I agree with the others, you are looking for 2 people. One to handle the translation and one to train. Your trainer should definitely be bilingual. Another thing that has not been mentioned is that the person or persons translating the documentation has to understand the technology that they are dealing with.
Not sure why your VP thinks it would be cheaper to hire a person to handle the translation rather than using a translation house since the trend over the last 10 years or so has been to go the other way. I started out, in this business, with a company that had their own in-house translation and DTP group, later on this group was downsized and the translation and dtp was out sourced, leaving only project management and a very small group of translators in-house. ****************************************************************** Ann Zdunczyk President a2z Publishing, Inc. Language Layout & Translation Consulting Phone: (336)922-1271 Fax: (336)922-4980 Cell: (336)456-4493 http://www.a2z-pub.com ****************************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gillian Flato Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 6:19 PM To: framers@FrameUsers.com Subject: Translation question Guys, A VP at my company wants to hire a person whose main job functions are the following: Translate technical writing docs to Korean Train the Korean FSE's on the procedures in the docs. He also wants the same position for Japanese. Any idea the type of salary this person would command? Know anyone who qualifies? He thinks this would be cheaper than using a translation house since we have thousands of procedures that need translation and more efficient since the person would also be a trainer. Thank you, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.435.9600 x 316 7 408.232.5911 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .com <blocked::mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/azdunczyk%40triad.rr.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.