Testing & Quality Check

Each order is processed according to rigorous QA procedures. Depending on individual circumstances these may be expanded or reduced, but in all cases we apply a minimum level of quality control.

Checking & Amending Final QA

Checking & Amending

Our QA processes were developed, & are constantly being improved upon, by our experienced management team, who have been responsible for developing & maintaining QA procedures in the language industry.

Basic check: all translations undergo at least a first-level check to ensure no omissions or typographical errors

Full check: a competent linguist carries out a thorough check to ensure no grammatical errors, misunderstandings, questionable style issues

Edit: where a full stylistic rewrite is necessary to adapt an original text into a foreign language "version" rather than a straight translation (e.g. Sales materials)



Foreign language Desktop Publishing can also be complex:

File format: language versions of some packages may not be available

Pagination: text often expands in translation, so manual re-pagination may need to be done

Index, Table of Contents, Cross references can all be affected by re-pagination & need careful checking

Layout needs to change - e.g. Farsi & Arabic read from right to left (& therefore "back to front")

Artwork: full linguistic & layout proof check of artwork

Final QA

As a last safety procedure, every item is reviewed to ensure:

All amendments have been introduced error-free

Our Client’s original instructions have been carried out

Any relevant issues are drawn to our Client’s attention

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