Mastering ISO 18587

Best Practices, Case Studies, and Compliance Strategies

Supporting Subtitle

A Comprehensive Guide to Post-Editing Machine Translation Output

Author: Dr. Mohamed-Ali Ibrahim

Introduction

Machine translation has transformed the language-services industry by allowing organizations to process large volumes of multilingual content more quickly and efficiently. However, machine-generated translations still require qualified human intervention to ensure accuracy, fluency, consistency, appropriate terminology, and suitability for the intended audience.

Mastering ISO 18587: Best Practices, Case Studies, and Compliance Strategies is a practical guide to implementing, managing, auditing, and continually improving machine-translation post-editing workflows.

The book explains the role of ISO 18587 in establishing professional requirements for post-editing machine-translation output. It guides readers through the complete workflow, including pre-production preparation, machine-translation configuration, post-editing, terminology management, quality assurance, final review, and client delivery.

Readers will understand the differences between full and light post-editing and learn how to select the appropriate level according to the content’s purpose, quality requirements, risk level, deadline, and budget.

The book also covers leadership commitment, risk-based thinking, post-editor competence, internal audits, common nonconformities, corrective-action reports, certification preparation, and integration with ISO 17100 and ISO 9001.

Advanced chapters examine artificial intelligence, machine learning, translation-memory systems, terminology databases, automated quality-assurance tools, data analytics, and key performance indicators.

Practical case studies, templates, audit guidance, examples, checklists, and professional reflections make this book a useful implementation and training resource for language-service providers, translators, post-editors, auditors, project managers, and international organizations.

Key Benefits

This book will help readers:



Understand the purpose and application of ISO 18587.

Understand the development of machine translation.

Recognize why human post-editing remains necessary.

Understand the responsibilities and competence requirements of post-editors.

Distinguish between full and light post-editing.

Select the correct post-editing level for each project.

Improve the accuracy and fluency of machine-translated content.

Maintain consistent terminology across translation projects.

Establish effective pre-production procedures.

Configure translation resources before post-editing begins.

Manage production and post-production activities.

Establish documented post-editing workflows.

Use translation-memory systems effectively.

Develop and maintain terminology databases.

Apply automated quality-assurance tools.

Improve post-editor productivity.

Reduce unnecessary corrections and rework.

Establish measurable quality requirements.

Align post-editing output with client specifications.

Improve communication between clients, project managers, and post-editors.

Apply risk-based thinking to post-editing projects.

Identify risks involving terminology, deadlines, quality, and competence.

Develop practical risk-mitigation strategies.

Understand leadership responsibilities in ISO implementation.

Establish a culture of quality and continual improvement.

Conduct internal ISO 18587 audits.

Identify common post-editing nonconformities.

Develop Standard Operating Procedures.

Create effective Corrective Action Reports.

Conduct root-cause analysis.

Verify the effectiveness of corrective actions.

Prepare for certification or conformity assessments.

Integrate ISO 18587 with ISO 17100.

Integrate post-editing processes with ISO 9001.

Apply artificial intelligence and machine learning responsibly.

Use data analytics to improve translation performance.

Establish useful post-editi