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QA Distiller

Yamagata Europe
Yamagata Europe

QA Distiller is an automated translation quality control tool developed by Yamagata Europe. It can check translations for omissions, inconsistencies, formatting issues, terminology errors, and custom patterns. It supports various file formats and over 70 languages. Yamagata Europe translates about 400,000 words per day into 50 languages and needed a more efficient way to check translations than manual review.

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QA Distiller AUTOMATED TRANSLATION QUALITY CONTROL Proudly developed by Yamagata Europe YAMAGATA EUROPE | Thomas Vackier | March 23, 2011 Wednesday, March 23, 2011
YAMAGATA EUROPE Translating Knowledge Wednesday, March 23, 2011
What do we do? We write We translate We do the layout We print We package & ship We create software Core business Wednesday, March 23, 2011
On what scale do we do it? Team of 50 people Pool of 1000 language vendors Translate about 400,000 words a day Translate into 50 languages Layout 450 pages a day 18,000 publications a day Size matters Wednesday, March 23, 2011
How it all started and got completely out of hand Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Finding errors manually PLAIN BORING SUBJECTIVE PRONE TO OVERSIGHTS NOT EVERYTHING IS CHECKED DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS LABOUR INTENSIVE The European way Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Finding errors manually Our Japanese colleagues were able to find more mistakes Even in languages they didn't understand Very methodical Extremely consistent Still very costly The Japanese way Wednesday, March 23, 2011
AUTOMATE What you can objectively measure, you can automate Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Enter QA Distiller We gain time We check everything We check objectively We check in the same way We have reports First version developed in 2003 Wednesday, March 23, 2011
What can QA Distiller check? OMISSIONS INCONSISTENCIES FORMATTING TERMINOLOGY CUSTOM PATTERNS Supported checks Wednesday, March 23, 2011
What cant it check? TRANSFER OF MEANING GRAMMAR STYLE Human revision stil needed! SPELLING* Caveat Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Input formats & languages BILINGUAL TTX (Trados TagEditor) TMX (Translation Memory eXchange) XLIFF (including SDL XLIFF used in SDL Studio) Bilingual Word not supported TERMINOLOGY DICT (created from Excel using QA Distiller) TBX (TermBase eXchange) LANGUAGES More than 70, including RTL and CJK Formats & languages Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Omissions EMPTY Spaces or nothing FORGOTTEN Source = Target SKIPPED Untouched PARTIALLY FORGOTTEN Parts left untranslated TOO SHORT/LONG Percentage Omissions Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Inconsistencies TARGET LANGUAGE Switch the unit ON has been translated differently 1 time(s) as Schakel het toestel aan 1 time(s) as Schakel het toestel uit SOURCE LANGUAGE Schakel het toestel aan has been used for 2 different source segments 1 time(s) for Switch the unit ON 1 time(s) for Switch the unit OFF Inconsistencies Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Formatting SPACING ISSUES Double, extra leading, trailing PUNCTUATION Double, end of segment BRACKETS Non-matching pairs TABS Different count CAPITALISATION Initial, entire Language independent Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Formatting CORRUPT CHARACTERS Garbled letters like 鐃, SPACING Required, forbidden NUMBERS Values, formatting QUOTATION MARKS Non-matching, type MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Type, conversion Language dependent Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Terminology EXCEL Convert to DICT using QA Distiller OPEN OFFICE Free plug-in to export to TBX SDL MULTITERM 2009 Export to TBX TERMWEB Export to TBX Proprietary dictionary and TBX Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Custom patterns SEARCH Source and/or Target REGULAR EXPRESSIONS Report patterns Ignore patterns Make your own checks! Search and Regular Expressions Wednesday, March 23, 2011
REPORTS Share error logs Wednesday, March 23, 2011
THE CURSE of the FALSE POSITIVES and how to avoid it Wednesday, March 23, 2011
PROFILES Share settings Wednesday, March 23, 2011
BATCH REPLACE Do more in less time Wednesday, March 23, 2011
A SAMPLE PROJECT Garbage in, garbage out quality out Wednesday, March 23, 2011
THE FUTURE The future is bright, and regex-flavoured Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Get in Touch! thomas@yamagata-europe.com @QADistiller @YamagataEurope Wednesday, March 23, 2011

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  • 1. QA Distiller AUTOMATED TRANSLATION QUALITY CONTROL Proudly developed by Yamagata Europe YAMAGATA EUROPE | Thomas Vackier | March 23, 2011 Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 2. YAMAGATA EUROPE Translating Knowledge Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 3. What do we do? We write We translate We do the layout We print We package & ship We create software Core business Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 4. On what scale do we do it? Team of 50 people Pool of 1000 language vendors Translate about 400,000 words a day Translate into 50 languages Layout 450 pages a day 18,000 publications a day Size matters Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 5. How it all started and got completely out of hand Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 6. Finding errors manually PLAIN BORING SUBJECTIVE PRONE TO OVERSIGHTS NOT EVERYTHING IS CHECKED DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS LABOUR INTENSIVE The European way Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 7. Finding errors manually Our Japanese colleagues were able to find more mistakes Even in languages they didn't understand Very methodical Extremely consistent Still very costly The Japanese way Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 8. AUTOMATE What you can objectively measure, you can automate Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 9. Enter QA Distiller We gain time We check everything We check objectively We check in the same way We have reports First version developed in 2003 Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 10. What can QA Distiller check? OMISSIONS INCONSISTENCIES FORMATTING TERMINOLOGY CUSTOM PATTERNS Supported checks Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 11. What cant it check? TRANSFER OF MEANING GRAMMAR STYLE Human revision stil needed! SPELLING* Caveat Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 12. Input formats & languages BILINGUAL TTX (Trados TagEditor) TMX (Translation Memory eXchange) XLIFF (including SDL XLIFF used in SDL Studio) Bilingual Word not supported TERMINOLOGY DICT (created from Excel using QA Distiller) TBX (TermBase eXchange) LANGUAGES More than 70, including RTL and CJK Formats & languages Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 13. Omissions EMPTY Spaces or nothing FORGOTTEN Source = Target SKIPPED Untouched PARTIALLY FORGOTTEN Parts left untranslated TOO SHORT/LONG Percentage Omissions Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 14. Inconsistencies TARGET LANGUAGE Switch the unit ON has been translated differently 1 time(s) as Schakel het toestel aan 1 time(s) as Schakel het toestel uit SOURCE LANGUAGE Schakel het toestel aan has been used for 2 different source segments 1 time(s) for Switch the unit ON 1 time(s) for Switch the unit OFF Inconsistencies Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 15. Formatting SPACING ISSUES Double, extra leading, trailing PUNCTUATION Double, end of segment BRACKETS Non-matching pairs TABS Different count CAPITALISATION Initial, entire Language independent Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 16. Formatting CORRUPT CHARACTERS Garbled letters like 鐃, SPACING Required, forbidden NUMBERS Values, formatting QUOTATION MARKS Non-matching, type MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Type, conversion Language dependent Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 17. Terminology EXCEL Convert to DICT using QA Distiller OPEN OFFICE Free plug-in to export to TBX SDL MULTITERM 2009 Export to TBX TERMWEB Export to TBX Proprietary dictionary and TBX Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 18. Custom patterns SEARCH Source and/or Target REGULAR EXPRESSIONS Report patterns Ignore patterns Make your own checks! Search and Regular Expressions Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 19. REPORTS Share error logs Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 20. THE CURSE of the FALSE POSITIVES and how to avoid it Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 21. PROFILES Share settings Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 22. BATCH REPLACE Do more in less time Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 23. A SAMPLE PROJECT Garbage in, garbage out quality out Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 24. THE FUTURE The future is bright, and regex-flavoured Wednesday, March 23, 2011
  • 25. Get in Touch! thomas@yamagata-europe.com @QADistiller @YamagataEurope Wednesday, March 23, 2011