Quantity of translation

Definition

This concerns the volume of translation typically dealt with by the organisation.

Relevant qualities - from part 2

Reliability.

Efficiency.

Maintainability

Stakeholders

High level management within the organisation

Translation managers

Developers

Purchasers

Vendors

Notes

The volume of translation work may be measured in many ways, including pages per day, week, month or year. It can also be described by how much time is used in the translation work. Usually this is measured in person-hours. Naturally the amount of work correlates with the quality of the translation, which may vary from text to text.

In addition, the amount of work typically varies with the target and source languages (EAGLES-96).

A factor which has become relevant recently in estimating the quantity of translation in some contexts is the existence or non-existence of pertinent translation memories