ASIST’s Secret Recipe for quality translations

First of all, generous amounts of professionalism, enthusiasm, ruthless attention to detail, and promptness are required. But you knew that!

However, we want you to know a little more about our method for producing top quality translations of your documents, especially because from time to time you will hear us mention the production roles and project phases that form part of our process.

1. In conjunction with your Account Executive, a Project Coordinator examines the requirements of each project, reviews original materials (especially to identify any potential issues), and determines resources that need to be allocated in order to successfully complete it.

2. After the material is organized according to ASIST’s methodology, a linguistic team consisting of a Translator, Editor and Proofreader is assigned for each target language. These are always native speakers, tested and qualified by ASIST. Communicating through the Project Coordinator, Editors review the translation and may suggest changes, which are then accepted or rejected by the Translator and resubmitted for Proofreading. In particular, an Editor seeks to enhance clarity in the wording, ensuring that vocabulary and general tone are consistent with your original intent (and any existing translations in the target language). Like the Translator, the Editor also ensures appropriate use of industry-specific vocabulary and technical terms in the target language. Every project, big or small, is reviewed by at least three separate individuals (and frequently more) before leaving ASIST.

3. A Proofreader then examines the documents for grammar, consistency and punctuation in the target language.

4. Our Quality Control department ensures not only that requested components in each language have been properly completed, but also that the delivery format, addressing, packaging and other details have been executed exactly according to your project specifications.