Our third webinar this year covered and included useful tips for everyday work and practical examples relating to questions such as:

– What is localization?

– Why is localization an important part of the translation industry?

– What are its advantages from the perspective of project managers and language experts?

– What is being localized and why?

We focused  on  the stages of the localization process, the technology used to successfully implement a localization project, and the teams involved in the project and their workflow – from project managers, translators, and proofreaders to quality assurance specialists.

We hope that you learnt something new.

Today, we’re sharing the first of three videos on the subject, which we plan to publish every Wednesday.

The subjects that we’ll cover in the upcoming video are the following:

– What does localization mean?

– What exactly gets localized?

– The workflow of a localization project

If you want to learn more, take a look at the video.

If all this sounds interesting and you’re inspired to learn new things, research, and to easily make the first contact, get in touch with us today.

Looking forward to meeting you!

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We were happy to receive many positive comments from the audience on the cooperation between freelancers and translation agencies.

Today, we will share the first of seven video materials on the subject, that we plan to publish every Wednesday from today on.

Subjects that we will cover in the next video are the following:

• What’s the role of a project manager
• What is the difference between simple and complex projects
• What standards does the industry adhere to: current trends in the industry
• What kind of partners are translation agencies looking for
• What are the first steps after a translator and an agency agree to a partnership
• How do you choose the right CAT tool

If you want to hear more on the qualities of a good translator, the advantages and standards in general, take a look at the video.

If that sounds interesting and you are driven to new learnings, research, and to easily make first contact, share your profile with the Ciklopea vendor management team:

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We hope that you learnt something new about the advantages that are useful in the work of a translator.

Stay tuned!

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Do you have any aggregated data that show or indicate cost/time savings effect of Verifika QA? 

We rely on our client’s feedback.

They found Verifika to be effective in different applications. A client used Verifika to check terminology in 1041 files instead of a built-in QA feature in the CAT software. Verifika does this swiftly, while processing of a large number of files in a standard CAT tool may take hours and there is always a risk of program freezes.

Although QA software has a great traction in the market, applications may vary from one company to another. A client can benefit a lot from one particular feature. For example, a pharmaceutical giant highly values our back terminology check and powerful check for untranslatable terms. Proofreading had always been a bottleneck in their process, but Verifika made their localization process highly scalable and unified.

Aleksander Gilev

What’s your estimate of cost/time expenses of translation double-checking without using a tool like Verifika QA? 

I’ll share our client’s opinion: five people did the proofreading of practical manuals at a time. They all experienced decrease of attention after 3.5-4 hours of this tedious work and started omitting mistakes. When they started using Verifika, the decrease of attention was no longer an issue. Verifika embraces a system of multiple rechecks, which prevents proofreaders from making a wrong correction.

What features are unique to Verifika? 

Verifika does not only detects errors but also let you correct them from within the software.

Therefore, users perform corrections without hopping around from one software to another. To make this possible, Verifika has a thorough support of all popular file formats. If a client has already switched to a cloud CAT tool, Verifika offers integration with the four most popular cloud CAT tools on the market.

What are the common translation errors that Verifika always detects?

Verifika leverages 49 quality checks pre-set with language specific standards. It enables Verifika to detect accuracy, fluency, terminology errors, and even some stylistic errors (in case there is a customer’s style guide).

What is your vision of the future of software solutions for the language industry and of the language industry itself?

Personally, I think that people in the language industry should be aware of the arrival of the AI age.

AI-assisted translation will lead rapid transformation and eventually ease communication to the extent when “translation” becomes an archaic word. Translation QA software derives from translation imperfections, which is a human factor. For example, translators usually make typos trying to keep up with the fast business pace to make a living. AI technologies are developing very fast. Fewer people are involved in translation, they make less errors, there is less demand for QA. In short terms QA will transform and it will eventually disappear.

Are there any interesting trends among your users that you have noticed?

Automation of everything that can be autoamted. Unification.

What’s Verifika’s greatest challenge in development of their QA tool?

Performing a QA of software designed for QA. People are relying on Verifika, so you need to make sure that every nuance of the check counts.

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Due to its simplicity, speed, reliability and cloud-based infrastructure that enables smooth performance at any time and effective costs, Memsource is becoming the preferred choice of the company, as it enables us to work with excellent linguists unexperienced at performing linguistic tasks in stand-alone CAT programs.

See the interview with Ciklopea COO Marina Oreskovic on Memsource blog for more info.

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Following the successful professional training organized by Across Systems GmbH, Ciklopea has been accepted in the inner circle of global language services providers.

Our knowledge and professional competence, as well as this valuable certification, are the proof of our orientation toward values such as excellence and leadership

We use the acquired knowledge in our everyday work to provide our clients with the linguistic services of high quality and to provide our partners and collaborators with support and competence.

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