1.1本指南确定了与翻译项目每个阶段的语言翻译服务质量相关的因素。本指南旨在供翻译领域知识水平不同的所有利益相关者使用。 1.2本指南旨在为就翻译项目规范达成协议提供一个框架。在这个框架内，服务协议的参与者可以定义获得所需质量的产品所需的过程，以满足最终用户的需求和期望。 1.3本指南不提供具体指标。 1.4本指南还包括工程开始前应考虑的规范参数清单。 1.5翻译可以在多种语境下进行。 1.5.1一种是全球化、国际化、本地化和翻译（GILT），它采用为一个受众创造的产品或服务，使其适合本国或全球的各种外语受众。 对于附带或包含文字材料的产品或服务，该过程必须对地理区域的文化方面和特定市场的语言（有时称为地区）敏感。 1.5.2翻译也可以在各种政府实践的背景下进行查看，包括同时向多个地区传达相同、统一的信息，也就是说，对于个别地区，即使稍微改变信息，也不改变信息，并且在信息收集过程中，保留源文的原味，有目的地避免本地化。 1.5.3最后，可以在更一般的语境中看待翻译。尽管许多翻译是在GILT环境下或出于政府目的（例如，外交、执法、卫生和公共服务、安全等）进行的，但还有许多其他类型的翻译是为了理解用另一种语言编写的材料（例如，期刊、信件、新闻广播和通信）。 某些类型的翻译可能不包括本地化。 1.6本指南提供了有组织的信息收集，并不推荐具体的行动方案。本指南不能取代教育或经验，应与专业判断结合使用。并非本指南的所有方面都适用于所有情况。本ASTM指南不代表或取代判断给定专业服务是否充分的谨慎标准，也不应在不考虑项目独特性的情况下应用本指南。本指南标题中的“标准”一词仅表示本指南已通过ASTM国际共识程序获得批准。 1.7本指南不涉及口译（也称口译），口译涉及口语而非书面语（见指南F 2089）。

1.1 This guide identifies factors relevant to the quality of language translation services for each phase of a translation project. The guide is intended for use by all stakeholders, with varying levels of knowledge in the field of translation. 1.2 This guide is designed to provide a framework for agreement on specifications for translation projects. Within this framework, the participants in a service agreement can define the processes necessary to arrive at a product of desired quality to serve the needs and expectations of the end user. 1.3 This guide does not provide specific metrics. 1.4 This guide also includes a list of specification parameters that shall be considered before work begins. 1.5 Translation can be viewed in a number of contexts. 1.5.1 One is that of globalization, internationalization, localization, and translation (GILT), which takes products or services created for one audience and makes them suitable to various foreign language audiences, whether in the home country or around the globe. In the case of products or services that are accompanied by or contain textual material, this process must be sensitive to cultural aspects of the geographic region and language of specific markets, sometimes referred to as locales. 1.5.2 Translation can also be viewed in the context of various government practices, including communicating an identical, uniform message to many locales at the same time, that is, not altering the message even slightly for individual locales, and, in information gathering, retaining the original flavor of the source text, purposely avoiding localization. 1.5.3 Finally, translation can be viewed in a more general context. Although much translation is done in a GILT context or for government purposes (for example, diplomacy, law enforcement, health and human services, security, and so forth), there are many other types of translation performed for the understanding of materials (for example, journals, letters, news broadcasts, and communications) that have been written in another language. Some types of translation may not include localization. 1.6 This guide offers an organized collection of information and does not recommend a specific course of action. This guide cannot replace education or experience and should be used in conjunction with professional judgment. Not all aspects of this guide can be applicable in all circumstances. This ASTM guide is not intended to represent or replace the standard of care by which the adequacy of a given professional service shall be judged, nor should this guide be applied without consideration of a projects unique aspects. The word "Standard" in the title of this guide means only that the guide has been approved through the ASTM International consensus process. 1.7 This guide does not address interpreting (also called interpretation), which involves spoken language as opposed to written language (see Guide F 2089).