Training

• Beginners: You will learn the basics of computer-assisted translation and gain insight into the working environment of the requested translation memory system (e.g. Across – Personal Edition/Language Server, SDL Trados Studio, SDL Trados WorldServer, memoQ, etc.). Training can be focused on a particular topic, and participants can be translators or project managers.
  
  
• Advanced users: The training can cover topics related to the processing of different file formats, special user and system settings, quality assurance measures in the translation process, alignments, database maintenance and, upon request, further topics agreed with you in advance related to the requested translation memory system. The focus areas are oriented toward the participants' skills and roles.

• Beginners: You learn the basics of terminology work and how to develop and structure terminology systematically. The goal should be to find the accurate translation of a designation in the source language quickly in the relevant context in the terminology database – whether during the editing or translation process. You will also receive insight into the working environment of the requested terminology management system (e.g. crossTerm, MultiTerm, TermStar, etc.).
  
  
• Advanced users: You learn about the possibilities that terminology extraction offers for creating or expanding a terminology database, maintaining terminology and making it available in a web-based format within your company, how to develop guidelines for terminology, and many other possibilities. During a workshop, a workflow can be developed, which can be a useful tool for managing the successive expansion and maintenance of the terminology database as well as approval and release processes. At this point, it is particularly important to record the number, roles and decision-making powers of the users. The result of this preparation forms part of the database structure assessment in order to be able to make a decision with regard to the text and picklist fields, which can affect the release status of an entry or a designation, for example. Another example of a topic of a terminology workshop is an analysis of the previous approach for finding/creating designations with the goal of creating a structure as per terminology guidelines. Here, we can discuss how previously defined terminology processes can be integrated into diverse system environments.

For technical editors, KERN offers adapted training in the widely used authoring and publishing solutions Adobe FrameMaker und Adobe InDesign.

Adobe FrameMaker

• Beginners: You learn the basics and become familiar with the FrameMaker user interface in order to create professional documents from the start. The most important functions are explained to you, for example, different page types, formats, paragraph formats, catalogues, variables and the creation of automatic lists and numbering. The book function and the creation of PDF files are also introduced.
  
  
• Advanced users: If you already have a basic knowledge of FrameMaker, this seminar will deepen your knowledge: you will learn how to work with conditional and automatically generated texts, how to create templates, use template and reference pages, number chapters and pages, integrate images and graphics into texts, create glossaries, etc.
  
  
• Experts: In the expert workshops, you will learn tricks that even many experienced users don't know. During the workshop, you can ask detailed questions relating to your individual documentation scenarios, optimisation of the documentation for translation processes, special settings, code pages and MIF source code, structured and possibly XML-based FrameMaker scenarios.

Adobe InDesign

• Beginners: You learn the basics and become familiar with the InDesign user interface in order to create professional documents from the start. The most important functions are explained to you, for example, the creation of documents and templates, working with levels and positioning aids, placing texts and graphics and formatting paragraphs. The book function and the creation of PDF files are also introduced, and you learn how to prepare the files for further processing, for example for printing.
  
  
• Advanced users: If you already have a basic knowledge of InDesign, this seminar will deepen your knowledge. You will learn how to create automatic lists and numbering as well as automatically generated text modules, how to work with variables and cross-references, create glossaries, etc.
  
  
• Experts: In the expert workshops, you will learn tricks that even many experienced users don't know: during the workshop, you can ask detailed questions relating to your individual documentation scenarios, optimisation of the documentation for translation processes, special settings and meta data, the structure of multilingual documents, export formats such as INX and IDML, XML-based InDesign scenarios and quality assurance methods.

KERN offers editors, proofreaders and project managers training courses and workshops on quality assurance measures in translation and/or localisation processes.

• Beginners: You will gain insight into fundamental quality assurance measures for translation and learn in which scenarios they can be employed meaningfully and effectively. You will be shown which measures are necessary for compliance with industry standards and norms such as DIN EN 15038 and ISO 17100.
  
  
• Advanced users: You will become familiar with automated quality assurance measures and receive insight into how formal checkers work in order to detect potential formal errors in translations using automated processes. This includes, for example, checking translations for completeness, consistency, spelling errors, terminology, numbers, correct use of tags, etc. The workshops can focus on the requested internal translation memory system QA tool or an independent one. Of course, the workshops can also delve into other quality assurance measures primarily conveyed during the beginners' workshop.
  
  
• Experts: During the expert workshops, you will be given the opportunity to individually define quality assurance criteria and their implementation in the translation and/or localisation workflow, possibly with respect to a planned certification measure as well. The workshops can focus on the translation, website localisation or software localisation processes.