Carefully selected specialist translators, proofreaders, and terminologists.
Carefully selected specialist translators, proofreaders, and terminologists.
Skilled supplier management for your projects
The supplier management team at KERN consults with the KERN customer advisors to find the right specialist translators, keeping your project’s requirements in mind at all times. Alongside permanently employed translatorst, our translation team consists of carefully selected and contractually bound specialist translators, language experts, intercultural communication experts, proofreaders, and terminologists. That gives you access to a comprehensive pool of languages and knowledge, meaning that a wide variety of language combinations and specialist areas can be covered.
Consistency in language and terminology
We provide a pool of translators that is tailored to your business and your specialist area; by consistently utilizing these translators and proofreaders, we can ensure better uniformity for a variety of texts, from both a stylistic and a terminological point of view.
The KERN translator team has access to the relevant terminology databases, specialist dictionaries, and glossaries. That allows them to accurately convey the message in the source document to the respective target audience. Depending on the language combination and specialist area, your customer advisor will select the relevant translator and proofreader from the pool that we have put together.
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The highest standards for your translations
All KERN specialist translators have an academic degree, have additional qualifications in the area of linguistics and always translate into their native language. They generally speak multiple foreign languages, meaning that they have a large combined vocabulary.
Alongside a solid linguistic background, KERN specialist translators are also experts in certain specialist areas. KERN translators have a specialist practical or academic background and have gathered in-depth knowledge of their subject area–including chemistry, medicine, IT, automation, finance, engineering and law–through years of working in the field or by attending specialist events. .
Translating in a detail-oriented manner that is also appropriate to the job and the audience requires translators to meet the highest standards. Thanks to rapid progress in the areas of technology, science, and economics, specialist terminology is created and expanded on an almost daily basis. KERN's translators possess relevant professional expertise as well as the willingness to do intensive research. Furthermore, they benefit from a continuous exchange of ideas with one another.
A team of experienced translation engineers is always on hand to help our translators with the correct use of translation memory systems and the processing of complex file formats.
- Experience and further training
- General technical equipment and skills
- Willingness to conduct research, access to specialist information,
discussion, and questioning of unclear points - Availability
- Adherence to deadlines, resilience, flexibility, and working speed
- Residence or place of work
- Ability to work collaboratively
Supplier management at a glance
All of the benefits, areas of application, and services in brief—clearly presented on an information sheet.
Selection of translators
Potential translators are asked to provide a sample translation depending on their area of expertise. After this test translation has been evaluated, we decide whether the translator will be admitted into the translator pool. Only then will we consider the translator for future assignments.
The translators are constantly evaluated during the course of the project. Comments concerning the specialist quality, reliability, availability, flexibility, and technical skills are entered into the database by the KERN project managers and then reviewed by the supplier management department. The comments guarantee that we always have a good idea of the translators’ skills. That means KERN can always provide the best translators for your project.
FAQ on supplier management
You will find short answers to the most important questions about supplier management here.
What is supplier management at KERN?
Supplier management is a service area in which the KERN team works with your account managers to select the right specialist translators, editors, and language experts for your project—tailored to your industry, language combination, and technical requirements.
How does KERN ensure that its translators are professionally qualified?
All selected specialist translators have an academic background, additional linguistic qualifications, and translate exclusively into their native language. They also have in-depth knowledge about their specialist fields—e.g. technology, medicine, or finance—and have access to terminology databases and glossaries.
What is the advantage of a pool of translators tailored to my field of expertise?
A customized language pool ensures that your texts are translated in a stylistically and terminologically consistent manner and with technical precision, as the same translators and editors are used on an ongoing basis.
How do you ensure that translations are consistent?
In addition to the technical expertise of the translators, supplier management uses terminological resources such as databases, technical dictionaries, and glossaries to ensure that messages are conveyed accurately and in a manner appropriate to the target audience.