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Miriam McGinty-Lowe wrote:
>
> I've been reading the recent threads on translation with interest, and was
> wondering if anyone has any suggestions for my problem:
>
> My company has just taken on a new customer with operations in Norway, Denmark,
> Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany. We don't have to translate much of our
> It has been suggested translation software could be used by the development
> department as a filter before they pass the information that absolutely must be
> translated by a native speaker to our translation company. Its a cost cutting
> exercise - they (obviously) don't want to pay for the translation of a piece of
> paper that doesn't give any working information.
>
> I don't think the translation memory systems that have been discussed are right
> in this instance - the programmers just want a quick and dirty estimation of the
> contents of the document (I think someone in the archives refered to it as
> 'gisting')
I think you will find that most translation software misses nuances of
language that could come back to be embarrassing. I suggest that you
include back translating as part of your evaluation routine. As to not
using your Sales manager, that is a correct decision. His job is to
sell, not translate. If he/she is like most sales people it would not
work.
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