01

Translation and localization

Professional translations/localization of English/German contents to adapt them to the needs of Italian cunsumers, performed with the help of dedicated softwares, e.g. SDL Trados Studio,Lingotek,XTM, and compliant with the following standards:

• Semantic accuracy
• Text and terminology consistency
• Suitability for target culture
• Suitability for target text type
• Compliance with target editorial conventions
• Compliance with any style guide/glossary/instruction/reference provided by clients

02

Post-editing (publishable level)

Editing and correction of machine translation pre-translated texts in order to offer the same quality of conventional translations, assuring:

• Compliance with conventional translation standards
• Grammatical and spelling accuracy
• Lack of omissions/additions
• Formatting accuracy

03

Editing and proofreading

of translated texts

Scrupulous editing/proofreading of translated texts from English or German performed through a careful reading and the use of quality check softwares, e.g. Xbench, Transistor, Verifika, to assure:

• Compliance with translation standards
• Grammatical and spelling accuracy 
• Typographical accuracy
• Formatting accuracy
• Accuracy in the transcription of unchangeable elements (proper names, symbols,...)
• Accuracy in the localization/transcription of numbers
• Style suitability and appropriateness for specific receivers
• Acceptability

04

Editing and proofreadng 

of Italian texts

Editing/proofreading of translated texts which do not require a parallel source reading and original Italian texts in order to assure grammatical and spelling accuracy, as:

• Grammatical and spelling accuracy 
• Typographical accuracy
• Formatting accuracy
• Text and terminology consistency
• Suitability for target text type
• Compliance with target editorial conventions
• Style suitability and appropriateness for specific receivers
• Acceptability

05

Language Sign-Off (LSO)

Check on translated texts, from English or German, in their final design format and context where they’ll be used, with focus on:

• Correspondence with source layout and formatting (correct text and pictures setting, characters and paragraphs style consistency, correct formnatting,..)
• Typographical accuracy
• Lists accuracy
• Correct page numbering
• Correct links working