Translation Project Management

 

Translation Project Manager (TPM) is responsible for managing overall translation process from start to finish. According to project requirements TPM manage executive search of translators / interpreters by language combination, geographical area (native speakers by the country), subject matter (law, medicine, economics, government, IT, education, construction, etc.) terminology and references, which is very important for final quality of the translated text.

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We do NOT hire translators via foreign agencies, we work with them directly, which enable us to provide you with Native Speakers for the local affordable price.

 

Project management in translation and localization projects involves identifying requirements, organizing a project plan,                    Projects:
then securing and managing staff resources to successfully complete and deliver the project. The degree of difficulty and
associated challenges with these tasks will vary from project to project.

 

Once the TPM has determined and verified the project scope, timeline and budget, the next major task is identifying staff
resources that are scaled to the size and delivery date of the project. TPM must look at the project from a monetary
perspective in light of scope, time and budget. TPM's main goal is to optimize allocation and implementation of staff
resources to achieve budget and delivery date goals in the most cost-effective manner.

Linguistic resources may be outside a resident translation services team, and will likely be located in country. All of this will be factored into the project schedule. In many cases, competent TPM will not need to go to vendor management, because their past history with a client and repetitious project needs will allow them to simply "know" with which vendors to work.

 

TPM is the primary person in charge of escalating issues for resolution as they occur during the project. Team members will communicate issues or project anomalies to TPM as they occur. An example may be a linguist discovering "truncated" text. TPM will swiftly identify who can resolve problems or issues, and what the next steps are to accomplish resolution. TPM must also keep the client informed of any issues that require client input for resolution.

 

Client review and final revisions: Many translation projects require a client's internal review or even in-country review (ICR). In such cases, requested changes, corrections and revisions come back from the client and require final edits to the deliverable files. TPM collates any requested changes, and then disseminates comments and corrections back to the production team. Final updated files are delivered back to the client by TPM after revisions are implemented and reviewed.

 

Obviously, there are a number of places in this chain of events where communications could potentially break down, or mistakes could occur. TPM have processes in step to help prevent these errors from occurring.

 

When selecting a translation company for your translation or localization project, you should ask to be introduced to your potential translation project manager.  This valuable and essential team member will be your main contact from project beginning to end.

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