【前言】
语言服务兴起于20世纪90年代的欧美。2010年,中国翻译协会首次正式在我国提出“语言服务”的概念。语言服务指以语言能力为核心,以促进跨语言、跨文化交流为目标,提供语际信息转化服务和产品,以及相关研究咨询、技术研发、工具应用、资产管理、教育培训等专业化服务的现代服务业。
根据统计,尽管全球经济不断受到挑战,但语言服务行业依然保持增长,2022年,全球语言服务产值突破600亿美元。我国对外开放、中外人文交流和“一带一路”建设不断促进我国的语言服务市场增长。2022年,我国的翻译公司和各类型的语言服务企业总计超过42万家,总产值突破554亿元人民币。语言服务发展的同时也带来巨大的人才需求。
语言服务教育在我国是一个新生事物,目标是培养行业需要的口笔译、语言技术和项目管理人才。2007年,我国开办翻译硕士专业学位教育,为语言服务行业培养翻译人才。近年来,部分高校通过开设研究方向或独立设置二级学科点等方式,招收本地化管理、技术传播、翻译项目管理、医学语言服务、国际语言服务研究生,培养“语言+技术”“语言+专业”和“语言+管理”的复合型和应用型人才。部分高校成立了语言服务研究院所、应急语言服务基地(中心),召开语言服务论坛,编写语言服务研究报告等。2020年,中国英汉语比较研究会批准成立语言服务研究专业委员会,出版《语言服务研究》集刊。2022年,商务部、教育部、中国外文局等部委批准成立特色语言服务出口基地,国家发改委和商务部批准语言服务进入鼓励外商投资产业目录。以上举措有力地促进了语言服务的发展。
为了帮助广大师生了解国外语言服务领域学术研究和行业发展动态,满足高校语言服务学科建设、人才培养、教学科研的需要,上海外语教育出版社组织专家精心策划了“新文科语言服务学术文库”,从国外原版引进多种语言服务学术著作。本文库涵盖翻译及语言服务的职业技能和企业管理两个方面,包括翻译教学、技术文档写作、本地化技术、质量管理、服务管理、众包翻译管理等,体系完整,内容丰富,值得推荐。同时,为了方便读者理解重点,文库各书还专门配有中文导读和推荐阅读书目。
本文库可用作研究生教材,也适合语言服务行业人士和对语言服务感兴趣的广大社会读者作为参考书使用。希望文库的出版能为我国的语言服务发展贡献一份力量。
【目录】
List of Figures
Foreword
Dedication
Preface
Technologieal change
Getting the bualance right
1 Introduction
Setting up a transtation business
Summary of tasks for scting up a company
What type of oryzanisation?
2. Ongamisational Developmem
Write a business plan!
Making the decisions
Making the transttion from a singte practitioner
Determine where the organisation wants to be
Diagnose the present state
3.The Business Plan
What services resources do you plan to offer?
All languages in all subjects?
From where are you going to run your business?
Overview
Delegation and departmentalisation
The ergunisstion and is industry
Developing serviees
4.An Introduction to Quality Mamgement
ISO 9001:2000
European standard for translation services
Documented quality management from the outset
Quality policy
Commitment
Qualiy gap malysis
MANAGING TRANSLATION SERVICES
Benchmarking and qualiy mumgement
Quality framework
Comtrnct review
Projeet maragement
Pre-delivery checks on transtations
Comunication und understanding
5 Quafiy Procedures
Document contol
Control of documents
Approval prior to issue
Document status
Other documents
Rocords
Management reviews
Product realisation
Order registation
Customer focus
Benchmarking eustomers
Customer complaints
Purchusing goods and services
Production and service provisiom
Project documentation
Quality auditing
Analysis of duta and improvement
6 Work Instuctions
Management of quality documents
Instruction regarding enquiries and requests for pricing information
Order registration
7 Managing Hunan Resourees
Stuff recruiment
The recruiment process
Advertising a staff position
Interview process
Adverrising through recruitment agencies
Engaging freclance staff
Esuablishing credentials
Professional development
Procedures for managing extenal resoures
Physical resourees
8 Customer Relatims
Customer misconceptions
Customer education
Benchmnrking difterentiation and best practice
How can your organisation differentiate itseif from the competition?
lnvestors in People
9 Your Exi Stnategy
Planned retirement
Selling your business
Price
10 References
Organisutions for translation companies
Other relevant organisations
11 Reading List
12 Appendiees
Appendix1-Documented standards relevant to translation
Appendix 2-Model of a job interview tecord
Appendix 3-Modcl for compiling staff regulations
Appendix 4-Example of Work Order Form
Appendix 5-Customer complaint resolution process
Appendix 6- Example of a customer complaint and its resolution
Appendix 7-Sub-contactor recond
Appendix 8-Non-discloure agrcement
Appendix 9- Education and training record
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