Multilingual Solutions
Terminology Management
Controlled terminology that keeps multilingual communication consistent across teams, products, and markets.
When the same concept is described differently in different documents, languages, or markets, the inconsistency creates confusion for customers, legal risk in contracts, and inefficiency in translation workflows. Terminology management establishes and maintains the approved terms that define how your organization communicates consistently across languages.
Consistency Starts with Agreed Terms
Terminology management is the process of identifying, approving, and maintaining the specific terms that matter most to an organization — product names, regulatory language, technical concepts, brand vocabulary — and ensuring those terms are used consistently across all translated content.
A well-maintained term base reduces translation inconsistencies, speeds up the review process, and provides translators and content teams with clear guidance on what terms to use and which to avoid. It is particularly valuable for organizations producing high volumes of multilingual content across multiple departments or markets.
What's Included
A complete approach to terminology management
Terminology Extraction
Identification of key terms from existing documents, product content, contracts, and other materials to form the basis of the terminology database.
Glossary Creation
Development of a structured multilingual glossary with approved source and target terms, definitions, context notes, and usage guidance.
Terminology Approval
Coordination of a term approval process involving subject-matter experts, legal, marketing, and other stakeholders who need to confirm approved terms.
Multilingual Term Bases
Population of approved terms across all required language pairs for integration into translation tools and consistent application across projects.
Ongoing Maintenance
Review and update of the term base as products, markets, and regulatory requirements change over time, ensuring the terminology remains current.
Terminology Validation
Review of translated content against the approved term base to verify that approved terminology has been applied consistently throughout.
Process
How it works
Terminology Audit and Extraction
We review existing documents, content, and any current term lists to extract candidate terms and identify gaps or inconsistencies in current usage.
Candidate Term Review
Candidate terms are reviewed and refined with input from subject-matter experts, legal, marketing, and other relevant teams within the organization.
Multilingual Term Development
Approved terms are developed in each target language, with definitions, context notes, and guidance on approved and forbidden alternatives.
Term Base Population and Integration
The approved term base is structured and made available for integration into translation tools, style guides, and content workflows.
Maintenance and Governance
A process for maintaining and updating the term base over time is agreed, including how new terms are proposed, reviewed, and approved.
Why Randa Translation
What sets our approach apart
Cross-Functional Alignment
The term approval process involves the right people in your organization to produce terminology that works across legal, technical, marketing, and product teams.
Translation Tool Integration
Term bases are structured for integration with translation tools so approved terminology is accessible to every translator working on your content.
Reduces Long-Term Translation Cost
Consistent terminology reduces revision time, QA errors, and the effort required to review translated content across large volumes.
Maintained Over Time
We support ongoing maintenance of the term base so it reflects changes in products, regulation, and brand positioning as they occur.
Build the Language Foundation Your Organization Needs
Tell us about your content volume, language pairs, and where terminology inconsistency is causing the most problems. We will define the right approach for your term base.