Step 1
Identify the original language, issuer and product identifiers before translating.
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Review supplier evidence in another language
Direct answerPreserve the source document and pair it with a translation that identifies uncertain technical terms. Do not turn an unreviewed translation into approved warning copy.
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These are suggested operational checks to apply to your own evidence. They are not additional legal requirements or claims that the workspace automates this entire task.
Step 2
Keep page references so reviewers can trace translated passages to the source.
Step 3
Ask a competent reviewer to resolve safety terminology, units and ambiguous statements.
Step 4
Record translation version and reviewer decisions before using any wording in listings.
Worked example
A seller receives a Spanish test summary and an English machine translation with inconsistent model names.
What the reviewer finds
- The translation changes a model suffix.
- A restriction is rendered as a recommendation rather than a prohibition.
Resulting record
A bilingual issue list linking uncertain passages to their source pages.
Boundary: Translation does not establish document authenticity or replace product-specific safety review.
This scenario is fictional. It illustrates a review decision, not a customer outcome or a compliance determination.
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The Markdown worksheet includes the procedure, the fields below, and space for findings, evidence, owners and retests. It contains no pre-approved findings. Edit it locally without an account.
- Source page
- Original term
- Translation
- Reviewer resolution
- Approved use
Record what you observed, including unknowns. Link each decision to a source and keep unresolved questions assigned to an owner. Share completed records only through an appropriate authorized route.
Primary references and scope
The references provide the legal or technical context. The procedure and worksheet are ComplyFolio working suggestions, not official forms or a certification standard.
- GPSR — product safety, operator and distance-sale requirements (legal context)
- European Commission — product safety and business resources
Translation does not establish document authenticity or replace product-specific safety review.
Connect the review to your product record
Use the free workspace for an initial public product-page review, then add the manual evidence and decisions this guide requires. A page scan cannot inspect private supplier files or complete every user journey.
Start with a public product page