TSE ISO/TS 11669

TSE ISO/TS 11669 is a technical specification that provides general guidance for planning, carrying out, and closing written translation projects. It treats translation not just as text conversion, but as a project in which the expectations, roles, and deliverables of multiple stakeholders need to be managed together. The aim is to make communication clearer and more traceable between the party requesting the service and the party providing it.

Stakeholders and communication in a translation project

The standard’s focus is on preparing project outputs in a way that is useful not only for the commissioning party, but also for other stakeholders who will use the translation product. In this context, a “translation project” covers a broad workflow that may include source-text analysis, defining the work scope, assigning responsibilities, setting quality expectations, and considering how the deliverable will be used. The document offers a general framework that can be applied in private-sector, public-sector, and civil-society settings.

What general guidance means in practice

A standard of this kind helps create a common reference language for issues such as terminology consistency, revision, delivery format, and clarification of responsibilities between parties. From a general technical perspective, translation quality depends not only on accurate meaning transfer, but also on the coordinated handling of purpose, target audience, usage context, and terminological alignment. The value of TSE ISO/TS 11669 lies in helping project participants understand these concepts in the same way, rather than in prescribing one mandatory translation method. This listing represents the withdrawn edition of the standard.