Quality & Translation Workflow – Trans Infopreneur Inc.

1. Human Translation + Editing + Proofreading (TEP)

This is our primary quality workflow for technical, legal, medical, patent, and IT documentation.

Step 1 – Translation

• Performed by domain-expert translators
• Subject-matter familiarity is mandatory (engineering, legal, medical, IT, etc.)
• Translation is created using:
  • Approved terminology
  • Client-specific preferences
  • Existing Translation Memories (if available)

Step 2 – Editing

• Performed by a separate senior reviewer
• Focus areas:
  • Accuracy of meaning
  • Terminology consistency
  • Technical correctness
  • Grammar and sentence structure
  • Industry-appropriate tone

Step 3 – Proofreading

• Final clean-up stage before delivery
• Focus areas:
  • Typographical errors
  • Formatting issues
  • Consistency checks
  • Final readability

This three-layer process ensures that the final text is not only linguistically correct, but also ready for real-world professional use.

2. MTPE (Machine Translation Post-Editing)

MTPE is used only where appropriate and only with clear client understanding of scope and limitations.

How We Handle MTPE

• Machine output is reviewed by human editors, not automated scripts
• Editors apply:
  • The same project style guides
  • The same approved terminology
  • The same QA checks used in full TEP
• The focus is to ensure:
  • Correct meaning
  • Natural sentence flow
  • Professional readability

MTPE is never used for high-risk legal, safety-critical medical, or compliance-heavy documents without explicit confirmation.

3. Project-Specific Style Guides

For every recurring client or large project, we create a custom style guide, which defines:

• Language register (formal, neutral, instructional)
• Preferred terminology choices
• Capitalisation and punctuation rules
• Units, measurements, and formatting rules
• Do-not-use terms

This ensures:

• Consistency across versions
• Stability across future updates
• Uniform output across multiple translators

4. Terminology Control & Dictionaries

• Over 1,000+ domain-specific printed dictionaries
• Client-approved terminology in SDL MultiTerm
• Subject-wise termbases (legal, medical, IT, engineering, etc.)

This avoids:

• Use of different words for the same technical term
• Different names used for the same product
• Different wording across documents

5. Phrase-Mapping Tables & Explanatory Diagrams (When Needed)

• Phrase-mapping tables (source sentence vs final edited sentence shown side by side)
• Simple explanatory diagrams (for process, structure, or logic explanation)

These are typically provided for:

• Engineering instructions
• Process documentation
• Safety or compliance content

6. CAT Tools, TMs & Workflow Control

• SDL Trados
• Alchemy Catalyst
• MultiTerm
• WinAlign for TM creation

This ensures:

• Correct text segmentation
• Consistent terminology usage
• Reuse of past translations
• Clear version tracking
• Lower long-term cost

7. Final QA Before Delivery

• Tag verification (for Trados/Catalyst)
• Formatting consistency check
• File integrity check
• Language completeness check

This prevents:

• Broken layouts
• Missing segments
• Corrupt files
• Software string errors

8. What This Means for Translation Agencies

• Predictable and stable quality
• Consistent terminology across projects
• Lower risk of client complaints
• Faster updates for revised files
• Controlled MTPE where applicable

9. How We Start New Projects

• We begin with a small pilot file (~500 words) at no cost
• This allows you to:
  • Check real working quality
  • Check communication clarity
  • Verify delivery performance

10. Supported Services Under This Workflow

• Human TEP (Translation + Editing + Proofreading)
• MTPE
• Trados & Catalyst project setup
• DTP & multilingual layout
• OCR & digitisation
• TM creation & alignment