Turvasana™ — Editing and proofreading

Editing, which includes checking, revision and review, refers to quality assurance work performed before delivering a final translation to the client. Proofreading, on the other hand, aims to detect such changes as have been made after the translation was delivered.

Editing

Professional writers and translators check their work carefully before delivering it, but further revision and review may nevertheless be useful. This applies to translations as well as to original texts; typical candidates include publications, contractual instruments and other exceptionally important texts, as well as translations conducted by a client's non-translator staff.

Levels of translation quality

leveltypical clientduration and cost factor
translation checked by the translatorTSP (translation service provider)1.0
translation checked by the translator and bilingually revised by a second translatorTSP or end-client1.8?
translation checked by the translator, bilingually revised by a second translator and monolingually reviewed by a target language specialistTSP or end-client2.5?
translation checked by the translator, bilingually revised by a second translator and monolingually reviewed by two target language specialistsTSP or end-client3.0?

Bilingual revision also requires access to the source text. Translations should be bilingually revised before they are monolingually reviewed.
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Proofreading

Proofreading means comparing two versions of the same text. Unlike the checking, revision and review mentioned above, proofreading does not involve discretionary evaluation of terminology or style.

Typically, a translation is proofread after the client has prepared it for publishing. The client provides a proof sheet (often in the form of a PDF file), which a proofreader then compares against the initial translation. He or she notes any errors, and the client corrects them. The proofreading is repeated until no errors are found, that is to say until the text of the proof sheet is identical to the translation. Two rounds usually suffice.

We charge for proofreading by the hour. However, we can often waive the fee for the first round of proofreading a translation we have performed, unless a particular reason, such as a large quantity of changes, makes the work particularly time-consuming.

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