Alchemy Translations isaac_project:en:human_translation_instructions_v311

isaac_project:en:human_translation_instructions_v311:1_human_translation_instructions

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-15T16:11:33+0000

HUMAN TRANSLATION (HT) INSTRUCTIONS v.3.1.1 Contents * SOURCE TEXT CHECKBOXES * TRANSLATION GUIDELINES * WEBAPP GUIDELINES * GENERAL QUALITY GUIDELINES * QUALITY CRITERIA * VIEW PERFORMANCE AND COUNTER-FEEDBACK AIM: populate a Machine Translation engine for ISAAC. You will perform Human Translation (HT) of content into multiple languages and this will be used to train an MT engine and produce automatic translations.

isaac_project:en:human_translation_instructions_v311:2_source_text_checkboxes

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-15T14:25:35+0000

SOURCE TEXT CHECKBOXES Before starting with the translation, you will be asked to select at least one of the following checkboxes that refer to the Source text: Wrong language in source: If the input text is completely in another language (not the announced source language), check this checkbox and skip the sentence. The strings marked like this will not be considered in the project wordcount. Example, you are working in a EN-CN task, but the source is “Datos de mercado no son rastreados…

isaac_project:en:human_translation_instructions_v311:3_translation_guidelines

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-15T14:43:49+0000

TRANSLATION GUIDELINES TRANSLATION SET: depending on the project, the customer will require to provide either 1 or 2 translations for the same source string. Project managers will inform the translation team whether 1 or 2 translations are required in each handoff.

isaac_project:en:human_translation_instructions_v311:4_webapp_guidelines

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-15T15:44:10+0000

WEBAPP GUIDELINES DESK ACCESS: go to and login with your OneForma credentials. In “My Tasks” there is a list of webapps that have been assigned to you. WEBAPP ACCESS: For translation, go to Actions > Start. For review, go to QA actions >

isaac_project:en:human_translation_instructions_v311:5_general_quality_guidelines

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-15T15:51:16+0000

GENERAL QUALITY GUIDELINES CLIENT GOAL AND COST RECOVERY: 95% of error free content (no corrections required). If any complaint about poor quality or rejection from the customer, a rework will be arranged. If the underperforming translator/reviewer is asked to implement the changes required by the customer by himself/herself, the required fixing will be done for free. If the feedback implementation is assigned to another linguist, the affected wordcount/additional cost of the rework will b…

isaac_project:en:human_translation_instructions_v311:6_quality_criteria

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-15T15:54:01+0000

QUALITY CRITERIA ACCURACY: Translated text represents the meaning of the source text concepts and conveys them correctly. 1-to-1 correspondence will exist between the source and target texts, all target strings are required to accurately convey the meaning of the corresponding source string. Retain the meaning of the source string in translation. A literal word-by-word translation is not acceptable if the meaning of the source string gets lost. In this context, idioms such as “he was beatin…

isaac_project:en:human_translation_instructions_v311:7_view_performance

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-11-16T10:52:47+0000

VIEW PERFORMANCE AND COUNTER-FEEDBACK FOR TRANSLATORS: It is essential that translators check their translation performance in Oneforma to learn from their errors and let us know in case they disagree with some of the received feedbacks. From the “My Tasks” page in Oneforma, go to the webapp you want to check the feedback for and click