Augmented Review
Augmented Review Season 1 Experts for your global reach 2
Starring Dominique Couldn’t be an actor… became CEO of a Localization company Amanda WhP Marketing Manager, looking to make an acting debut Experts for your global reach 3
The ACME DITA saga Characters Amanda, Documentation Architect, US Dominique, EMEA Marketing France Tech doc reviewer Richard, VP Customer Support All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Executive Board Catherine, EMEA Regional Manager
Episode 1 Dominique struggles with reviewing the new French Users Manual sent by Amanda Experts for your global reach 5
Episode 2 Amanda’s boss, Richard, complains to Amanda about The DITA project Experts for your global reach 6
Amanda rushes to Reston Hyatt Experts for your global reach 7
Linguistic validation Is a difficult process Becomes worse with reuse and agile processes Generates frustration and conflicts within documentation teams Has a larger impact on turn-around time than translation Experts for your global reach 8
Translates DITA content with TMs Translator Technical Writer Reviews and annotates the PDF Check Changes Approves in CCMS Documentation Manager In-Country Reviewer Publishes from CCMS Published PDF Updates the target Topics Annotated PDF Updates the TM Annotated PDF Publishes from CCMS Published PDF Checks TMs? days
The stumbling blocks In-country reviewers It’s not their primary job Cannot master and follow localization guidelines Cannot work with the specific tools (Trados, Swordfish) Cannot review and update raw DITA content Experts for your global reach 10
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DITA is an opportunity We can republish content in the TMS In the translation workflow Using DITA OT Enriched with the Translation Memory match Accessible with a regular web browser With editing features And collaboration with the translator(s) Experts for your global reach 12
days % Translates DITA content with TMs Translator Documentation Manager Technical Writer In-Country Reviewer Reviews and updates Approves in CCMS Check Changes notification days %
…and back to the translator Experts for your global reach 14
How does it work? Technically, it is a plugin on the Open Toolkit Experts for your global reach 15 Translates DITA content with TMs DITA OT ARAR ARAR Checks comments
How we see it… Embedded in the DITA localization solution Associated with other tools: – In-context preview for translators – UI control management – SEO for Dynamic Publishing It is configured for each customer – Images – Style sheets – Conditional text and metadata Experts for your global reach 16
Augmented Review Saves time and money Removes coordination from the Documentation Architect’s duties Breaks the silos Provides a virtuous quality improvement circle Experts for your global reach 17
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