ever wondered how a manual or instruction book in multiple languages gets created? well, to tell you the truth, neither did I... however, that's what I've been working with these past two weeks. cbg konsult administrates, facilitates and coordinates the translation of these books and manuals into many, many languages, arranges the layout, and then delivers it back to the client. the clients are big companies, such as Volvo, SAAB (GM), Sony, etc etc...
the way it works is incredibly cool... the original is received from the client, and is then put into a database where it is analyzed and broken down into small segments. each segment is then matched against the others, and duplicates are stored so that only one gets translated and the others automatically copied. this whole thing is then sent out to the translators, who translate into their own native language, and then sent back again to be put back into the original file. most often, one unique copy is arranged for each language, which then gets layout-checked and delivered.
I've this past week been working on stuff from Sony, radios and walkmans and speakers and subwoofer for the car, checking and fixing the layout. it's mostly been danish and finnish, and some swedish... I'll try and write a list on what I've done, so if you buy any of it, be sure to read the manual! ;-)
the way it works is incredibly cool... the original is received from the client, and is then put into a database where it is analyzed and broken down into small segments. each segment is then matched against the others, and duplicates are stored so that only one gets translated and the others automatically copied. this whole thing is then sent out to the translators, who translate into their own native language, and then sent back again to be put back into the original file. most often, one unique copy is arranged for each language, which then gets layout-checked and delivered.
I've this past week been working on stuff from Sony, radios and walkmans and speakers and subwoofer for the car, checking and fixing the layout. it's mostly been danish and finnish, and some swedish... I'll try and write a list on what I've done, so if you buy any of it, be sure to read the manual! ;-)
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