Technology quality and accuracy

How we leverage technology to benefit you

The translation industry has made a huge leap in the last 30 years.

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And we are all grateful for it.

By implementing innovations, like translation and localization software, we ensure that our clients, benefit from the translation accuracy, quality and speed you need.

Our 80 Major Languages

In reality, we can do at least 120 languages but we prefer to be modest. Instead, we are pleased to present just the top 80 into which we translate, interpret and localize. In addition, we provide many dialects such as Canadian French, Argentine Spanish or UK English for translating, and Mandarin and Cantonese for interpreting which we don’t even count as part of our list. Need others not shown? Please ask—our linguistic translation professionals just might surprise you!

As relevant science and technology started expanding a few decades ago at a universal scale, translation was the indispensable ingredient for the success. The translation industry benefited enormously from technological progress and followed right along. When Microsoft, Google, eBay and Twitter – to mention just the biggest ones — are interested in developing and improving language technology, the industry listens and has followed. Technology, far from replacing humans, has become a tool helping them to keep up with growing demand for high quality translation.

Software used in the translation business is of inestimable value, providing: content management systems; project management programs; resource and staff management tools; computer-assisted-translation tools; terminology databases; plus programs for formatting, layout, transmission, storage, instant worldwide communication, etc.

Additional tools for localizing websites, software and mobile apps have opened new branches of business. Computer-aided translation is of huge importance in paving the future development and new directions of the language industry.

Besides basic daily tasks, machine-assisted translation and other technologies have also opened our door to the huge range of competent translators across the globe who have diverse specializations and do less common languages. And all are vetted before we use them.

To guarantee accuracy, the translation process has three critical steps:

Draft or initial translation using a subject-specialized, professionally trained translator of each target language;
Editing (Revising) using a second subject-specialized, professionally trained translator of each target language to review the draft; and
Proofreading the file for spelling, punctuation, grammar and formatting.

When a text has many repetitions or tight deadlines, Auerbach International often uses computer-aided translation for Step 1 with human translators for the critical Steps 2 and 3. This combination of machines and people maximizes accuracy and delivers quality quickly.

But MT can still make comical and critical mistakes, and does not work well with complex sentence structures and many Asian languages. In these cases, we use a professional, human translator for the draft (Step 1) and another professional translator (or two) to edit and proofread the text (Steps 2 and 3).

Getting language nuances, expressions and colloquialisms right is also challenging for MT.

Computer-aided translation and other technologies also cannot acculturate. For example, for an interior design firm that “creates soothing office spaces”, we rewrote the text for the Arabic translation to say that it “makes soothing office spaces.” That’s because for devout Muslims, only God can create and not acculturating would doom the client’s promotion.

When technology reaches its limits, we always use human professionals.

In today’s highly competitive marketplace, communicating across multiple languages and cultures is essential for:

launching your product worldwide;
developing new technologies;
collaborating with world-renowned scientists for research;
getting essential information to (minority) populations speaking different languages; and
making sales in foreign countries.

New technology integrated into language industry ensures:

faster turnaround times;
on-time product releases;
higher levels of accuracy;
consistency throughout all media and brands;
improved quality;
lower prices; and
services adapted to real needs, whether a machine translation for internal use, over-the-phone interpreting, or easy management of your content for translation.

Our machine-assisted translation and technology processes ensure that you get greater competitiveness and better success on the global market, regardless of your particular industry.

Your translation projects undergo a thorough and comprehensive process, coordinated by a professional project manager and involving some or all of the following phases:

Creation of a glossary for your in-house linguists’ or distributors’ review;
Draft translation by a native-speaking, translator of each target language who usually has a Master’s-level or equivalent training, ten years’
Ongoing experience, and specializes in your industry terminology. Multi-lingual projects all work simultaneously;
Quality Assurance review (“editing”) by a second native-speaking, subject-expert translator of each language to ensure accuracy;
Acculturation for the dialect or terminology of your target country or region (such as Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French or European Spanish);
Proofreading for spelling, punctuation and grammar;
Formatting to correspond to the design of the source files as closely as possible;
Multilingual desktop publishing (DTP) (if required);
Final, post-layout proofing; and
Creation or update of a Translation Memory which captures terminology in each language to ensure consistency across all languages and allows for substantial discounting of future projects.

Machine Translation Mis-translations

ORIGINAL ENGLISH

The Global Sales Incentive Program is completely discretionary and “Company” retains its right to administer the Plans in its sole discretion, including the right to alter, amend, modify, or discontinue at any time without obligation to make an award, unless otherwise specifically required by local law, for any reason, including but not limited to the following:

Machine translation into German:

Das Global Sales Incentive Program ist vollständig diskretionär und das Unternehmen behält sich das Recht vor, die Pläne nach eigenem Ermessen zu verwalten, einschließlich des Rechts, jederzeit ohne Verpflichtung zur Vergabe einer Prämie zu ändern, zu ergänzen, zu modifizieren oder einzustellen, sofern nicht ausdrücklich etwas anderes von lokal gefordert wird Gesetz, aus irgendeinem Grund, einschließlich, aber nicht beschränkt auf die folgenden:

Back translation of MT German into English:

The Global Sales Incentive Program is entirely discretionary and the Company reserves the right to administer the plans at its sole discretion, including the right to change, add, modify or discontinue at any time without obligation to award any award, except as expressly provided otherwise required by local law, for any reason, including but not limited to the following:

Far better Human editing into German:

Das Globale Anreizvergütungsprogramm ist vollständig dem eigenen Ermessen des Unternehmens anheimgestellt und “Company” behält sich das Recht vor, die Pläne nach eigenem Ermessen zu verwalten, einschließlich des Rechts, jederzeit ohne Verpflichtung zur Vergabe einer Prämie zu ändern, zu ergänzen, zu modifizieren oder einzustellen, sofern nicht ausdrücklich durch lokale Gesetzgebung vorgeschrieben, aus beliebigen Gründen, einschließlich, aber nicht beschränkt auf des Folgenden:

Machine translation into French:

Le programme mondial d’incitation à la vente est entièrement discrétionnaire et “Company” conserve son droit d’administrer les plans à sa seule discrétion, y compris le droit de modifier, d’amender, de modifier ou d’interrompre à tout moment sans obligation d’attribuer une récompense, sauf exigence contraire spécifique par les autorités locales. loi, pour quelque raison que ce soit, y compris, mais sans s’y limiter, ce qui suit:

Back translation of MT French into English:

The Global Sales Incentive Program is entirely discretionary and “Company” retains its right to administer the Plans in its sole discretion, including the right to modify, amend, modify or discontinue at any time without obligation to award a reward, unless specifically required otherwise by local authorities. law, for any reason, including but not limited to the following:

Far better Human editing into French:

Le plan mondial des primes exceptionnelles est entièrement discrétionnaire et Société conserve son droit d’administrer les plans à sa seule discrétion, y compris le droit d’altérer, d’amender, de modifier ou d’interrompre à tout moment sans obligation afin de faire une attribution, à moins que cela ne soit spécifiquement requis par la loi locale, pour toute raison, y compris, mais sans se limiter aux raisons suivantes: