tracking
number assigned.
- Translators work with a glossary
that is created during preliminary translation, to ensure
consistency
- All projects undergo a 3 stage
verification process, consisting of basic proofreading,
substantial editing and post-format review.
How does this work exactly?
Please read below to see how your translation project will
be handled:
1. WE RECEIVE THE DOCUMENTS
AND REFERENCE MATERIAL FROM YOU
We receive from you all documents that need translation into
Romanian, together with any glossary, terminology database
or previously translated material or reference file that may
help us
2. PRELIMINARY TRANSLATION
The translator (who is either one of us or one of our team
members) performs a preliminary translation (draft translation)
of your documents, which will identify all terminological,
linguistic, structural and cultural issues of your document
3. CLARIFICATION OF ISSUES
During the preliminary translation we will contact you to
clarify any issues that arise
4. GLOSSARY CREATION
During the preliminary translation we identify and, especially
for large projects, we make a glossary list or database of
all specific terminology used in the document, with the appropriate
translation, and, if needed, definitions or examples for each
item. After we agree upon the translation of your company’s
specific terms, the glossary will remain in our possession,
so it can be used for any future projects you may have.
If necessary, we can send you the glossary, for your own use,
in which case it will be invoiced separately, as a Terminology
Research service.
5. FINAL TRANSLATION
The translator finishes the translation, incorporating all
changes that are needed
6. BASIC PROOFREADING
The translator rereads the entire translation, proofing it
for any grammatical and syntactical errors, terminology inconsistencies,
or ambiguities of message arising from poor sentence structure
7. SUBSTANTIAL PROOFREADING
AND EDITING
The translation is passed to the Proofreader, (also a translator
with Romanian native language and specialist in the subject
matter), who edits it, for issues ranging from grammar, syntax
and spelling, to the appropriate and consistent use of terminology,
style, readability and consistency in formatting and layout
(for example bulleted lists, headings). This step will ensure
that your document is of excellent quality, ready for publication
or distribution.
NOTE: For Specialized Translation,
Proofreading and Editing is done at no extra charge to you,
for the documents we translated. For a more detailed description
of this step, see also: Proofreading and Editing Workflow
8. DTP - LAYOUT & GRAPHICS
Where needed, the DTP specialist performs complete formatting
and layout of your document, incorporates translated text
into graphics or if they are culturally inappropriate, changes
the graphics with others approved by you
NOTE: DTP Services are not included in the price for Specialized
Translation; they are invoiced as a separate service, at an
hourly rate
9. POST-FORMAT REVIEW
Source and target files are compared, assessing completeness
and performing a review of formatting and graphics recreation.
10. WE SEND THE TRANSLATED FILES
BACK TO YOU, by email, FTP, post or courier
Find out more
about our Specialized Translation Service
Our Prices
for Specialized Translation
Find out more about other document translation services into
Romanian:
Discount
Translation from / into Romanian
General
Translation from / into Romanian
Proofreading and Editing – In all
our areas of expertise
Proofreading and editing is the most important stage prior
to the publication of your document, ensuring that your technical
manual or business document is error-free and easy to read.
Editing work is assigned only to editors that are Romanian
native speakers, living in Romania and with subject matter
expertise.
How does this work exactly?
Please read below to see how your editing project will be
handled:
1. We receive from you all
documents in Romanian that need editing, the source
language (original) documents for comparison, together with
any glossary, or reference file that may help us
2. We make sure the terminology
is correctly translated and used
3. We check the translation
against the original document to find any translation
errors
4. We ensure that the style
and sentence structure is correct
5. We check for spelling, grammar
and syntactic mistakes
6. We make sure that all indexes
and references are correct
7. We ensure that formatting
matches that of the original document and make minor
changes if required
8. We send the edited files
back to you by email, FTP, post or courier
Note: extensive formatting
and modification of graphics is invoiced separately, as a
DTP Service
Find out more
about our Proofreading and Editing Service
Our Prices
for Proofreading and Editing
Website Translation and Localization
In order to translate websites, besides language and subject
matter expertise, it is crucial to be familiar with html or
web design applications.
We can handle HTML, JAVA, CGI, Perl, ASP, JavaScript, Dreamweaver
translation.
How does this work exactly?
Please read below to see how your website localization project
will be handled:
1. We receive from you, by
email or FTP, the following:
- the entire website, complete with images and scripts,
containing the web pages that need translation
(We can also work directly on text-only source files, but
it would be better to have the entire website at hand, for
testing purposes)
- the editable original images from which the graphics
on your site were created (in .png, .swf .psd, and other
editable formats)
- any glossary or reference material that may help us
2. We translate the text in
the web pages and meta tags
3. We proofread the translated
text for grammatical, spelling and sentence structure
errors
4. We localize currencies,
date and time formats...
5. We check the appropriateness
and relevance of the images used throughout the website
and, if necessary, change them with others approved by you
6. We translate and localize
the text in graphics and navigation menus or buttons,
based on the editable graphics you sent, or we recreate your
images, buttons and navigation if you don’t have the original
graphics
7. We test your website
on the relevant browsers
8. We send the translated
website back to you by email or FTP
Added Services for Websites
9. Keyword Research:
We search and implement relevant Romanian keywords for your
industry
10. Search engine Submission:
we submit your site to Romanian general search engines and
search engines specific for your industry
Find out more
about our Website Translation and Localization Service
Our Prices
for Website Translation and Localization
Software Translation and Localization
1. We receive the internationalized
source files from you and any reference material like
glossaries, previously translated material or software manuals
2. We develop the glossary
containing product and domain-specific terms
3. We translate the software
strings, help and other linguistic elements of the
software, using the glossary and translation memory tools
4. We send the translated
files back to you for engineering and final testing
Find out more
about our Software Translation and Localization Service
Our Prices
for Software Translation and Localization
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