Case studies / Web app · Quality
The test that picks who translates for us.
A concrete example of our custom web app development: a progressive testing system the Remarka group uses to select translators. Tasks that grow harder, automatic scoring, one bar to clear. We built it for the group’s translation bureau — and we use it on every project.
The problem
Anyone can say they can translate.
A translation bureau lives on the quality of the people who translate. But a résumé, a degree or a polished cover letter don’t tell you whether someone actually translates well. Taking it on trust means finding the problems once the work is already delivered — when it’s too late.
We needed a way to measure skill before handing over a project: objective, the same for everyone, and able to handle hundreds of candidates.
Our answer
A progressive test, the same for everyone.
We designed and built an online testing system: tasks that grow harder, automatic scoring and a clear bar. Those who clear it join the pool we pick from for every project; those who don’t stay out. More than 400 translators have gone through this test — and only real translators clear the bar.
What we built
From application to the bar, all in one system.
Inside the system
The test, from the live system.
A real screen from the test: the candidate works on a text to translate, and the difficulty rises at each step.
How it works
Selecting people, not promises.
The logic is simple and strict. The test is open: anyone can start it from the public page. The tasks climb in difficulty, so a good translator stands out and someone winging it stops early. Every answer is scored automatically, with the same yardstick for everyone. At the end there’s a bar — and only 8 in 100 clear it. That filter is what keeps the quality high in every translation we deliver.
The phases
Built in phases, like every project of ours.
First the criteria, then the tasks, then the engine that scores, finally the bar and the pool. The same method we use to take clients’ projects live: foundations first, then what brings value.
The result
Quality begins with choosing the people.
The quality of a translation begins long before the translation: it begins with choosing who does it. This test is the first filter on every project of the group.
translators put through the test
clear the selection bar
one pool we pick from for every project
A REMARKA GROUP PROJECT — VERIFIABLE AT moscowtrans.ru/test-perevodchika
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