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Get Started on a
Style Guide
NOW!
By Mónica Adler and
Carolina Torres Spencer
Developing a style guide is fundamental for translation and localization,
but finding time to do it and deciding what to include can be a challenge.
H
ave you ever been
asked to create or
update a style guide
for your translation projects?
We know developing a style
guide is fundamental for
translation and localization,
but deciding what to
include can be a challenge.
Finding time to work on this
document while juggling
competing priorities can turn
into a never-ending task!
Shortly after we began
working on a traditional
style guide at the National
Cancer Institute (NCI), part
of the National Institutes
of Health, we realized
freelancers couldn't wait
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for these formal guidelines.
The solution was to create
fast style tips (QuickTips)
to respond to our team's
immediate needs. We hope
sharing our experience and
lessons learned will help
you get started writing your
own tips.
Beginning with a
Traditional Style Guide
Over two years ago, we
became the new Spanish
team at NCI's Science
Writing and Review Branch.
We inherited a backlog of
translations that ranged from
scientific news blogs and fact
sheets to videos and social
media content. However,
the first step was to improve
quality assurance by defining
a process for consistency in
terminology, style, voice, and
tone across all translations.
Developing a style guide for
Spanish translations became
a clear priority.
We received a 90-page
legacy translation style
guide that read like a
grammar book, and most
of the examples were not
applicable. After doing some
research and consulting
other style guides (see the
sidebar on page 21), we
set out to develop a more
practical guide that would
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