In “About back-translation”, I explained “What is back-translation” and “LifeLang’s back-translation Function”.

 

Here, the execution procedure of “back-translation” and “back-translation (2 languages)” using LifeLang is explained.

 

[Back-translation]

 

Create a new document. Set the source language as one language and the target language as one or more languages. For example, when translating English into Japanese, set the source language to English and the target language to Japanese. Click the “Apply” button to display the document translation screen.

 

 

Enter the English sentences to translate in the source language side.

 

 

Select “Japanese” tab on the target language side. Click the “Back-translation” button to display the dialog. This dialog shows what the translation is doing and how many characters available for translation it consumes. Click the “Execute” button to execute the back-translation.

 

 

When back-translation is executed, the English sentences are translated into Japanese, and the translated Japanese sentences are translated back into English. The tab on the target language side will switch to the “English (for back-translation)” tab for confirming the back-translation.

 

 

Compare the sentences on the source language side with the sentences on the “English (for back-translation)” tab on the target language side. If there is a difference between the meanings of both sentences, correct the sentences on the source language side and perform back-translation again.

 

The translation is complete when the back-translation is repeatedly executed and the meaning of the source sentences and the back-translated sentences are the same. The sentences in the “Japanese” tab on the target language side will be the translated sentences desired.

 

 

[Back-translation (2 languages)]

 

Create a new document. Set the source language as one language and the target languages as two or more languages. For example, when translating English to Korean via Japanese, set the source language to English and the target languages to Japanese and Korean. Click the “Apply” button to display the document translation screen.

 

 

Enter the English sentences to translate in the source language side.

 

 

When you press the “Back-translation (2 languages)” button on the source language side, a dialog will be displayed. This dialog has two language options. In the first option, set the language to go through. The second option is to select the language you want to translate into. In this example, set the first language to “Japanese” and the second language to “Korean”. This dialog shows the number of characters available for translation it consumes. Click the “Execute” button to execute the back-translation.

 

 

When back-translation is executed, English sentences are translated into Japanese, translated Japanese sentences are translated into Korean, and translated Korean sentences are translated back into English. The tab on the target language side will switch to the “English (for back-translation)” tab for confirming the back-translation.

 

 

Compare the sentences on the source language side with the sentences on the “English (for back-translation)” tab on the target language side. If there is a difference in meaning between the two sentences, check the sentences in the “Japanese” tab of the target language. Check what English is translated into Japanese and correct the sentences in the source language. Perform the back-translation again.

 

 

The translation is complete when the back-translation is repeatedly executed and the meaning of the source sentences and the back-translated sentences are the same. The sentences in the “Korean” tab on the target language side will be the translated sentences desired.