Content Translator
- Content Translator
- the role that is played when a
person translates or checks the automatically translated
content of one or more
systems or
applications
As illustrated in the preceding figure, Content Translator is part of the following inheritance hierarchy.
The typical role-specific responsibilities repsonsibilities of a Content Translator are to:
- Translate content, user interfaces, and technical/user documentation into appropriate appropriate languages and dialects:
- Local content into foreign languages.
- Foreign content into local language(s).
- Ensure that the translated content is correctly, fluently, and ideomatically translated:
- Ensure that the translated content uses the correct terms for the regions in which it will be used.
- Ensure that the translated content is grammatically correct and readable
- Ensure that the translated content does not violate cultural norms.
- Ensure that the translated content continues to support the digital brand.
- Ensure that the content is modified for consistency with the intended:
- Country (e.g., language and dialect, currency, time, date, tax laws, and import/export duties).
- Culture (e.g., removal of offensive or inappropriate words, images, or colors).
Content Translator typically inherits the
general role responsibilities from the
Role method component.
To fulfill these responsibilities, a Content Translator typically should have the following
personal characteristics,
expertise,
training, and
experience:
A Content Translator should typically have the following personal characteristics:
A Content Translator typically should have the following expertise:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in the
foreign languages of the project including both technical and business terminology.
- A bachelor’s degree in the relevant foreign languages of the project.
Content translators typically perform the following
role-specific tasks in an iterative,
incremental, parallel, and time-boxed manner:
Content translators typically inherit
common role tasks from the
role process component.
Content translators typically perform these tasks as members
of the following teams:
As members of these teams, content translators typically
produce all or part of the following work products:
- Naturally, the role is only needed if there are
internationalization requirements for multiple natural
languages.
- Do not confuse this role with the internationalization
engineer, who ensure that the software components (e.g.,
classes, procedures, databases) are designed and implemented
to support handling the appropriate languages, currencies,
taxes, etc.).
- This role typically inherits the
common team guidelines from the
roles process component.
