teaching translation project management

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TEACHING

TRANSLATION

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

(TPM)

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Teaching TPM

Very rewarding for the teacher

Very intense for the students


Teaching TPM

Variety of cases

Projects

Clients

Participants


Teaching TPM

Different types of projectsDocumentation

SoftwareWeb sites

MultimediaMiscellaneous

Very easy Very complex

Content Layout Etc.


Teaching TPM

Different types of clients

Translation companieso Small-sized agencieso Medium-sized companieso Big international companieso SLV versus MLVo CAT developerso Internet platformso Etc.

Direct clientso Individualso Private companieso Schoolso Public sectoro Institutionso Etc.

• Various management methods• Requestors with different profiles• Different understanding of "translation"• Etc.


Teaching TPM

Different types of project participants

TranslatorsRevisers

DTP experts

Testers

CAT gurus

QA people

Client validator

TP manager

Etc.


Teaching TPM

Important to explain their various:RolesExpectationsConcerns


Teaching TPM

Project life cyle

1st contact

Quotation

Analysis

PlanningLaunching

Monitoring

Closing


Teaching TPM

Students are very interested in financial subjects…

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Teaching TPM

Examples of ratesfrom various sources

For instance: translatorsbase.com (February 2014)


Teaching TPM

Examples of ratesfrom various sources

For instance: ProZ.com (February 2014)


Teaching TPM

Examples of various price gridsComponent Task Unit Price (EUR)

Documentation/Standard Text

Translation Word 0,17

DTP Page (MS Word) 5

DTP Page (QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign)

10

Screenshots Art 6,5

Illustrations Art – simple 10

Illustrations Art – complex, faking 13

Help/HTML Translation Word 0,17

Compilation/testing/debugging

Hour 40

Software Translation Word 0,25

Compilation/testing/debugging

Hour 45

Development Hour 65

Example from English into Croatian in a global translation company


Teaching TPM

Examples of various quotes

Full localisation into one language

From: LSPTo: Commissioner

Quotation Date: 24/02/2014Project 5784 - ADA 24Localisation of a Technical ManualDelivery Date: TBC

English into FrenchType Task Volume Unit Price Total EUR Doc Translation 10,265 Word (100%-Rep) 0.0500 € 513.25 € Translation 2,693 Word (Fuzzy - 75%-99%) 0.1000 € 269.30 € Translation 23,852 Word (New) 0.1500 € 3,577.80 € Illustrations 29 Art (simple) 8.5000 € 246.50 € DTP 185 Page (Adobe InDesign) 11.2500 € 2,081.25 € TOTAL 6,688.10 €

Notes:Quotation based on the files received on February 24th 2014.

In case of file or update request, this quotation might need to be updated.

Technical tasks


Teaching TPM

Ways to define rates

For translation agencies For freelancers

Notions of:oProductivityoProfitabilityoGross margin


Teaching TPM

What to do What to avoid Real-life cases Potential issues

Extra explanations on: +

Various exercises+Corrections / Exchange of ideas+


Teaching TPM

Similar way of teaching for

EACH MANAGEMENT STEP

of a translation project


Teaching TPM

Goals for students:

o Understand the "How to"

o Be able to do it on their own

o Be clear about what is acceptable or not


Teaching TPM

Not only for future Translation Project ManagersBut also for:

Translators Revisers Testers DTP experts Vendor managers Client requestors Etc.


Teaching TPM

Course constantly updated

Based on new experiences

And market evolution


More information…

http://www.translation-project-management.com/

https://prozcomblog.com/2015/10/29/guest-post-teaching-translation-project-management/

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