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Training walks staff through how to read translation vendor quotes
Summary
A virtual training session guided staff through reviewing translation vendor quotes, focusing on per-word/page/hour pricing, desktop-publishing and file-conversion charges, translation-memory impacts, quality assurance, and practical questions to pose to vendors.
A virtual training session guided staff through how to read and question translation vendor quotes, highlighting common costs and clauses and surfacing practical questions for procurement and program staff.
The session leader (S1) opened by explaining the agenda and shared a vendor-quotes handout and two sample quotes for a hands-on group activity. The presenter emphasized that translation scope matters and recommended confirming with program leadership or legal teams before shortening documents; "not all cases is it appropriate to only translate partials," S1 said, arguing that preserving meaning sometimes requires full translation.
Why it matters: Language access work often touches budgets and service quality. The training framed vendor oversight as a tool to control costs while protecting meaning for people with limited…
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