The localization project management role is critical for the success of every translation project. Localization project management includes several key components, none of which can be overlooked or disregarded. If you plan to localize your website, software products or other business artifacts, it will be helpful to understand what the process entails.
Read on to find out the basic steps and phases you can expect, and a little more information about how effective project management ensures a positive result for you.
1. We Assemble Your Dream Team
Before the project manager (PM) launches the process, he or she ensures that the right team is in place. This may include the selection of translators, voice-over talent, L10N engineers, proofreaders and local subject matter experts, each chosen specifically for your project.
Together, the team will review the source material and identify the files that must be localized. The team will scour the source materials for errors and address them with you prior to getting started. This ensures that any mistakes are not duplicated into the target language during the localization process.
2. We Coordinate the Localization Process
Once the team has done the preliminary work and planning, it’s time to get to work. The PM helps guide the translators, subject matter experts and tech teams through the systematic rendering of your materials.
All team members who work on your project will track and document their work, and add the files to your Verbingo directory. The team will see not only to the translation of text, but to the localization of formats and other location-sensitive data. They will make any necessary adjustments to colors, fonts, logos or other location-specific components.
3. We Arduously Test the Results
The project is not complete until our PMs and their teams have tested the results, usually multiple times. This involves validating and then correcting the language, user interface and any functionality that doesn’t work correctly in the target language.
Part of this process involves using screen captures of each page and ensuring that the text translation is accurate and that formatting of the page is correct and looks as it should.
In addition, this stage involves testing the functionality of the app, software or website. This means ensuring that all links, buttons and tabs work, and that they are where they are supposed to be. Next, they make sure all error messages and graphics display properly and are correctly localized for your target market.
As you can probably imagine, managing any size localization project can be arduous, and requires an expert level of project management skills. This is yet another excellent reason for trusting your translation projects to the Verbatim Solutions team. We offer a full suite of services to meet your every need. Whether your project is large or small, contact us today for all of your translation and localization project management needs.
