FLUP - Elena Zagar Galvão Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR TRASLATION INFORMÁTICA DE TRADUÇÃO FALL SEMESTER 2010 Tue. 19:30-21:30 Wed Room 204 Elena Zagar Galvão Webpage: web.letras.up.pt/egalvao

Analysing the document Making estimate and rough planning Specifying the job Contracting Setting up the tools (IT, TM, etc.) FLUP - Elena Zagar Galvão

4.1 General The TSP shall have documented procedures in place for handling and analysing enquiries, determining project feasibility, preparing quotations, and quotations, entering into an agreement with the client, invoicing and recording payment.

4.2 Enquiry and feasibility The TSP shall analyse the clients enquiry with regard to the service requirements. TSP shall determine whether all the required human and technical resources are available (in order to execute and deliver the service product according to the defined requirements).

4.3 Quotation Unless otherwise agreed with the client, the TSP shall submit a quotation to the client indicating at least price and delivery details.

Translation Revision ? Reviewing? Proofreading? DTP ? Terminological database? TM?

Translation Per word? Per line? Per page? Per what? FLUP - Elena Zagar Galvão

Revision Per word? Per line? Per hour? Review Per word? Per line? Per hour? FLUP - Elena Zagar Galvão

Publishing companies (Editoras, still used today/used to be recommended by APT) 1800 caracteres / pág. A4 (lauda) 30 linhas de 60 caracteres * This is still valid when you translate for publishing companies in in Portugal (tradução editorial) FLUP - Elena Zagar Galvão

From very simple: 1 file format (MSWord, PPT, Excel, etc.) Bilingual (e.g., EN>PT, FR>PT, PT>ES, etc.) To VERY complex: A LOT of files, complex file formats (.html and.ppt and.pdf) Many target languages TMs to be shared, aligning pre-existing files FLUP - Elena Zagar Galvão

Work in pairs to carry out the following tasks: (Follow the links on our webpage) Task 1 Task 2 FLUP - Elena Zagar Galvão