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Quality Checklist

Quality Checklist, from intake checklist to the file you send on.

Legal Terminology QATechnical Terminology QATranslation ProofreadingTerminology Management
Quality Checklist

What decides the answer here

Requirements and review steps are documented rather than promised in advance.

Legal Terminology QATechnical Terminology QATranslation ProofreadingTerminology ManagementNative ProofreadingMedical Terminology QA

What a searcher here already knows

What Quality Checklist involves, and the points we confirm at intake.

Legal Terminology QA

Legal Terminology QA

Available for legal terminology qa on the same review path.

Technical Terminology QA

Technical Terminology QA

Handles technical terminology qa with open points flagged rather than assumed.

Translation Proofreading

Translation Proofreading

Covers translation proofreading without restructuring the source document.

Terminology Management

Terminology Management

Covers terminology management without restructuring the source document.

Native Proofreading

Native Proofreading

Tracked per project: native proofreading.

Medical Terminology QA

Medical Terminology QA

Handles medical terminology qa with open points flagged rather than assumed.

Format coverage

Values that depend on the document stay pending until intake confirms them.

ItemHow it is handled
Legal Terminology QAAccepted. Handling is confirmed at intake and recorded on the order.
Technical Terminology QAAccepted. Handling is confirmed at intake and recorded on the order.
Translation ProofreadingAccepted. Handling is confirmed at intake and recorded on the order.
Terminology ManagementAccepted. Handling is confirmed at intake and recorded on the order.
Native ProofreadingAccepted. Handling is confirmed at intake and recorded on the order.
Medical Terminology QAAccepted. Handling is confirmed at intake and recorded on the order.

Safeguards on the translation

We list the processes we can document. Third-party endorsements are only shown when we hold the paperwork.

Legal Terminology QA

Internal standard covering legal terminology qa.

Verified record

Technical Terminology QA

Process documentation for technical terminology qa.

Verified record

Translation Proofreading

Record of the review path applied to translation proofreading.

Verified record

Terminology Management

Record of the review path applied to terminology management.

Verified record

Native Proofreading

Process documentation for native proofreading.

Verified record

Medical Terminology QA

Signed-off procedure for medical terminology qa.

Verified record

Common questions

Answers are limited to what we can confirm at intake.

What does legal terminology qa cost?
A second reader reviews the translation against the source before delivery. Terminology stays on the list agreed at intake and formatting is checked on the output file.
Is technical terminology qa accepted by the receiving office?
It depends on the language pair and the document set. We review the file, confirm the receiving institution's requirements, then send the scope and the date in writing — nothing is quoted from a template.
How is translation proofreading handled?
Turnaround is confirmed at intake, not estimated here. Standard documents usually run in days; anything needing a third party takes longer and we say so before you commit.
How long does terminology management take?
Turnaround is confirmed at intake, not estimated here. Standard documents usually run in days; anything needing a third party takes longer and we say so before you commit.
Who reviews native proofreading before it is sent?
A second reader reviews the translation against the source before delivery. Terminology stays on the list agreed at intake and formatting is checked on the output file.
Is medical terminology qa accepted by the receiving office?
Scans and phone photos are accepted for most documents. If legibility is a problem we tell you what to re-shoot rather than guessing at the text.

Specifications

Values that depend on the document stay pending until intake confirms them.

ItemHow it is handled
Legal Terminology QAAccepted. Handling is confirmed at intake and recorded on the order.
Technical Terminology QAAccepted. Handling is confirmed at intake and recorded on the order.
Translation ProofreadingAccepted. Handling is confirmed at intake and recorded on the order.
Terminology ManagementAccepted. Handling is confirmed at intake and recorded on the order.
Native ProofreadingAccepted. Handling is confirmed at intake and recorded on the order.
Medical Terminology QAAccepted. Handling is confirmed at intake and recorded on the order.

Walkthrough

Scope, review path and delivery for Quality Checklist.

Legal Terminology QA
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Legal Terminology QA

Watch a legal terminology qa file move through review.

Technical Terminology QA
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Technical Terminology QA

Short screen-by-screen tour of technical terminology qa.

Start with a written quote

We review the document, confirm the language pair and the receiving institution, then send pricing and turnaround in writing.

Questions about your file?

Tell us the document type and the language pair, and we will confirm what we need to start.

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