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Translation Changes Categories in the BWX platform

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Translation Changes Categories in the BWX platform

In BWX, when a linguist reviews translations from a previous workflow step and makes changes to any segments in the file, BWX will prompt the reviewer to categorize the change that is being made to the translations, based on a list of 6 categories. These are the categories you can choose from:

  • Preferential change (Improved fluency)
  • Preferential change (Did not improve fluency)
  • Fluency
  • Terminology
  • Incorrect translation 
  • Grammar

Be aware that how you categorize the changes will have an impact on the quality score of the translator whose work you are reviewing.

 

Preferential changes (Improved fluency or Did not improve fluency)

  • These changes represent the personal preferences of the reviewer and may be exclusively a personal preference or a preference that is also improving the fluency of the translations
  • Preferential changes are not factored in the translator’s quality index assessment

Examples

Translated version

Reviewed version

as well as laying out the roles

in addition to outlining the roles

in a ceremony that took place in Miami

in a ceremony held in Miami

 

Fluency

  • Fluency affects reading comprehension, making the content sound “weird”, “mechanical” or “translated by a machine”
  • Even in texts with flawless grammar and spelling, end readers may still have trouble understanding the content if it lacks fluency
  • Literal translations generally lack fluency

Examples

Translated version

Reviewed version

Not only does it help with relief from a qualitative housing reduction problem

Besides helping relieve the problem of a qualitative housing shortage

Here, we try to close the cycle of life of the plastic to resolve two current problems

In this case, we are seeking to bring the plastic lifecycle full circle to solve two pressing issues


Terminology

Terminology errors occur when the translator:

  • Fails to follow the Term Base

or

  • Fails to carry out proper research and uses improper terms based on the context

Examples

Translated version

Reviewed version (DNT terms)

Estatuto Social

Social Statute

mercado de balcão

counter market

*DNT = Do not translate. In the context of a glossary, this means that the term is kept in the original language in the translation

 

Incorrect translation

  • Translation errors are those that affect the meaning of the target text, changing the message conveyed in the source

Example

Translated version

Translated version

Reviewed version

Fornecedores de Serviços Técnicos e de Aplicação

Providers of Technical Service and Applicant

Technical Service and Application Providers


Grammar

  • These are errors related to grammar, such as spelling, punctuation, agreement, syntax, pronouns, prepositions, verb tense, compound words, hyphen use, accents, etc.
  • All translations must abide by each language’s Standard Conventions.

Examples

Translated version

Reviewed version

Who do not engaged in this task

Who did not engage in this task

I had runned away very fast

I had run away very fast

 

A report of changes along with the categories selected for each change are available for both, the original translator and the linguist who made the changes to the content and categorize them from the BWX Quality dashboard.

 

To see how to use it, access the following link:
Quality Report for Vendors



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