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- translation company
- bi/multilingual organization
- centralized translation activity
- decentralized translation activity
- subcontracted translation activity
- combination of above
What is the background of people doing the translation?
- full-time professional translators
- editors
- domain experts
- non-translator support personnel (secretaries etc)
- combination of above
Amount of employees
- full-time translators
- part-time translators
- support personnel
What is the business of the company?
- domestic company
- domestic public organization
- subsidiary of an international company
- international company
- international public organization
What is the amount of employees?
What is the turnover of the company?
What proportion of the employees is directly involved in international
activities? What is the share of exports of the whole turnover?
- Export
- Import
- Localization
- General
What is the official language of an organization?
- national language as official language
- foreign language in common use
- foreign language as official language
- several languages other than national language in common use
- multilingual as a matter of principle
- quantity of translated text: X pages a year
- quantity of translation work: up to 1 man year, often part-time
- translation quality: high
- languages involved: single focal language
- size: 1 person
Aids used in decreasing probability:
- manual dictionary
- word processor
- word lists
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