Translation Management System (TMS) and Computer Aided Translation (CAT) Platform

Translation Management System (TMS) and Computer Aided Translation (CAT) Platform for use by City of Somerville employees and external translators.
- System, Workflows, Automations Requirements
• Customizable translation memory and term base specific to the City of Somerville
• Workflow automation, notifications, and customization of workflows that include required humanin-the-loop workflows, machine translation post-editing (MTPE), final review, desktop formatting, and
approvals
• Ability to customize how translation memory and artificial intelligence (AI) is leveraged on a project-by-project basis (in addition to human translators)
• Document management including customizable, automated file naming conventions and versioning
• Web integration (Drupal)
• Intuitive, user-friendly translation and project management interface
• Translator tools including dashboard view of assigned projects, bitext view of translation projects, and in-line tools to approve/correct/edit human and machine translations, suggest preferences, approve
corrections, and flag potential mistakes
• Automated tracking of workflow stages and deadlines
• Full capability to support the top languages in city, with the ability to expand to other languages. This includes languages written right-to-left and other diverse writing systems and scripts.
• Translating source materials in the following file types:
o Microsoft Suite
o PDFs
o Acrobat In-Design
o Acrobat Illustrator
o Image files
o Canva files/links (please describe any Canva integration and the workflow)
o Web content
• Automated desktop publishing (DTP) for multiple file types and various scripts/languages
• Importing existing resources including term bases, translation memories, and bitext
• Style guides for multiple languages, developed by internal staff, that can be integrated into the System and that specify preferred translation approach including transliteration, transference, explication, retention and other translation/localization strategies.
• Quality assurance mechanisms and tests to audit translation accuracy, cultural appropriateness, visual layout
• Transcription and captioning for audio/visual content