Re: How do you ensure the quality of translations?

Subject: Re: How do you ensure the quality of translations?
From: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: "Boudreaux, Madelyn \(GE Healthcare, consultant\)" <MadelynBoudreaux -at- ge -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:25:58 -0700

By having someone who is knowledgeable in the subject matter *and* a
native speaker of the target language review the result (service techs
are my favorites). If possible, have the same person on the review
cycle for the original English version as well.

If possible, I prefer to have my translations done by translators in the
target language's country. Not always possible, of course, and if not,
I prefer translators who employ people who are native speakers of the
target language.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message -----
From: "Boudreaux, Madelyn (GE Healthcare,consultant)"
<MadelynBoudreaux -at- ge -dot- com>
> Does anyone have any tips on how to verify the quality of a translated
> document? How do you *know* that the work you get is good, especially
> if
> you cannot read the translation?
>
> In a related vein, what are some tricks for picking out a good quality
> translation company?

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