Translation Project Manager – a Busy Bee
What a Translation Project Manager does Much is said of the Translation Project Manager (the so-called PM) as the person who has control over everything that is happening inside a translation agency. It is believed that he or she is responsible for every aspect of the translation project, ranging from selecting the right translator to the translator’s payment date. The fact of the matter is that – more often than not – the person behind the PM position is not directly involved in all processes until delivery to the end client. As a matter of fact, many other people participate and have an even more determining role than the individual in charge of managing the project. Still, you’ll find out that your PM is a busy bee. So Many Bits and Bobs Before a Translation Starts As translators, when we receive a translation request from a PM, we usually do not think of everything that happened back then until our name is chosen for that particular project. We do not think about the negotiations that had to take place between the customer and the agency, all the bits and pieces that were put in place before the actual project went through. In an ideal world, the PM Would Have His Say Over the Value of a Translation For that client to have reached the agency, he had to be contacted by the agency’s sales man or had to contact the translation agency. Read the full article
