By combining the leading SDL Trados Studio translation environment with the new cloud based SDL Trados Live, the possibilities are endless.Hine Jr., PhD CRA Scriptor Services LLC, Charlottesville, Virginia.CAT tools, especially major ones like SDL Trados Studio, make this kind of performance possible.
Cat Update Them WhileTranslators who can transfer translation memories (TM), update them while they translate, and send them back, are crucial to the process. With a tool pre-translating from a reasonably-stocked translation memory, you could finish twice as much work in the same time. Warning: this depends on how similar the new material is to what is in the TM. With the segments lined up on the screen, I type only what needs typing. The tool propagates my choices as I work, so when the same segments or terms appear later in the document, I do not re-type or cut-and-paste. Of course, I am building the translation memory as I work, so the next document like this one will have a better pre-translation. This is true of legal and financial work as well as scientific and technical documentation. We are working across cultures, where synonyms and turns of phrase burden the readers. CAT tools, such as SDL Trados, allow projects to standardize their glossaries and individual translators to use terms consistently with less effort. However, some technical documentation does not print well or is intended to be read on-screen anyway (e.g., web pages). The alignment of segments makes on-screen review easier and more efficient. I still use paper and rulers whenever possible, but I find that translations prepared on the CAT tool have far fewer errors in print, so the final paper check is faster. The major CAT tools will count words, segments and units, analyze text, compare portions of new and pre-translated material, etc. Sharing a common CAT tool as when using SDL Trados, allows the freelancer and the project manager to agree beforehand on how much of the document is fresh translation, how much needs revision.
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