Quality Management

At Human Science Co., Ltd., we have a dual system of checks by both people and tools.

• Are there any spelling mistakes?
• Are the numbers in the original text and the translated text correct?
• Is the terminology specified by the customer being used correctly?

For points that are prone to being overlooked by visual checks alone, we use Trados and our own developed proofreading tools to conduct checks. This saves our clients the trouble of checking formalities such as numbers and unit symbols after delivery.

In particular, when dividing a large amount of translation among multiple translators in a short period of time, using tools to check for consistency in spelling and terminology among translators can be very effective.

Comparison between human and tool checks

Check Items (Example)	Human Check (Visual & Search)	Check by tool
Representation ・Double-byte・Double-space ・Missing period at the end of the sentence ・Duplicate Symbols ・Full-width symbols	Not good	○
Terms and Standard Phrases	Not good	○
Translation omissions, multiple translations, multiple source text checks, numerical notation ・Parentheses ・Tab ・Match the original text's capitalization at the beginning of the sentence ・Spaces before and after unit symbols Language Rules ・Spaces before and after symbols ・Number format ・Quotation	Not good	○
Spelling mistake	Not good	Not good

○... Checkable
△... Partially checkable (There is a possibility of missing checks when checked by a person)

Check items by tool (example)

• ・Translation missing: Check for any missing translations
• ・Translation consistency: Check for inconsistencies in the translation
• ・Mojibake: Check for mojibake
• ・Number: Does it match the original text?
• ・Term: Is it translated according to the glossary?
• ・Formatting: Check if spaces, punctuation, parentheses, tabs, and capitalization at the beginning of sentences match the original text.
• ・Language Rules: Are they following the rules of each language?
  (e.g. spacing, number format, quotation marks, unit conversion (inches ⇔ meters), etc.)

Check Tool (Example)

Trados QA Checker, QA Distiller, Xbench, UI Checker (our proprietary tool), etc.

Depending on the style guide and translation content, the Localization Project Manager will customize the necessary check items for each project. If there are specific items that require special attention, please inform us in advance.