By Ravi Kumar | Modlingua
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In this detailed session, Mr. Ravi Kumar discusses how effective project management and quality standards are critical for success in translation and content work. The video opens with an overview of project management steps — plan, do, check, control — to ensure continuous improvement, reduce risks, and optimize the return on time and income.
He then deep-dives into quality management in the translation process, highlighting nine internationally recognized quality standards. Among them, seven are process-based, covering translator qualifications, editorial workflows, and hiring protocols. ISO 17100 is one of the most commonly adopted, while SAE J2450 — introduced by the Society of Automotive Engineers — stands out for its defined linguistic error categories like term usage, spelling, omissions, and sentence structure.
Ravi Kumar shares how Modlingua implemented these standards during internal experiments in 2018, combining SAE J2450, Grammarly, and the in-house Modlingua Rubric. This integration resulted in a 50% increase in workflow speed while maintaining high sentence and punctuation accuracy.
The session also explains how to detect and avoid non-linguistic technical errors — such as broken tags, missing brackets, or color mismatches — which can get a translation rejected even if the language is correct. Segment-level QA checks are also emphasized for maintaining consistency between source and target texts.
Finally, the video introduces the importance of terminology management. Creating glossaries and identifying core keywords early ensures consistency and reduces rework. These tools aren’t just for translators — they also enhance the quality of content writing, media publishing, and campaign materials.
Keywords: translation quality standards, SAE J2450, ISO 17100 for translators, Modlingua Rubric, project management for linguists, Ravi Kumar quality assurance, Shubhangi Agarwal Modlingua, nonlinguistic translation errors, terminology management, CAT tool error handling
