In-house Development
BIGS
Terminology management is a crucial phase in the translation process. It is also part of an efficient long-term management strategy. It is here, more than anywhere else, that our daily experience of over 25 years has led us to develop high-performance terminology management tools.
In order to guarantee the systematic use of each client’s specific terminology, we have developed a number of tools that automate the process and quality checks:
- Automatic analysis of documents to be translated and the insertion, with markings, of the validated terminology contained in the database.
- Online access via the internet to your own terminology database.
- Concordance check between the translated file and the translation memory.
Terminology databases are used on a daily basis in order to optimize the management of our translations and enable us to guarantee the systematic use of each client’s specific terminology.
Developing and updating terminology databases are essential factors in guaranteeing consistency between different documents and communication aids.
Operational Tools
Because our clients work in very diverse technological environments, permanent flexibility is part of our standards. We've come to develop tailor-made technical solutions in order to manage different file formats, to make the way they are processed more effective, to optimize the gateways between our clients’ environments and translation support tools and to guarantee efficient data export and import procedures.
Our computing technicians and developers work closely with project managers and our clients to provide them with tailor-made programs and utilities which help them with their technical management and file management. By improving processes and automation, the objectives and results include efficiency gains and savings for our clients in terms of both costs and time.
These tools aim to improve project management, communication and technical management during complex or repetitive operations, such as tagging XML files, automated batch treatment when projects contain several hundreds or thousands of files, format conversions, exports and imports of content, updating and maintaining translation memories, terminology management, online translation validation, bug tracking, etc.
T-PORTAL
T-Portal is a communication and workflow management portal.
It comprises a web interface based on Microsoft technology, which guarantees maximum transparency in relation to our clients and avoids having to adapt to proprietary tools.
The portal allows us to centralize all of your project files (underway or completed), administrative documents, glossaries, schedules, project-related questions and answers. All of this information is available 24/7. It means you can track the status and progress of all your projects on line.
It also enables the optimal exchange of information while the translations are being validated by your subsidiaries across the globe, so as to reduce the management time for this complex procedure and make tedious e-mail exchanges unnecessary.
Centralizing and accessing of information are essential elements and bring real added-value to the management of large or recurring projects.
TILT
TILT is an integrated information management system (ERP type).
This software is the central management tool for all of our employees, to help them in their daily work. It contains all of the information (general or specific) about our clients, translators and projects in relational databases. It is possible to locate the translators who are best qualified for a project, view the status of a project and get a clear overview of everyone involved in it, monitor translator quality, view archives of previous projects, carry out project administration and invoicing, look at the availability of translators and editors, view specific procedures agreed with each client, etc. Everyone has access to this useful information, which helps them make the right decisions at all times.
Cost control and strict monitoring of projects: our information management software (TILT) gives a clear overview of the progress of each project, holds archives of previous projects so as to retrieve information that may be useful for current projects, contains all of the necessary information about each client (terminology, specific requirements, previous projects, etc.) and about translators (quality, experience, availability, etc.), and enables checks to be performed on the budget and schedule for each project. This means that our project managers can make appropriate decisions by having access to information in real time.
Custom designed for our daily activities and the product of our 25 years’ experience, it meets the demands of centralization, sharing and immediate availability of information. This management system is employed in all of the companies within the Telelingua Group, so that each entity benefits from the Group’s global resources and in order to facilitate reporting.