Translate it, then check it: This evening, I'm attending a seminar organised by the North West Translators Network in Manchester. The presenter, Heidi Kerschl, will be stepping us through different approaches that translators use when checking, editing and proofreading a translation. The Germans have a good phrase that is valid here: Vertrauen ist gut, kontrolle ist besser (in English, that's something like Trust is good, but post-production quality inspection is better)