How a translation gets checked
One person translates. A different person reads the result against your original and fixes it. That's all there is to it, and it applies to all 13 packages, the $199 one included.
Translate, edit, proofread
The industry calls it TEP. In practice:
- Translate
The first linguist produces the full target text from your source.
- Edit
The second linguist compares source and target sentence by sentence. Missing phrases, wrong numbers, shifted meaning, inconsistent terms: that's what they're looking for.
- Proofread
A last read of the finished text, by the second linguist, for typos, punctuation and layout slips.
The second linguist hasn't seen the text before, which is the point. Someone who wrote a sentence reads what they meant. A reviewer reads what's there.
What a correction looks like
- Source (EN)
- The Tenant shall give the Landlord thirty (30) days' written notice before vacating the Premises.
- First draft (ES)
- El Arrendatario deberá dar al Arrendador un aviso escrito de treinta (30) días antes de desocupar el
Local. - Reviewer's note
- “Premises” is defined as the whole rental property in clause 1. “Local” suggests a shop unit. Changed to “Inmueble” to match the defined term, and kept consistent in clauses 4, 9 and 12.
- Delivered (ES)
- El Arrendatario deberá dar al Arrendador un aviso escrito de treinta (30) días antes de desocupar el Inmueble.
What term control you get
Consistency across a long document is mostly bookkeeping, and the bookkeeping scales with the package.
- Smaller packages. The reviewer keeps terms consistent within the document. Most don't come with a separate glossary file; $599 instructions and consent forms get a short term list.
- Mid packages (for example $999 legal bundle, $1,399 manuals, $999 small site): a glossary or term list is built and delivered with the translation. Send us yours and we'll use it instead.
- Largest packages ($1,999, $4,999, $2,999, $2,999): glossary plus a translation memory, so repeated and near-repeated sentences stay identical across files. Each package page lists exactly what's included.
If you already have approved terminology, say so in the brief. It beats ours.
About tools
We may use translation-memory and terminology tools. Every text we deliver is translated and reviewed by people.
What review doesn't do
- It doesn't make a translation “certified.” That's a signed statement, a different product, and packages don't include it. Certified vs notarized
- It doesn't check whether your source is right, legally sound or medically accurate. We translate what's written.
- It doesn't guarantee that a court, agency or regulator will accept the result. We follow the format the receiving party asks for if you tell us. We can't guarantee acceptance.
- It isn't a legal, medical or technical opinion.
If a reviewer finds an error that's ours, the 14-day correction window covers it.