V19 – Translator Checklists (Pre-Acceptance, Receipt, Delivery)

Important Note: The following checklists need to be used for all TransPerfect jobs. Projects will
be deemed incomplete if one of the items below hasn’t been completed. (2 pages)

Project Pre-Acceptance Checklist

Source files received
Spot-check source → Comfortable with the material
Spot-check source → Word count given seems accurate
Project rate agreed upon
Project calendared, no scheduling conflicts

Project Receipt Checklist

All Jobs
Purchase Order received
Purchase Order deadline acknowledged
Purchase Order rate agreed upon
Purchase Order instructions read and understood
Additional e-mail instructions read and understood
All files listed and described in PM’s e-mail received
Original source received
Reference files received (templates, style guides, visuals, etc.)
Revisions jobs only: Original translation received

Wordfast Jobs
Translation memory received (TXT file, if local; connection string, if remote)
TXML received
Wordfast-compatible glossary received, if applicable

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Project Delivery Checklist
All Jobs
Translation complies with TPT General Style Guide, TPT Language Guide, and end-
client’s style guide
Translation complies with end-client’s translation memory and glossary
Translation checked for numbers, proper names and missing text
Translation fonts and formatting match the source (bold, italics, underline, line & page
breaks, alignments, subscript/superscript, colors, font type & size, images, etc.)
Technical terms researched
Key terms and similar sentences translated consistently throughout the project
Headers and footers handled
Measurements converted to metric (if target language outside the U.S.)
Translation spell-checked, grammar-checked
Translation files are in the requested format (TXML, PDF, etc.)
All translations files attached to e-mail
Feedback and questions included in e-mail
Instructions read one last time, acknowledgment of compliance
E-mail recipients indicated in the PO instructions have been added
PM has confirmed receipt of the files
Invoice filled out and uploaded per TPT guidelines

Wordfast Jobs
All fuzzy matches (yellow) checked against TM and edited accordingly
Notes added to any 100% match that had to be edited (objective errors only)
TM search on key terms run
Placeables and spaces around them checked
Transcheck run

Revisions Jobs
All edits addressed
No unrequested edits added
Consistency searches run on edited terms (on source file then translation)
Translation and comments spell-checked and grammar-checked
TXML updated, if requested

Linguistic Validation Jobs

Comments follow guidelines (full sentences, present tense, 3rd person, etc.)
Comments are neutral and not critical of other linguists’ work
Consistency searches run on key terms
Translation and comments spell-checked and grammar-checked
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