Website Localization Pro Tips Series: Finalizing your website localization effort
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This document discusses guidelines for reviewing translated content before publication. It recommends that reviewers be native speakers with strong language skills and an understanding of the business. It also advises choosing one head reviewer per language to maintain consistency and settle disputes. When providing feedback, communicators should ensure goals were clearly explained to translators by referring to provided materials, glossaries and style guides. The review process allows final quality control of content before it goes live.
Website Localization Pro Tips Series: Finalizing your website localization effort
- 1. Finalizing your website localization effort – the review section Part 14
- 2. As we covered in past posts (13/14), the translation process is very collaborative. Rightfully so, after the LSP completes the translation, the piece of content is handed back to your organization for final review. During this review, your organization should consider industry terminology, brand identity nuances, and formatting technicalities. In order to establish a practical and effective review process, it is important to follow a couple of guidelines.
- 3. Your organization’s reviewers should be native speakers with good language skills. Furthermore, they should work at your company and understand all aspects of the business and industry. 1.Choose the most appropriate in-country reviewers.
- 4. 2.Choose only one head reviewer per language. Having one leader is important to settle disputes. This way one person has the last word, and is responsible for consolidating all feedback. This also makes the process smoother by maintaining a consistent tone and style.
- 5. 3.Communicate and provide materials. If you find that the piece of content does not meet the standard your organization was expecting, there was most likely a misunderstanding of goals. Be sure to clearly communicate the objectives of each piece of content to your LSP. Moreover, point back to the reference materials, glossaries, and style guides you provided in post #9.
- 6. The review section is an opportunity to have the final say in your content prior to being published. Be sure to spend sufficient time on this important component of the process. The next post is the final post in our Website Localization Pro Tips series. Be sure to check back. OVERVIEW