How Precision mode works in practice
Take a one-day regulatory forum in Abu Dhabi. A federal authority is briefing law firms, banks and free-zone companies on new rules. Speakers include an Under-Secretary, two directors and an external counsel. The audience needs Arabic and English, with French, Hindi and Mandarin requested by international delegations.
A week before, the organiser sends the agenda, the slide decks and the official Arabic and English text of the regulation. Sim Trans linguists pull out the defined terms, the article references and every name and title on the programme. They agree the translations with the organiser, record how each name should be pronounced, and check the list against the authority’s own published terminology. We then run passages from the slides through the system and fix anything that comes out differently from the agreed version.
On the day, the panel moves between Arabic and English. The system follows the language switch, and every channel uses the agreed terms. Our technician watches each channel and flags anything unusual to the organiser.
Where the limits are
Precision mode reduces errors with the words you prepared. It does not make machine interpretation perfect. Unprepared names, strong accents, people talking over each other and poor audio still cause mistakes. Numbers spoken quickly can still be misheard, so put key figures on the slides as well.
For a hearing, a signing or a negotiation where the spoken record carries legal weight, use certified human interpreters. Sim Trans provides them, and many clients combine the two, as described on our page about AI and human interpreters working together.
Preparing a good glossary
- Include every speaker’s full name and title, in the order protocol requires.
- Add defined terms exactly as they appear in your documents.
- List acronyms with their full forms in each language.
- Flag terms you do not want translated, such as brand or programme names.
Our article on how to prepare a glossary for an interpreted event goes into more detail. Precision mode is used most by clients in the legal and courts sector and the government and public sector.