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A seminar titled "How to Write and Create Japanese Documents That Are Easy to Translate and Key Points for Improving Translation Quality and Reducing Costs - Individual Consultations Included -" (hosted by Japan Tech Center Co., Ltd.) will be held on Wednesday, April 13, 2016.

This is a course to learn the know-how of "how to write and create Japanese documents that are easy to translate" and "building a translation process" to improve the quality and reduce the costs of documents for overseas use (manuals, instruction manuals, technical specifications, support documents, FAQ information on the web, etc.).

This seminar allows you to learn the ideal approach to creating overseas documents, from Japanese document creation to English and multilingual deployment, through numerous concrete examples and exercises, and to apply it to solve your company's current challenges while focusing on cost reduction.

How to Write and Create Japanese Documents That Are Easy to Translate, Points for Improving Translation Quality and Reducing Costs - Includes Individual Consultation -

Learn from failure cases: An approach to creating easy-to-understand documents for overseas audiences

Event Guidelines

Date and Time: April 13, 2016 (Wednesday) 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Location: Japan Tech Center Co., Ltd. Training Room
22nd Floor, Odakyu Dai-ichi Seimei Building, 2-7-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo >>Access

Target Audience

・Documents for overseas (manuals, instruction manuals,

　Technical specifications, support documents, FAQ information on the web, etc.

　Those who are creating

・Create and write documents in Japanese for translation overseas

　Those who are being done

・Quality of Japanese documents translated for international audiences

　Those who are considering standardization

・Those who want to create documents in Japanese that are easy to translate

・If you are struggling with the quality of your company's overseas documents, quality

　Those who are considering improvement

・Current overseas document creation (order destination,

　Those who have challenges in the management and creation process

・Those who are considering reducing costs associated with creating documents for overseas markets

Application for Course Enrollment: You can apply for the course here.

Acquired Knowledge and Skills

・From Japanese document creation to English and multilingual expansion, we specialize in creating documents for overseas markets.

　Ideal State and Guidelines

・How to write and create documents in Japanese that are easy to translate,

　Points for Standardization

・Improvement of translation quality・Designing translation quality and building processes for standardization

- Points for Reducing Translation Costs and Shortening Lead Times

・Points to consider when placing translation orders to avoid being at the mercy of translation companies

Program: 1. Issues in Creating Documents for Overseas Markets Learned from Case Studies
　(1) Case Study ~Common Failures in Creating Documents for Overseas Markets
　(2) Consider the Challenges of Your Company's Current Document Creation for Overseas Markets
　(3) What Are the Key Points for Successful Document Creation for Overseas Markets?
　(4) The Relationship Between "Standardization of Japanese Manuals" and "Quality of Manuals for Overseas Markets"

2. How to Write and Create Japanese Documents That Are Easy to Translate
　(1) The Importance of Creating Japanese Documents That Are Easy to Translate
　(2) What Are Japanese Documents That Are Easy to Translate?
a. Creation Tools
b. How to Create Highly Maintainable Data
c. Easy-to-Read Layout
　(3) How to Write Easy-to-Translate Sentences
a. Concise Sentences
b. Clear Sentences
c. Readable Sentences
d. Unambiguous Sentences
　(4) Workshop - Let's Write Easy-to-Translate Sentences
　(5) Cost Reduction Case Studies and Key Points
　(6) Key Points for Standardizing the Quality of Japanese Documents
a. Creating Templates
b. Creating Writing Guidelines
c. Creating Rules for Characters and Terminology
　(7) Considerations for Improving Your Company's Japanese Documents

3. Translation Quality Design and Process Development for Quality Improvement and Cost Reduction
　(1) Considerations for Quality and Cost in Creating Documents for Overseas
　(2) Confirmation of Quality Requirements
a. Types of Content
b. Target Users
c. Time and Cost
d. Brand Image
e. Importance of Quality
　(3) Setting Quality Standards
a. Points for Selecting Style
b. Choosing Appropriate Terminology
c. Customizing Check Items According to Quality Standards
　(4) Building an Appropriate Translation Process
a. Utilizing Past Translation Assets with Translation Support Tools
b. Standardizing Quality with Glossaries and Style Guides
c. Visualizing Quality with Checklists
d. Utilizing Machine Translation and Know-how According to Purpose
　(5) Workshop - Let's Design Translation Quality
　(6) Considerations for Improving Our Translation Process

4. Summary
　a. Consideration and sharing of action plans for current issues
　b. Q&A

5. Individual Consultation (Pre-registration required, for those who wish, approximately 10 minutes per person)
・We will accept consultations regarding the current status of participants' document creation for overseas.
・If desired, participants can bring their own documents, and we can provide advice on improvement points on the spot.

Instructor Profile

Machine Translation Seminar_Tokuda

Tokuda Megumi

As a machine translation consultant, I provide consulting for the introduction of machine translation and process development for Japanese companies.
We emphasize the quality of the source text that influences multilingual translation, handle Japanese writing processes, and provide consulting for creating manuals suitable for machine translation.
・Also responsible for the following presentations related to machine translation outside the company
　- 2013 23rd JTF (Japan Translation Federation) Translation Festival
　　Approaches to Machine Translation in Multilingual Contexts - From the Perspective of Evaluation and Process
　- 2014 AAMT (Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation) Machine Translation Fair
　　Mastering Machine Translation - For Improved Quality and Productivity
　- 2014 TAUS* Executive Forum in Tokyo 2014
　　The Importance of Understanding the Strengths of Different MT Engines
　　 (with Pre-editing focus)
　- 2014 TC Symposium 2014 Tokyo (Hosted by the Technical Communicators Association)
　　Let's master machine translation wisely
　- 2014 JTF (Japan Translation Federation) Translation Festival
　　Creating a New Era of Translation: Quality Management Innovation for Diverse Needs,
　　Setting translation quality standards and quality management processes tailored to the content
　- 2015 TAUS* Executive Forum in Tokyo 2015
　　The Potential of Utilizing Japanese-Origin MT Engines in Industrial Translation
　　*Translation Automation Users Society

Yuriko Sawada

・As a localization specialist, involved in translation projects from Japanese to English and multilingual versions.
Responsible for the introduction of machine translation, quality evaluation and verification of multiple engines, and information exchange with engine vendors.
Involved in the standardization of English quality and the creation of style guides for companies, as well as conducting research and verification of source texts that are easy to machine translate.

From the instructor

As domestic companies accelerate their overseas expansion, the demand for creating overseas documents that are easy to understand, low-cost, and efficient is increasing.

However, we hear many companies expressing concerns such as the following when it comes to creating documents for overseas markets.

・There are many incorrect or unnatural translations, requiring significant effort for checking and correction.

・There are constant complaints from the field that "overseas documents are difficult to understand."

Despite having manuals, user guides, and information posted on the website,
inquiries to the call center do not decrease.

・Translating and managing documents for overseas is taking too much cost and time.

・Quality management of increasing documents is not being performed.

In fact, many of the issues faced by domestic companies are

・Japanese documents are difficult to understand, and the quality of translation is declining.

Quality design for translation and the establishment of processes based on it have not been achieved.

It is due to two causes.

Therefore, in this course, to avoid failures in creating documents for overseas,

- Tips and know-how for writing and creating Japanese documents that are easy to translate

・Designing translation quality and building processes to eliminate "This is not what I expected" after translation

We will discuss these two themes, not only focusing on localized approaches such as adding simple check processes or introducing tools, but also explaining key points for optimizing the entire document creation process, from Japanese text creation to English and multilingual translation.

We will provide practical advice that can help solve current issues, based on insights gained from extensive experience in creating documents for overseas markets, while also introducing common pitfalls in document creation for domestic companies targeting international audiences.

Related Services

English and Multilingual Translation Services
Machine Translation (MT) Services