Translations into CEE languages prospects and menaces

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The Quality Standards Panel CEN 15038 - From
Theory to Practice
Jurek Nedoma, EUTECert
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EUTECert Co. Ltd. the European Institute of
Information Technology and Certification
established on April 23th, 2006
EN 150382006 Translation Services approved
on April 13th, 2006

• Jurek NedomaPresident of the Board of EUTECert
• Personal record
• - in translation business since 1973
• in ISO 9001/14001 audits since 1992
• - ca. 200 auditing days

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The EN 150382006 standard
Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech
Rep. Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece
Hungary Ireland Iceland Italy Latvia Lithuania Lu
xembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal
Romania Sweden Switzerland Slovakia Slovenia Spain
UK

• Members of CEN /CENELEC obliged to adopt the EN
  15038 standard
• In total 30 countries
• 27 EU countries(Bulgaria after 01-01-2007)
• Iceland
• Norway
• Switzerland

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EN 150382006 Conformity assessment and
certification based on this standard are
envisaged
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Declarations vs. certifications

• self-declaration,
• evidenced (or registered) declaration
• third-party certification
• ATC London, UK (Chris Cox) September 2006
• BAPITA Sofia, Bulgaria - September 2006
• PSBT Warsaw, Poland - October 2006
• EU ATC Brussels, Belgium November 2006
• LW Shanghai, China March 2007
• LW Berlin, Germany June 2007
• ATA TCD San Antonio, TX, - July 2007
• ATC London, UK - September 2007
• ELIA Rome, Italy September 2007

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Declarations vs. certifications
Suppliers self-declaration is a procedure where
the supplier gives a written declaration on the
conformance of its products, methods or services
with set requirements Certification is a
procedure where a third party gives written
confirmation on the conformance of a product a
method or a service with set requirements. Mislea
ding announcements
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Declarations vs. certifications
DIN CERTCO 203 companies in 21 countries on 4
continents (incl. Canada, Columbia, Turkey) 78
initial fee 195 annual fee The single
requirement to get and to maintain the DIN
CERTCO certificate (Registrierbescheid)
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• Example
• Loan application
• Self-declaration
• Registered self-declaration
• Certification

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EN 15038 certification schemes
Finnish scheme Addressed to the SKTOL members
only Co-ordinated by SKTOL with
Inspecta Austrian scheme Mainly (but not only)
in Austria Elaborated by ÖN Österreichisches
Normungsinstitut
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EN 15038 certification schemes
German scheme Addressed to the German market
only Co-ordinated by TUV SUD (Essen) Very
detailed and very strict Polish scheme By
PSBT in co-operation with BVC Innovative scoring
approach
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EN 15038 certification schemes
Spanish scheme Addressed to ACT members
only Innovative multi-site approach by ACT in
co-operation with AENOR ISO 9001 EN 15038
certification International scheme by
Bureau Veritas Certification Poland Based upon
the Polish scheme Interesting proposal for EU ATC
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What needs to be done ?
0. Buy a legal copy of the standard from the
National Standard Institution 1. Analyse the
EN15038 Standard to see which requirements apply
to you. 2. Realize your present situation to
know what you need to do to meet requirements of
the standard. This is sometimes called
gap-analysis or planning meeting. 3. Identify
your processes and their parameters 4. Assign an
representative for the system in your company 5.
Train internal auditors 6. Establish a quality
management system, write procedures and
instructions
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What needs to be done ?
7. Launch the system in your company 8.
Prepare records 9. Make internal audits
required by the system 10. Carry out various
analyses and the management review. 11.
Choose the certification body 12. Pass
successfully the certification audit The
process is not very difficult but an assistance
of a professional consultant would save a lot of
time, efforts and money.
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Do It Yourself or hire a consultant ?

• Consultants assistance
• tremendous experience
• less assignment of the own staff
• clear structure of actions
• good selection of certification body
• assistance during certification audit (as an
  option)
• well defined costs

• DIY option
• your own employee(s) assigned for preparations
• lack of experience
• possible mistakes
• possible overloaded self-obligations
• hidden costs are real costs

The company managament staff should decide
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Thanks for your kind attention! More details at
the EUTECert booth Warsaw EUATC October 5,
2007 Website www.eutecert.eu