STAR Deutschland GmbH Your partner for customised technical solutions in translation and information management STAR Group Your single-source partner for corporate product communication
STAR Deutschland GmbH STAR Deutschland GmbH is the German representative in the STAR Group, one of the world's leading providers of complete solutions in technical translation, software localisation and automation tools (translation memory, workflow automation, terminology and information management). With outstanding technical and linguistic know-how, innovative rationalisation concepts and high quality requirements (certified to EN ISO 9001:2008) the 150-strong team in the STAR companies in Germany has been making its contribution to the success and satisfaction of our customers in information technology, mechanical and process engineering and the automotive sector for over 20 years now. In addition to this, we can offer you a complete service for innovative and individual technical solutions in one-stop translation and information management. As early as the planning phase, we can advise you on a software solution for the automation of translation processes that is perfectly tuned to your needs and can take care of the project management and engineering on your behalf. The result is a perfect combination of service and customer-specific optimised solutions using the best available technology. Make the most of the potential for rationalisation we can reveal in your translation. Specialising in the preparation, translation, localisation, maintenance, publication and distribution of companyspecific product information for large companies active around the globe, we are able to react flexibly to customer requests and to supply a high-quality end product, thanks to translation and automation technologies developed within our own group. The STAR Group world-wide service to ensure your export success
Our range of services. Translations and language services Technical translations Globalisation of product information Software localisation Terminology management Multilingual catalogue production DTP and prepress Other services Consultancy We will advise and look after you from the planning phase to implementation in the automation and optimisation of your translation processes. We will do this by preparing an overall plan for reducing costs and increasing quality tuned to your requirements. We will also take care of project management and engineering for you. Creation of requirements specifications and functional specifications Support in the analysis and selection of authoring and content management systems Advice in the selection and introduction of translation-optimised DTP systems Defining and creating cross-system interfaces Intensive customer support during the implementation phase Customer software solutions Centralised administration of display texts and software strings Workflow solutions that control and coordinate your projects. The process steps are clearly structured and may be called at any time. Solutions for combining editing and translation systems Creation of customer-specific tools Customer and product care We will continue to support you after the implementation of your optimised translation system. User training in STAR software products User training for customer-specific software solutions Training for technical authors in writing appropriately for translation memory Training for DTP specialists in formatting documents to get the most out of translation memory Rationalisation of source texts ahead of translation Rationalisation of source text by standardisation of terminology and the application of style guides that have been specifically developed with the requirements of translation in mind can reduce the volume of text to be translated manually. The effort required here is not just repaid, but can lead to considerable savings in parallel translation into several languages. WebTerm and James hosting Hosting of large WebTerm and STAR James databases means that you can provide world-wide access without having to worry about providing hardware and software.
Our products. Translating with STAR Transit International success demands products that are adapted in respect of design, functionality and labelling to national conventions and are localised correctly for their market. Efficiency and flexibility in the translation process are therefore decisive factors for the success of your enterprise in the market. In Transit, which has proved its worth over many years, STAR can offer your enterprise and your translators a package of solutions allowing you to implement efficient Linguistic Asset Management. Your capital a secure and transparent translation memory system. Terminology management with TermStar and WebTerm With WebTerm, STAR offers a terminology management solution for all globally active enterprises that is established worldwide. WebTerm is based on the tried-and-tested TermStar technology for capturing and administering terminology data holdings, even large ones, and adds access through your intranet or the Internet. The Internet browser allows you to create and maintain all your terminology data in an interactive process. This gives you a powerful terminology solution that may be used throughout the world and your company by every member of staff and will make a decisive contribution to the standardisation of your technical documentation and improve its quality. Worldwide access to your terminology. Workflow automation with STAR James STAR James is the workflow solution for the most effective handling of projects in information processing. Whether the tasks are authoring projects, translation and localisation projects or the management and publication of information, STAR James controls, co-ordinates, automates and monitors your projects and ensures the most efficient throughput. All data is managed centrally and processed decentrally. The process steps are continuously documented and can be called up at any time and presented in a clearly comprehensible structure. Automated logistics in information processing. Optimise source texts with STAR MindReader STAR MindReader gives the technical author direct access to Transit's translation memory. This supports the reuse of existing, translated text segments during the authoring phase and, where used consistently, achieves a significant reduction in the volume of text passages to be written manually for subsequent translation. Unique to MindReader: The author is not merely offered suggestions from the translation memory, but is also shown their context and origin. The additional terminology support provided by MindReader ensures enhanced consistency and text quality. Reduce your translation volumes as you write. Information management with STAR GRIPS/ SPIDER GRIPS, named from the German for a global editing and information planning system, is a database-oriented system for the structured capture, administration and publication of multilingual information that makes consistent use of all the options provided by SGML/ XML. The objective is to make available all of a company's technical documentation from a single source for retrieval or publication through all media. All information units are authored independently of their later use and maintained and administered as self-contained units with their associated translations. This makes creation, updating and translation considerably more efficient. In STAR SPIDER, you have available to you a query and output system for fully automatic publication. Create your publications fully automatically, independent of the medium and language.
One-stop solution for success. Custom technical and automation solutions in translation and information management We use our many years of experience and our knowhow in the sector to design and implement a customised software solution that will make your translation processes more efficient. A wide range of STAR software products will be used in the production, translation and management of technical documentation. We will support you in translation projects, from starting with advice at the planning stage and in the design of customised software solutions. We will help you with implementation in your company network and our project managers and team will remain on standby to provide support at any time in your work. The complete solution from STAR STAR software products and translation services combined with further services Consultancy, project management and engineering Customer software solutions Customer and product care Rationalisation of source texts ahead of translation WebTerm and James hosting Additional benefits to you Shorter production cycles Process optimisation Reduced time to project completion Cost savings and transparency Simple and clear workflow monitoring Enhanced quality and security Easy maintenance and management Maximised flexibility Reduced complexity
How to contact us We look forward to getting to know you. Visit our website or contact us directly. STAR Deutschland GmbH Dornierstrasse 3 D-71034 Böblingen Tel. +49 7031 21 70-0 Fax +49 7031 22 72 30 Email: info@star-deutschland.net www.star-deutschland.net