Internal Auditor for the Language Services
Become a certified internal auditor for the language services industry.
One integrated program that qualifies you to audit a translation, localization, or LSP management system against five ISO standards. Built and credentialed by the United Safety & Quality Council.
No prior auditing experience required · Self-paced online · Finish with a full mock audit and a 3-year credential.
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ISO Certification·
Training·
Consulting·
Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
Written for the people who keep a language business conformant.
If you are responsible for quality inside a translation or localization operation, or you are preparing one for ISO certification or surveillance, this course gives you the auditor competence to find and close gaps before a client or a certification body does.
Quality & compliance managers
Own the management system and run the internal audit program with confidence.
Project & program leads
Audit the workflow you live in, from quotation through delivery and feedback.
Senior linguists & reviewers
Translate hands-on quality knowledge into evidence-based audit findings.
Vendor & resource managers
Qualify, monitor, and audit the linguists and suppliers your quality depends on.
Plan it, run it, report it, and prove it.
Every module moves from principle to practice. By the end you can carry an internal audit from planning to closed corrective action across all five standards.
The standards that define language-service quality.
The program treats these not as five separate audits but as one integrated management system, the way a modern LSP actually runs.
2015
Quality management
The foundation every other standard builds on, audited clause by clause for a service business.
2015
Translation services
Translator and reviewer competence, the revision requirement, and the full production process.
2017
Machine translation post-editing
Full versus light post-editing, post-editor competence, and MTPE workflow controls.
2024
Project specifications
Translation briefs, customer requirements, and the scope decisions made before work begins.
2024
Quality evaluation
Human evaluation of output, error categories, severity levels, and acceptance criteria.
Audit the shared backbone once.
All five standards sit on the same harmonized management-system structure. You learn the common clause set one time, then focus on the part that is specific to each standard.
Shared management-system clauses
Sixteen modules across four arcs.
From audit principles and the language industry, through clause-level training on each standard, into practice, and finishing with a full capstone mock audit.
A credential you earn, then verify.
1
Work through every module
Each module ends in a short quiz so the concepts are locked in before you move on.
2
Complete the capstone mock audit
Audit a full set of real artifacts: a translation project, an MTPE file, a vendor record, a translation memory, a termbase, an LQA report, and a complaint investigation.
3
Pass the final examination
Fifty questions across all modules. A score of 80% unlocks your certificate.
4
Receive your USQC credential
The USQC Integrated Internal Auditor certificate, valid for three years and individually verifiable at usqc.us.
has successfully completed the USQC Integrated Internal Auditor Training for Translation Services and passed the final examination.
Before you enroll.
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Qualify as an integrated internal auditor for language services.
Start the self-paced program today, or talk to USQC about training your team together.
Group and team rates available · admin@usqc.us · www.usqc.us
- All 16 modules across five ISO standards
- Module quizzes and a 50-question exam
- The complete capstone mock audit
- USQC certificate, valid 3 years
- Individual online verification
Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 19 Lessons
- 12 Weeks
- Foundations8
- 1.1Module 0 – Course Introduction
- 1.2Module 0 Quiz – Course Introduction15 Minutes3 Questions
- 1.3Module 1 – Internal Auditing Fundamentals
- 1.4Module 1 Quiz – Internal Auditing Fundamentals15 Minutes4 Questions
- 1.5Module 2 – Understanding the Translation Industry
- 1.6Module 2 Quiz – Understanding the Translation Industry15 Minutes3 Questions
- 1.7Module 3 – Translation Technology for Auditors
- 1.8Module 3 Quiz – Translation Technology for Auditors15 Minutes3 Questions
- The Five Standards10
- 2.1Module 4 – ISO 9001:2015 for Translation Services
- 2.2Module 4 Quiz – ISO 9001:2015 for Translation Services15 Minutes5 Questions
- 2.3Module 5 – ISO 17100:2015 Auditor Training
- 2.4Module 5 Quiz – ISO 17100:2015 Auditor Training15 Minutes4 Questions
- 2.5Module 6 – ISO 18587:2017 Auditor Training
- 2.6Module 6 Quiz – ISO 18587:2017 Auditor Training15 Minutes4 Questions
- 2.7Module 7 – ISO 11669:2024 Auditor Training
- 2.8Module 7 Quiz – ISO 11669:2024 Auditor Training15 Minutes3 Questions
- 2.9Module 8 – ISO 5060:2024 Auditor Training
- 2.10Module 8 Quiz – ISO 5060:2024 Auditor Training15 Minutes4 Questions
- Audit Practice12
- 3.1Module 9 – Process Auditing
- 3.2Module 9 Quiz – Process Auditing15 Minutes3 Questions
- 3.3Module 10 – Vendor & Linguist Auditing
- 3.4Module 10 Quiz – Vendor & Linguist Auditing15 Minutes3 Questions
- 3.5Module 11 – LQA & Quality Management Auditing
- 3.6Module 11 Quiz – LQA & Quality Management Auditing15 Minutes3 Questions
- 3.7Module 12 – Conducting the Audit
- 3.8Module 12 Quiz – Conducting the Audit15 Minutes4 Questions
- 3.9Module 13 – Writing Findings & NCRs
- 3.10Module 13 Quiz – Writing Findings & NCRs15 Minutes4 Questions
- 3.11Module 14 – Corrective Action & Follow-up
- 3.12Module 14 Quiz – Corrective Action & Follow-up15 Minutes4 Questions
- Capstone & Assessment2
- Final Exam4
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