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Unit 7: Translation and Reprographic Services

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A system was developed to submit reports via a secure online portal, increasing
overall efficiency and allowing for a full tracking report.
Translations.com ensured medical consistency of language translations by using
linguists with medical degrees in each respective branch of medicine.

Translations.com’s strong partnership with Quintiles has resulted in the translation of
reports from over ten different countries, including Argentina, Denmark, Hungary, the
Netherlands, and Israel.
Questions:
1. Analyse the case and interpret it.
2. Write down the case facts

Source: http://www.translations.com/casestudy/lspg/casestudy_02_ivr.html
7.7 Summary

Various types of reproductions – photocopies, photographs, digital images and their
paper copies – are available for publications.

Reproductions are made for private use, research needs or publication activities requiring
a high level of quality.
Customers are also given the opportunity to carry out reprographic imaging with their
own equipment.
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an
equivalent target-language text.

In the context of the translation process and end product, human translation contains
many definitions and interpretations.

Reprographics provides the copies needed in an office information system.
Basic reprographic processes include carbon paper, automated typewriters, copiers, and
duplicators.

Special reprographic processes include phototypesetting, facsimile, and micrographics
(the production of microforms).
To choose a reproduction method, consider cost, convenience, and quality.

The careful preparation of typewritten copy and attractive layouts will improve the quality
of the final product.
Appropriate paper choice, knowledge of typesetting capabilities, and printing assistance
will further enhance your work.
Reprographics systems can now be linked to word processing and data processing systems.
With the addition of microprocessors and programming capabilities, reprographics has
become part of the worldwide electronic communication network.
7.8 Keywords

Copier: A copier is a machine that reproduces copies directly from an original document; the
copies are commonly referred to as photocopies.

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