Fresh freelancer series 03: De-mystifying Quality using common sense and sense of the market

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Topic: Translation quality assurance

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Availability:This training is available on-demand

Duration: 60 minutes.

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Further development:

Fresh freelancer series 04: The art, science and commerce of pricing for a new freelancer
Fresh Freelancer Series 05: CAT Tools, Machine Translation and Crowd Sourcing – How to navigate the complexity?
Fresh Freelancer Series 06: The art of bidding for fresh freelancers


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Language:English
Summary:A no-nonsense and market-orientation of translation quality for new freelancers. The webinar stresses why linguistic quality is necessary but not sufficient for work and earning satisfaction. It introduces a home brewed, tested and simple quality model.
Description
The webinar de-mystifies the concept of Quality using common sense and market sense. You would feel empowered about quality of translation rather than being edgy about it. You will find why linguistic aspects of quality alone cannot provide you a fulfilled career - both in terms of your work and bank account.
Target audience
New Freelancers
Established Freelancers
Agency Owners
Project Managers
Learning objectives
1. To have a common-sense sanctioned, flexible and market-centric idea about Translation Quality
2. Not to be intimidated by the so many technical aspects of quality.
3. A very costly learning sometimes : Best linguistic quality alone is not a sufficient condition for better work and better earning
4. Introduction to a homebrewed and actionable quality model - WQM10 where out of 10 points, most quality issues are non-linguistic

Disclaimer : High level of linguistic competence is a necessary condition. Without this, rest wont work !
Prerequisites
None
Program
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The webinar is divided into 2 parts : first part talks about linguistic quality and why linguistic quality alone is not sufficient. The second part provides tips and clear action points to make sure that the client gets addicted to your service (the best test of good quality). It also provides a 10 point quality model which is no theory but action points and cheklist-able.
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Price: 15.00 USD

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Pritam Bhattacharyya    View feedback | View all courses
Bio: Pritam Bhattacharyya is essentially a Bengali/Sylheti/Assamese linguist with 11 years of experience. He is the Founder and Chief Wordsmith of an agency called Wordsmith Communication. which apart from language services in pan-Indic languages provides Creative Content and Print on Demand Services. He is editor of www.pentasect.com - a bilingual (English / Bengali) cultural monthly ezine on Greater Bengal. He had worked as a Telecom Engineer and later as a IP Network Manager in various cross-cultural Telecom teams worldwide. He holds his Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Masters in Communication Management from Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow. Pritam lives and works in Calcutta, India his city by adoption. His b-log on translation and online business can be seen here at http://wordsmithofbengal.wordpress.com
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