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Translation of Documentation on Setting up a CNC Lathe

Note: This is a fragment of a test assignment completed for an engineering company involved in, among other things, the import and registration of industrial equipment into Russia.

Document Type: Machine setup guide
Audience: Line workers
Original Language: English, Chinese
Target Language: Russian


The source material was a machine translation from Chinese into English; the task was to produce a Russian-language version suitable for publication. The accompanying notes (in Russian) cover terminology decisions, style choices, unresolved ambiguities, and recommendations for further work.


  1. The original document (PDF, ENG)
  2. Example of formatting (PDF, RUS)
  3. Completed translation (PDF, RUS)
  4. Cover note (PDF, RUS)
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