ISO 18587 Post-Editing Workflow and Document Control

Establishing Efficient MT Post-Editing Processes for Quality Assurance

Author: Dr. Mohamed-Ali Ibrahim

Introduction

Machine translation has changed how organizations produce multilingual content, offering faster processing and greater scalability. However, machine-generated translations still require qualified human review to ensure that the final content is accurate, fluent, consistent, secure, and appropriate for its intended purpose.

ISO 18587 Post-Editing Workflow and Document Control is a practical guide for establishing, managing, documenting, and improving machine-translation post-editing processes in accordance with ISO 18587.

The book explains the complete MT post-editing workflow, covering pre-production, production, and post-production activities. Readers learn how to assess source-content suitability, prepare machine-translation systems, manage terminology resources, refine MT output, perform quality checks, gather client feedback, and prepare the final content for delivery.