Localization Processes for a World-class Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Company
Overview
The working relationship started in March 2014, when Ocean Translations was brought in to provide additional translation capacity for the established internal team. Today we localize more than 300,000 words per year for this customer. We have been mostly responsible for translating PPTs (USA office) and Common Technical Documents (CTDs) (Europe).
A Multinational Leader in the Health-Care & Pharmaceutical Industry
Our customer is a global company based in Europe that provides solutions to address the evolving needs of patients worldwide. It is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies by both market capitalization and sales. Together with its subsidiaries, it provides global healthcare solutions in the following therapeutic areas:
Ophthalmology
Neurology
Pulmonology
Infectious Diseases
Immunology and Transplantation
Cardiology
Dermatology
Oncology
Localization Supports the Development of New Medical Products
Localization Highlights
Translation Volumes and Turnaround Times
Every month, we localize documents with many thousands of words, which makes localization a real challenge when deadlines are tight. We provide a dedicated, scalable team to meet these deadlines.
Range of Document Types
We localize different content types, which usually include: PPTs, protocols, pre-clinical research files (dossiers, pre-launch, preparation/safety), overviews and summaries quality (pharmaceutical documentation) and non-clinical reports.
Style Guide Adherence
Our client has its own style guide and requires translation partners to follow it strictly. The style guide helps guarantee translation consistency but means translators should be very familiar with them before they can start working on this project.
File Formats
Working with PDF files that require pre and post-translation work in order to keep the layout consistent across documents and languages.
Localization Solution
Our language solution comprises the following aspects:
- Team of project managers, linguists & reviewers
- Experts with experience in the medical field
- Quality driven process following ISO standards
- Translation memories to reduce costs
- Tracking changes in between projects
- Supporting PDF translation and conversion
- Automated and manual QA