Re: How do you ensure the quality of translations?

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

You will also have the potential issue of errors in the reverse 
translation causing "false positives."

The most consistent and reliable method I can think of is to have both 
your native language original and the translated version reviewed by a 
bilingual technical SME who will be able to tell you if your translation 
says something different from your original.  And yes, if you're 
translating into multiple languages, you'll need a reviewer for each.

Gene Kim-Eng



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dossy Shiobara" <dossy -at- panoptic -dot- com>
> The reverse translation spot check assumes that you will definitely be
> able to identify poor translations (which ensures a certain minimum
> quality of translation), but cannot demonstrate that the translation 
> is
> of a particular high quality.
>
> Personally, I feel that it's impossible to find a consistent method 
> that
> guarantees high quality translations, but it's fairly trivial to
> identify poor quality translations which is ultimately the more useful
> as it's the poor ones that cause problems.

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