The ISO 17100 Standard Workflow

The ISO 17100 Standard workflow allows the definition and seamless execution of processes that are compatible with the international Standard – including the correction and release steps provided for therein. The ISO 17100 Standard workflow is the quality standard for translation services, which contains comprehensive quality assurance measures.

Preparation (project manager)
Translation (translator)
Icon	Status	Description
	Original state	Untouched
	Intermediate editing state	Touched
	Intermediate editing state	Translated
	Final state	Keep source
	Final state	Checked
Correction (corrector)
	Original state	Checked
	State for redelegation to translator	Touched
	Final state	Corrected
(Technical) review (reviewer)
	Original state	Corrected
	State for redelegation to translator	Touched
	Final state	Reviewed
Correction (project manager, translator, corrector)
	Original state	Reviewed
	State for redelegation to translator	Touched
	Final state	Proofread
Verification (project manager)
	Original state	Proofread
	State for redelegation to translator	Touched
	Final state	Released

Redelegation to the Translator

While editing tasks (correction, review, and release), reviewers and correctors can delegate paragraphs that need to be revised by the translator, e.g. due to errors or inaccuracies, back to the translator. To delegate a paragraph back, set it to the editing state Touched ().

If you are assigned a translation task with the ISO 17100 Standard workflow, you will have the Checked state () in addition to the normal editing state Translated ().

The Checked state () is the final editing state of your translation task. Therefore, to be able to finish the task, all paragraphs of the document must be set to this state.

Releasing Translations

If you are asked to release a translation, you can proceed in the same way as when correcting translations. The only difference is that the editing state you must set all paragraphs to is Released (), not Corrected.