Define what “accepted” means before production
Name the checks that matter: completeness, meaning, terminology, names, figures, units, clauses, formatting, placeholders, functionality or authority requirements.
QUALITY PLANNING
Match review depth to what an error would cost the buyer
Not every sentence needs the same control. A marketing caption, dosage instruction, contract clause, UI string and internal memo carry different consequences, so quality planning should follow risk and intended use.
Designed for real-world use
Language, market and audience choices should be planned together for usable multilingual communication.
Five ways to align QA with the consequence of error
Define acceptance around the real failure modes of the content instead of applying the same review depth to every project.
Put specialist review where the consequence is highest
Legal, medical, regulatory, financial and safety-critical material may justify specialist translation and independent review; low-risk internal material may not need the same layers.
Separate linguistic and technical QA
A translation can read well and still fail because a tag is broken, a number changed, an RTL layout collapsed or a subtitle exceeds timing constraints.
Resolve disagreements with evidence
Use the source, approved terminology, style rules, product context or authority requirement to decide—rather than preference alone.
Retain decisions that matter
When a project recurs, approved terminology, known exceptions and acceptance decisions reduce repeated debate and prevent drift.
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Send representative content, intended use and the failures that would have the greatest consequence.