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* TRAINING: How to Measure Translation Quality
* WHITEPAPER: Improving Productivity And Reducing Risks By
Managing Content As An Asset
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The quality of translation lies in the eye of the beholder,
making a "good" or "bad" judgment highly subjective. Miscommunication
and stylistic preferences often mark these discussions and a surprising
number of organizations and localization/translation vendors have no
quality system in place at all. When there is no single, accepted
definition of translation quality, how can companies measure it?
This audio conference will help you understand proven methodologies
for measuring translation quality and sort through the myriad options
available to find a solution that is right for you.
This audio conference will:
* Outline the decision-making process for defining and measuring quality
metrics
* Discuss a real-world case study
* Supply sample forms and metrics
* Provide best practices for implementing translation quality metrics
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Eastern Time
Presented by: Andres Heuberger, President, ForeignExchange Translations,
Inc.
WHITEPAPER: Improving Productivity And Reducing Risks By Managing
Content As An Asset
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designed to help readers make the case for content management. It
is aimed at educating managers, CEOs, CIOs, and CFOs why they should
consider content management as a strategy and start thinking of
content as an asset, worthy of being managed.
The authors, Scott Abel, Lisa Woods and Kay Ethier, make the case for
adopting best practices, principles, and processes, and demonstrate
through real-world examples how implementing content management can
help organizations of all sizes avoid embarrassing, expensive, and
preventable content management dilemmas.
If you're looking for ways to operate your business more efficiently,
reduce risks, and gain a competitive edge over the competition,
you'll want to read "Content Management: Improving Productivity And
Reducing Risks By Managing Content As An Asset."
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For the first time, WebWorks Services is offering Quadralay
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With over 11 years of content conversion experience, we are able to
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**Translations provided by Adams Globalization.
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