Process

Scalable and flexible translation and language management play a key role for all global pharmaceutical companies and CROs in multinational studies. Our client-centric approach, flexibility and expertise enables all global pharmaceutical companies and CROs to leverage our capabilities as a full outsource service or a partial service provider:

We are committed to the highest standards of process alignment and apply them to each stage of clinical Research. You can use the Dropdown below or download our process PDF.

01

Concept Development

• Project plan and process plan
• Assessment of the original text or document for translatability and target audience
• Translation guide, style guide and briefing
• Team allocation

02

Translation and alignment

• Two translations of the original text or document by two independent medical translators
• Alignment and finalization into one version by third expert translator

03

Back translation and harmonization

• Back translation by a medical translator without knowledge of the source text or source document
• Review of the back translation
• Comparison of the back translation with the original document and correction of the translation from step 2, if necessary
• Harmonization of all translation languages based on the back translation and the original text or document and correction/harmonization of the translations in step 2, if necessary

04

Debriefing and discussion

• Preparation of the project specific debriefing protocol.
• Debriefing interviews by professional medical team (details of the text, comprehensibility or interpretation of text, suggestions of change).

05

Preparation of the final version

• Result analysis of the debriefing
• Review or revision of the text or document
• Creation of the final version
• Proofreading
• Final release

06

Creation of final report

• Everything is polished and ready for the world.