Dec 2009, 19:14
What quality standards are established and used in translation industry?

Efforts have been repeatedly applied to develop and implement translation quality standards. The most significant among these are:

• European Union Standard prEN-15038
• Society of Automotive Engeneers standard SAE J2450
• ASTM F2575 – 06, Standard Guide for Quality Assurance in Translation

Neither of these standards defines translation quality characteristics nor it defines the very concept of quality. More…

Dec 2009, 13:04
The Food Chain

Is not it good to show up at work and find in your mailbox an attractive offer? Some SHYAM SANGHI from LINGUISTICS INTERNATIONAL (India) offers a job to translate 400 pages from Russian into English. Why Shyam has got an order for translation from Russian to English remains unclear, but further investigation reveals that not only Shyam is a talented marketer, but also he is a generous employer as he offers no less than $3 for a page of translation. God, save the client! More…

Dec 2009, 0:36
What is terminological and lexical consistency?

Terminological consistency means consistent use of terms within a text and across relevant texts. For example, term pin can mean штифт, палец, булавку, шплинт and a lot more. Some of these translations are interchangeable because the same part can be correctly called both штифтом и палец и шплинт. More…

Dec 2009, 11:25
A Sketch From Nature

You just have been assigned an international project manager. You have plenty of issues to worry about. On top of that there is a tiny irritating problem: the project documentation should be provided in two languages.
You hire someone, low-skilled, you call her Translation Manager; it makes the person feel important. After all, the job is just find translators and get the documents converted from one language into another. Now you can get back to important stuff. More…