TRANSLATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Translation Project Management

• First Contact with Clients

• Receiving a New Project
• Project Analysis
• Project Types
• Project Components
• Production Stages
• Necessary Resources
• Preparing the Estimate & Project Plan
• Launching the Project
• Monitoring the Project
• Completing Production
• Post-Mortem
• Archiving the Project

• Role of the Project Manager
• Benefit for Translators
• Author's Note

• Feedback

2. Receiving a New Project

Some project managers are assigned to specific clients. Others may be assigned to "project types."

In both cases, when a new project is received, the client almost always requests a budget and occasionally a project plan. These documents may be developed by various people, including managers, salespeople, etc., or by the project manager.

To do this, it is advised to complete a preliminary analysis, whose scope will depend upon the complexity of the client's request.

Copyright: ©Nancy Matis - 2006

Publication:
Matis, Nancy. 2005. La gestion de projets de traduction et sa place dans la formation de traducteurs, Équivalences, number 32/1 2005 - "La traduction à l'heure de la localisation" HEB, Haute École de Bruxelles, 47-62.