How to Save Time and Money by Connecting the Writing Process to the Update and Translation Process
Margaretha Eriksson · 2020
The cost of the second translation is obviously less than that of the original translation since only the updates and changes are translated. The customer&s;s part in the process is to deliver the texts to be translated from in-house sources or contract writers to the translation vendor. The extreme requirements of time-to-market make translation a pressured activity, placing high demands on both writers and translators. The cost of translation, from the translator&s;s viewpoint, has decreased over the last 15 years. The quality of a translation depends on the quality of the translator and on internal quality controls implemented by the translation vendor. The quality of a translation also depends on the translator&s;s access to terminology, reference material, and previously translated versions. The translation vendor charges a fixed amount per translated word, and when the match is closer to 100%, the charge is lower.