Below is a list of terms Render uses throughout the application. If you'd like to learn more about Render's process regarding a specific term, click the links to see related help articles.
Users assigned Back Translate will listen to the receptor language translation(s) audio and record a back translation in a language the consultant understands. This can consist of both Passage Back Translate, where the back translator retells the entire passage, and/or Segment Back Translate, where the back translators retells small pieces owhere Render will automatically cut the passage into smaller pieces where the translator paused to take a breath.
Back Translate (Role)
A user with Retell Back Translation will listen to the receptor language translation and record a back translation in a language that the consultant understands.
Community Revise
After the community check is done for a section, that section will go into Community Revise. In Community Revise, the user will have all of the retellings from the community as well as every question and response accompanied by any applicable notes. After listening to these resources, the user will have the option to re-record any and all passages as needed.
Community Test (Role)
A user with Community Test will guide the community through the process of retelling the translation and/or responding to previously recorded questions about the translation. They will work with a community on an entire section in Render at a time. In the Retell portion of the community test, the user will guide the community through retelling each passage in a section. In Question and Response, the user will guide the community in answering questions that were placed in passages throughout the section (in Community Test Setup).
Community Test Setup (Role)
A user with Community Test Setup will place questions in specific locations in the translated section. The audio before the question as well as the question itself will be used in the Question and Response part of Community Test.
The Configure role is assigned to the user who is responsible for setting up the Render project. Before a Render project can begin, a Project Coordinator will identify someone who will serve as the Configure role. The Render project is sent to the Configure user so they can set up the project.
Consultant Check (Role)
Each project needs to have a consultant, chosen by the partnering organization coordinating the project. The consultant can send notes back to the translation team regarding their oral translation.
Consultant Revise
When a section is sent to the consultant for review, if the consultant records a note on the section, the translation team will receive that note in Consultant Revise.
Reference audio that has been "cut" into smaller translatable portions either in the Drafting or Revise roles.
Drafting (Role)
The user assigned Drafting will listen, internalize, and translate the reference audio into their language.
Global User
A user with the role Configure and/or Consultant Check who will be able to log in to Render for multiple projects.
Guidance
This is a setting in the Configure role which will make the page have yellow buttons (Guidance on) or blue buttons (guidance off).
Note Interpret (Role)
Note Interpret will be used if the consultant and the translation team do not share a common language. The interpreter will translate notes to and from the consultant and the team.
Passage
The smallest translatable unit; level of translation
Peer Check (Role)
Peer check will consist of a review of the translation itself as well as the translation alongside the reference audio. Then, the peer checker provides suggestions for revision, or passes the translation onto the next step.
Peer Revise Note
In Peer Revise, the translator will listen to notes from the Peer Check team. Then, the translator can choose to re-record the translation, respond to the Peer Check team, or send the drat to the next step.
Question & Response (Community Test)
During Community Test, Render will guide the user through listening to the recorded translation and then listening to the question attached to that portion of the recording. The Community will then record their response to the questions. This step gives the translation team an opportunity to receive feedback from people not associated with the translation work.
Reference Audio
Audio that has been chosen during the project setup phase and loaded into Render for users to listen to when translating or reviewing translation work. Render can have up to four references.
Render User
A person (or group of people, such as a translation team) assigned roles and sections with a specific Render project. (See "Global User" for comparison.)
Retell (Community Test)
The community will listen to each passage in a section, then retell that passage in a recording that will be listened to by the translation team.
Section
A group of thematically related passages that gives context for the text to be translated.
Sync
Render uses sync as its method to send and receive files between users on different machines. Render will automatically sync your files, but you can also manually sync them if you would like.
Transcribe (Role)
A user assigned Transcribe will type a word-for-word transcription of back translations for the consultant.