Our Carbon Copy system is built on a client-server architecture that converts survey output files into industry standard Microsoft Word DOCX files and, once translated, back into the original survey format. The translation is independent of the survey’s format.
Carbon Copy has several advantages over a conventional survey translation workflow:
Flexibility:
Because the file for translation is in a standard format regardless of its original platform, surveys are easier to translate. This widens your pool of potential translators and also allows for the simplified use of translation memory.
Speed and Cost Control:
With more translators to choose from, your company doesn’t have to limit itself to those who specialize in files of a given format. This enables greater cost control and shorter turnaround times.
Accuracy:
The Carbon Copy conversion process automatically highlights errors and open tags, and provides custom validators and syntax checking for each survey format. It can also be easily expanded as needed to offer extra features and new file formats.
Overlay:
If the translation process is already completed and the content needs to be reconstituted in a survey file format, Language Creations can provide a native speaker to cut and paste the text into the survey file for you.
Supported formats:
ConfirmIt XML
Standard XML files
TTX
XLF
SDLXLIFF
Wordpress
Kinesis XML
Survey Writer TXT
Firefly
MDD
INI
InDesign IDML
New formats can be added within a week if we are provided with a sample.
Quality and in-process details:
integrated checks for HTML tags,
subtraction and marking of internal fragments that are not for translation,
use of a simple interface and a common document format which is easy to work with and automated for translators.
