The Finnish Independence Jubilee Fund (Sitra) Is Asking For Your Offer For Language Maintenance And Translation Services. The Goal Of The Procurement Is To Tender Sitra A Framework Arrangement With Which We Can Purchase High-Quality Language Maintenance And Translation Services Within The Agreed Delivery Time. The Texts To Be Maintained And Translated Are Mainly Related To Sitras Forecasting, Innovation Or Scaling Work. The Content Covers A Wide Range Of Social Topics, Including Economy, Security, Democracy, Population Topics, Productivity Development And Sustainability Topics. Sitra Must Take Into Account The General Data Protection Regulation (Gdpr), Accessibility And Questions Related To Responsibility And Energy Efficiency In Its Purchases. We Make Responsible And Sustainable Choices In All Our Purchases. The Tender Includes:1. Editing Language Maintenance Service2. Translation Service3. About 80% Of The Procurement Of Language Checking Service Is Editing Language Maintenance Service And/Or Language Checking And 20% Translation Services. 1.1 Editing Language Maintenance Service Editing Language Maintenance Service Refers To Proofreading, Language Checking And Editing Services Of Texts Written Directly In The Target Language. The Target Languages Are Mainly Finnish, Swedish And English. Editing Language Maintenance Must Take Into Account Instructions And Agreed Language Maintenance And Style Guides As Well As Consistent Terminology. Pricing For Language Maintenance Must Be Hourly. The Editing Language Maintenance Service Includes:• Professional Editing Of The Text, Ensuring Fluency And Editing Without Changing The Content• Ensuring That The Style Of The Text Is Suitable For The Target Group And Purpose Of Use• Checking And Correcting Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Terms And Sentence Structures• Checking The Correctness And Correspondence Of The Text To The Original Text When Language Maintenance Is Performed To Machine-Translated Or Otherwise Translated Text• Taking Into Account Sitras Language Maintenance And Style Guides And Using Agreed Terminology1.2. Translation Services Translation Services Are Divided Into Two Groups Of Language Pairs:• Finnish-Swedish And Swedish-Finnish• Finnish-English And English-Finnish. In Addition To These, Sitra Can Also Acquire Translation Services In Other Languages, Such As French, Russian And Sámi Languages. Our Translations Require Excellent Language Control And Understanding, Mastery Of Sitras Terminology, And The Ability To Develop And Systematically Collect Terminology And Use It As A Term Bank. Pricing For Translations Must Be Based On The Standard Number Of Characters On The Translators Page (1560 Characters). The Language Check Must Take Into Account The Instructions As Well As The Language Maintenance And Style Guides. The Language Check Includes (See Also Section 1.3.)• Checking The Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary And Terms Of The Translation• Checking The Fluency Of The Translated Text• Ensuring The Correspondence Of The Translated Text In Relation To The Source Text• Taking Into Account And Maintaining The Structure Of The Text, Such As The Placement Of Headings, Text Fragments, Images And Captions, As Well As References Also In The Translated Text;• Checking The Availability Of The Language Versions Of The Links And Using Them. As Language In Translation.1.3. Language Checking Services With The Language Checking Service, We Mean Checking The Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary And Terms Of The Text, As Well As Ensuring Fluency. The Language Check Does Not Include An Editing Excerpt. The Language Check Must Take Into Account The Instructions And The Agreed Language Maintenance And Style Guides. Pricing For The Language Check Must Be Based On The Hour. The Language Check Includes (See Also Section 1.2.)• Checking The Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary And Terms Of The Translation• Checking The Fluency Of The Translated Text• Ensuring The Equivalence Of The Translated Text In Relation To The Source Text• Taking Into Account The Structure Of The Text, Such As The Placement Of Titles, Text Fragments, Images And Captions, As Well As References And Keeping Them Even In The Translated Version In The Text;• Checking The Availability Of The Language Versions Of The Links And Using Them. As Language In Translation.1.4. Materials The Materials To Be Translated And Maintained In The Language Can Be, For Example:• Articles, Analyses, News, Bulletins Or Other Similar Texts• Websites And Other Digital Platforms• Reports And Publications• Presentations, Powerpoint Slides And The Like• Contracts And Statements• Video Subtitles And Their Language Versions. The Materials Can Also Be Delivered Directly To The Suppliers System, If So Agreed. The Terminology Of The Texts Follows The Vocabulary Of Topics Related To Sitras Innovation Scaling And Forecasting Work. The Glossary Also Contains Terms That Are Not Fully Established In Common Language. As An Example, Sitras Future Vocabulary: Https://Www.Sitra.Fi/Tulevaisuussanasto/1.5. The Total Value Of The Procurement The Total Value Of The Procurement Falls Below The Eu Threshold Value. 2-3 Suppliers Can Be Selected For The Framework Arrangement. The Contract Is Concluded For A Fixed Term For A Maximum Of Four Years.
