Translation quality management (Coursera)

You will know why user manuals should not be translated in the same way as you would translate promotional or legal documents. You will see why every content type requires a special translation approach and learn to prioritize quality blocks during project planning. This course will also teach you to select translators and editors based on the content analysis, so your projects could always stay within budget and deadlines.
This course is based on the Palex’s corporate educational program. Since 2014, it has already helped us train dozens of localization and translation quality managers for our company. Now we want to share these knowledge and experience with the entire community of the translation industry.
Along with the theoretical knowledge, you will also get skills that can be applied to your work right away. All the lectures are accompanied with tests that will help you understand the topics, and every module comes with a practical exercise that is based on the real-world situation.
The aim of the course is to present the expertise of Palex in the field of localization and translation, packaging the corporate training program into an online format.

What You Will Learn

• Understand what is translation quality and how it is related to the type of the text being translated
• Know stages of the translation process
• Build translation workflow
• Classify texts, define requirement and risks associated with their translation

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Welcome to the course "Translation quality management"
Module 1. Content Analysis

WEEK 2
Module 2. Translation Process

WEEK 3
Module 3. Translation Quality Evaluation

WEEK 4
Module 4. Vendor Selection

WEEK 5
Module 5. Translation Project Management