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It's very easy to get lost in today's file format jungle: Word files, txt, spreadsheets, presentations, pdf, image files… The list seems to be endless. But what then is the right file format to send to your translator? How can you make sure your translator does not waste time with cumbersome file conversions? Or even better : how can you avoid extra conversion costs? Here are a few tips.   TALK IS CHEAP Having a talk with your translator first won't cost you a thing. The best advice we can give is: Don't make any assumptions about file formats and don't start doing cumbersome file conversion or exporting work. You might have the intention to reduce your agency's workload, for example by exporting all your website copy to a spreadsheet file, but actually you are only giving your translator a lot of extra work. A preliminary chat with your translator will also teach you for example that a scanned document is not really a digital text file, but an untranslata...

The demand for data collection projects has a hug gross in the past 10 years . The fundamental work of t hese projects typically involve translating large quantities of language data, which is then used to train Natural Language Processing (NLP) or machine learning engines. Transee has adapted our language quality assurance (LQA) strategies to meet this need , because d ata collection projects also need to be managed according to specific requirements. Following is the several tips we’ve collected for data collection quality management that we think are effective.   Translation quality management There are many familiar aspects between most localization experts and translation quality concepts. but the process of running a language quality program can often be unclear to their clients. Using an similar example of manufacturing industry, LQA can be described as a sampling process, whose goal is to prevent defects from reaching customers . A sample of a finished produc...