Designation:F2575−14StandardGuideforQualityAssuranceinTranslation1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2575;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisguideidentifiesfactorsrelevanttothequalityoflanguagetranslationservicesforeachphaseofatranslationproject.Theguideisintendedforusebyallstakeholders,withvaryinglevelsofknowledgeinthefieldoftranslation.1.2Thisguideisdesignedtoprovideaframeworkforagreementonspecificationsfortranslationprojects.Withinthisframework,theparticipantsinaserviceagreementcandefinetheprocessesnecessarytoarriveataproductofdesiredqualitytoservetheneedsandexpectationsoftheenduser.1.3Thisguidedoesnotprovidespecificmetrics.1.4Thisguidealsoincludesalistofspecificationparam-etersthatshallbeconsideredbeforeworkbegins.1.5Translationcanbeviewedinanumberofcontexts.1.5.1Oneisthatofglobalization,internationalization,localization,andtranslation(GILT),whichtakesproductsorservicescreatedforoneaudienceandmakesthemsuitabletovariousforeignlanguageaudiences,whetherinthehomecountryoraroundtheglobe.Inthecaseofproductsorservicesthatareaccompaniedbyorcontaintextualmaterial,thisprocessmustbesensitivetoculturalaspectsofthegeographicregionandlanguageofspecificmarkets,sometimesreferredtoaslocales.1.5.2Translationcanalsobeviewedinthecontextofvariousgovernmentpractices,includingcommunicatinganidentical,uniformmessagetomanylocalesatthesametime,thatis,notalteringthemessageevenslightlyforindividuallocales,and,ininformationgathering,retainingtheoriginalflavorofthesourcetext,purposelyavoidinglocalization.1.5.3Finally,translationcanbeviewedinamoregeneralcontext.AlthoughmuchtranslationisdoneinaGILTcontextorforgovernmentpurposes(forexample,diplomacy,lawenforcement,healthandhumanservices,security,andsoforth),therearemanyothertypesoftranslationperform...
