Course Introduction

In the Translation Management System (TMS) course, we explored WorldServer, Lingotek, XTM, three programs used to facilitate the translation and localization process.

Here is a summary of what we have learned:

• Linguistic Asset Management in the TMS
• Workflows, Project Type Setup in the TMS
• Pseudo Localization Workflows in the TMS
• Filter Customization in the TMS
• Quality Models, Review & QA in the TMS
• Quote Automation Workflow in the TMS

Here is a list of profession presentation topics we have covered:

• TMS Technology and the Cloud
• TMS Quality Models and QA (MQM)
• TMSs for Crowdsourcing
• TMS Selection and Adoption
• TMS Recommendation to Management
• TMS Comparison (WorldServer & Lingotek)

Final Project Overview

In this semester, I joined a group of three other students to apply what we learned to a simulated translation project. We had a kick-off meeting with the client (the professor), used WorldServer as our TMS and translated the files, sent deliverables back to the client, and held a meeting to discuss the lessons learned.

Our team (Fortune Cookie LLC.) translated a news article detailing the history of Chinese food in America from English (the source language) to Simplified Chinese and Japanese (the target languages). We utilized TeamWeek as the timeline planner, SDL WorldServer as the TMS and Photoshop as the DTP (Desktop Publishing) software. More details of the project can be found in the final project assets.

Final project Assets:

• Statement of Work:
  • Project specifications
  • Project goals
  • Project timeline
  • Project costs
  • Resources
  • Deliverables
• Deliverables:
  • The source files (an html document pulled from a webpage) and target files (a Word document)
  • A TM and Glossary as well as pseudo-translated files of the source document
  • Translated jpg files (for images)
• Presentation on Lessons Learned