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Nearly all projects managed by a translation company include a translation stage. It may be, however, that the project consists entirely of creating a glossary, revising an existing translation or testing a piece of software.

Translators

The translation is normally undertaken by one or more translators. In special cases it may be that this task is carried out by an expert in the field who despite their lack of training in the area of translation, has the required know-how for translating very complex content accurately.

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