Re: How do you ensure the quality of translations?

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Yes, having translations done in the country where the target language 
is native is my preference, whether the translation is from English to 
another language or the other way around.

I don't like dealing with services that do machine translations, so all 
of my translation work has been done by real people who I can actually 
talk to, whether in the target country or here in the US, which means 
that at least *someone* on the translation team must be fluently 
bilingual.  And I won't sign off on the work until someone whose local 
language *and* technical review I have confidence in (see my reference 
to local service techs) has blessed it. Mere "proofing" is utterly 
inadequate, in any language.

Selecting the translators is only the first step.  You still have to own 
the document and the process from beginning to end.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Lauriston" <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
> Gene said, "I prefer to have my translations done by translators in
> the target language's country." In your case, that would mean in the
> US.
>
> Doing machine translation in another country and not having native
> speakers even proof it is about the worst approach imaginable.

> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 10:12 AM, <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net> wrote:
>> To address your second paragraph statement about translations being 
>> done best in the country of origin, it ain't necessarily so -- at 
>> least not in my case.

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