How to review names, numbers, dates, and units after image translation

Review names, numbers, dates, and units separately from ordinary translated prose. Mark them before translation, keep an approved source beside the image, and compare every character and label after the image is produced. The visual reviewer should not approve a fact from memory. A named owner must pass, revise, or reject each factual token.

This check does not certify legal or regulatory compliance. It catches drift between the approved source and the translated graphic. Material involving legal, medical, safety, or regulated claims may need qualified review outside the creative team.

Mark non-negotiable facts

Begin with a fact inventory. Highlight text that must not be paraphrased, rounded, converted, or translated without approval. This usually includes proper names, model numbers, product codes, dates, prices, dimensions, units, contact details, offer terms, and formal claims.

Give every item an owner and an authoritative source. The source might be an approved catalog record, campaign brief, specification sheet, or another controlled document. Do not use the source image itself as the only authority if the image may already be outdated.

Fact token	Approved value	Context	Owner	Output status
Name or brand	Exact approved spelling	Headline, label, or signature	Named owner	Pass, revise, or reject
Model or code	Exact characters and spacing	Product or version identifier	Catalog owner	Pass, revise, or reject
Date or period	Approved format and meaning	Event, offer, or publication	Campaign owner	Pass, revise, or reject
Number and unit	Value, symbol, and unit label	Size, weight, price, or quantity	Fact owner	Pass, revise, or reject

Keep ordinary copy in a different part of the review. A translator may adapt a headline for tone or space, but a model number should not be treated like marketing prose. This separation reduces ambiguous comments such as "make the text sound better" applying to a locked identifier.

Compare names and model numbers

Check proper names character by character. Look for omitted accents, added spaces, letter substitutions, and changes in capitalization. If a name has an approved local form, record it before the image work begins. Do not invent one during visual review.

Model numbers, SKUs, version strings, and codes deserve the same care. A single changed character may point to a different item. Compare letters, digits, hyphens, slashes, spaces, and prefixes. Read the code aloud only as a secondary check. The written source remains authoritative.

Use a pass/fail record:

Pass when every character, separator, and approved space matches the source.
Revise when the correct value is known and the owner authorizes a correction.
Reject when the identifier is unclear, conflicts with another source, or falls outside the reviewer's authority.

Check labels around the identifier too. A correct model number beside the wrong product name still fails. Verify that the text remains attached to the right object and that line breaks do not split a code in a misleading way.

Never claim that image translation validates an identifier. The review process only compares what is visible with the retained source.

Check dates, prices, and units

Review the value and its meaning together. 10 is incomplete if the source requires a currency, unit, duration, or quantity label. A correct number with the wrong unit fails.

Dates can be ambiguous when the month and day are both numeric. Preserve the approved format, or use an authorized clearer form when the market brief calls for one. Do not reformat dates based on a personal assumption about the target audience.

Prices and offer text need a current owner-approved source. Translation alone does not authorize currency conversion, tax statements, discount changes, or a new end date. The same boundary applies to measurements. A reviewer must not convert inches, centimeters, pounds, kilograms, or other units unless an approved market source supplies the result.

For each value, check:

digits and decimal position;
sign, currency symbol, or unit;
label and surrounding wording;
date or version of the source;
whether the value belongs to the correct item;
whether another reviewer must approve it.

Mark the graphic reject when a critical value lacks an authoritative source. A plausible value is not enough.

Verify punctuation and separators

Punctuation can change how a factual token is read. Inspect decimal marks, thousands separators, colons in times, slashes in dates, percentage signs, minus signs, dashes inside codes, and spaces between values and units.

Compare the output at normal viewing size and at a close crop. A small mark can disappear at one size or resemble a different character. Check contrast and spacing so the reader can distinguish 0 from O, 1 from I, and a decimal point from a visual artifact. These are visual checks, not claims about a particular language or market.

Do not apply one universal punctuation rule to every locale. The market brief and qualified reviewer decide the approved format. Record that decision in the fact inventory so the next version does not restart the debate.

If punctuation is decorative rather than factual, it may belong to design review. If it changes a number, code, date, or claim, it belongs to fact review. When in doubt, assign it to the fact owner.

Get owner approval

Finish with a named decision for each locked fact. The language reviewer can confirm meaning, and the designer can confirm legibility, but neither should approve a value they do not own.

Use three states:

Decision	Condition	Next action
Pass	Value, label, format, context, and source all agree	Preserve the reviewed asset and approval record
Revise	The correct replacement is known and authorized	Correct it, then repeat fact and visual review
Reject	The source is missing, conflicting, unsafe, or outside reviewer authority	Stop publication and escalate to the owner

Record the asset version, target language, source document, owner, reviewer, decision, and date. If any revision moves text or changes the image, repeat the visual check as well as the factual check.

The asset is not approved until every non-negotiable fact has an explicit pass. An empty status is not a pass, and a polished layout is not evidence that the facts are correct.