The Translation Quality Framework

Adequacy vs fluency, error typology, and a repeatable self-QA: the foundation every translator needs.

Your free introduction to how professional translation is actually judged. Learn the quality model agencies grade against and a self-review routine you can apply to every job, then earn your first Langixy Academy certificate.

What you'll learn

• Balance adequacy and fluency deliberately
• Use the standard LQA error typology
• Match register, tone & honorifics to the brief
• Run a repeatable self-QA before delivery

Course content

1. 1. What "quality" really means: adequacy vs fluency (15 min)
2. 2. The error typology every reviewer uses (15 min)
3. 3. Register, tone & audience: matching the brief (15 min)
4. 4. Self-QA: a repeatable review pass (15 min)
5. 5. Working with references: glossaries, style guides, TMs (15 min)
6. 6. Delivering like a pro: the final checklist (15 min)

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• Revision, Review & Proofreading to ISO 17100 — The roles the standard actually defines, necessary versus preferential changes, a six-pass revision routine, and how to price the work properly.