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City of Philadelphia Translation Quality Handbook
Practical translation quality handbook for public-facing organizations, with pre-translation and post-translation checklists and guidance on AI/machine translation use.
Record Overview
Profile Type
City
Institution
City of Philadelphia Office of Immigrant Affairs
Country
United States
State / Region
PA
City
Philadelphia
Slug
city-of-philadelphia-translation-quality-handbook
Tags
translation quality
plain language
AI translation
machine translation
Capacity Domains
Workforce and Quality
Reporting Requirements
Not applicable
Training Requirements
Functions as a practical staff guide; no formal training requirement, but it can be used as a training or onboarding resource for staff managing translated public materials.
Complaint Mechanism
Not applicable
Service and Operational Features
Provides a pre-translation checklist, translation review checklist, AI/machine translation decision guidance, and visual checks for Arabic and Chinese scripts; useful for staff who manage translations in languages they do not personally understand.
Languages Covered
Not language-list based. Includes script-specific quality guidance for Arabic-script and Chinese-script translations and warns that AI/MT may perform worse in less-represented languages.