What is SME translation?
SME translation is basically being done by a team of linguists that are also specialized in a specific field such as accounting, medical, engineering or oil & gas. The SME translation team will make sure that the translation is well done and is well received by the target audience.
Let us suppose you are translating a manual of how to use a medical device for a heart patient. Now even if you are a great translator, if you have never worked in the medical manufacturing industry; it will be hard for you to find the right translation for terminologies or how to get the details on various principles that are at work in the machinery. You will probably fail in translating such a manual, or do a bad job at it.
The SME translator would have done a way better job. The SME translator has deep knowledge in his field of expertise and is able to correctly convey the meaning of the text, including the correct terminology when it comes to translation of technical documents.