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Language jobs: the website linguistic tester

Linguistic testing is a language quality assurance (QA) step.

This language-specific testing must occur before the final website is released preventing thus to costly remediate to undetected errors.




Linguistic Testing To verify translations throughout the website - front-end and back-end - and resolve linguistic issues which can occur during the localization process;Compare the translated files in each target language to the original source language; Verify that translations are consistent with the glossary and the style guide; Check that translations appear in the appropriate context; Verify that all pages are free of missing translations; Check content for typographical and grammatical errors; Ensure that each page is displayed in the correct language; Proofreading; Detection of duplication; Problems raised by out-of-context translation process; Typos; Terminology inconsistencies; Grammar errors; Chunks of untranslated text. 
Functionality Testing The functional testing process include…

How to be a certified Terminology Manager

Striving for improving is for me a healthy way to add value and enjoy what I am doing. That's why I decided to get the ECQA certification in Terminology Management. This certification is a a good investment because it can be regarded as specialised professional qualification.
The course comprises 6 units (5 theoretical units and 1 practical unit based on an exercise). For every unit participants will receive:  - A set of materials (to be found in a Moodle-based e-learning platform)  - An online tutorial (in form of a live webinar)  - And a discussion forum for questions and answers.
UNIT 1: UNDERSTANDING TERMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT
What is terminology? Why terminology management? How terminology work is embedded in my organisation and work environment?

UNIT 2: TERMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT SKILLS
How to search and collect terminology? How to store and retrieve? How to coin terms? How to manage monolingual and multilingual terminology? How to manage terminology projects?

UNIT 3: TERMINOLOGY STRATEGIES FOR B…