A community of world-class experts manages the language component in multilingual projects
In technology-rich environments, we combine premium language services and assets to meet your translation requirements.
Before human or machine translation begins, we help you optimize the master version. Particularly if multiple language versions are expected, it is crucial to start from a validated source version.
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We produce gold standard language versions of high stakes content, using state of the art technology and the world's best translators.
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We certify translatability of source content; we verify and validate translations; we audit and document translation and adaptation processes.
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By participating in conferences and interacting with research institutes, and through webinars and publications we shape, improve and disseminate best practices in survey localisation.
Read more >cApStAn has played a pioneering role in organising and documenting sophisticated translation and adaptation models for surveys.
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cApStAn has accumulated a wealth of experience in addressing these requirements.
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We combine empirical data on response scales and respondent behaviours with our expertise in cross-cultural translation and adaptation of surveys.
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Effective terminology management and good use of translation memories guarantee consistency across delivery modes, across survey waves and across language versions.
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cApStAn’s expertise in this field is unique. We provide quality assurance services before, during and after translation.
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cApStAn Translate is used to communicating with non-profit organisations and (inter)national public organisations.
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Clients become partners and partners become clients: we work closely together with different stakeholders to connect the dots between measurement goals, translation and quality assurance.
Cooperation with universities is in our DNA: researcher Aletta Grisay from ...
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The OECD Directorate for Education and Skills http://www.oecd.org/edu/ is committed ...
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Test developers, questionnaire item writers and psychometricians design data collection instruments. ...
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Partnerships with research institutes are key to our strategy of fostering ...
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In the feasibility study for the Assessment of Higher Education Learning ...
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On the one hand, cApStAn’s translation technologists need to work with ...
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March 29 – April 1, 2020
San Diego, CA, USA
July 14 – 17, 2020
Belval, Luxembourg
September 30 – October 2, 2020
London, England
The Tool Box Journal is a Newsletter by Jost Zetzsche, who writes objective, independent reviews of any new tools that potentially make linguists' tasks simpler. Jost is first and foremost a freelance translator: he has all the hands-on experience you can get, and his analysis of new applications and functionalities is focussed and relevant. The Basic Edition is for free, but it really is worthwhile to subscribe to the Premium version. Enjoy!
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by Pisana Ferrari - cApStAn Ambassador to the Global Village
End 2019, Questionmark, industry leader in assessment management software, launched a monthly podcast series called "Unlocking the Potential of Assessments." This monthly series is hosted by Founder and Executive Director John Kleeman and shares ...
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