Wordflow Project Presentation Weixin Mo, Shengya Liu, Wanli - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Wordflow Project Presentation Weixin Mo, Shengya Liu, Wanli Zhou,Yifan Qi, Qiaoying Su

Basic Information Source Text: Philanthropy and Government Partnering for Better Social Outcomes Total Word Count: 828 Language Pair: English > Chinese (Simplified) Translation Tools: SDL Trados, MS Word, Excel, Ant Conc, Glossary Converter Set-up Phase Production Phase Finalization Phase TEP, DTP Technical & Linguistic Prep File Delivery First Client Review Invoicing Client Kick-off meeting

SET-UP PHASE Kick-off meeting with client

Client Engagement Highlight the events that need client’s participation. ●

Client Engagement Highlight the events that need client’s participation. ● Instead of giving technical task descriptions, tell the client how the ● tools we use will benefit him/her.

“Prepare a quote based on SDL “The word count conducted by SDL Trados word count analysis. ” Trados can bring you great discounts, because the repetitive and fuzzy matches will bring the rate down.”

Client Engagement Highlight the events that need client’s participation. ● Instead of giving technical task descriptions, tell the client how the ● tools we use will benefit him/her. Add a round of client review after the linguistic preparation. ●

Format Put a large table in 1 page. ●

Format Put a large table in 1 page. ● Typo!!! ●

PRODUCTION PHASE

Google Drive

Google Drive Convert files to google doc format instead of using the original file in ● Google Drive to avoid duplicates; Always download updated versions on a timely basis and save them ● locally;

Conformity of Settings

FINALIZATION PHASE

Return Issues in Trados Trados is very rigid in the workflow between PM and other resources. PM cannot open the package created on his/her own locally ; ●

Return Issues in Trados Trados is very rigid in the workflow between PM and other resources. PM cannot open the package created on his/her own locally ; ● The Create Return function VS the Create Package function; ●

Return Issues in Trados Trados is very rigid in the workflow between PM and other resources. PM cannot open the package created on his/her own locally ; ● The Create Return function VS the Create Package function; ● The Groupshare built-in; ●

Work Splitting and Merging in Trados Trados is very rigid in the workflow between PM and other resources. Groupshare & the inconvenience of splitting and merging files in Trados. ●

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