How Trados Enhances the Efficiency of Translation
From my short work experience as resource manager, I could tell different translators hold different views towards Trados. Some beginning translators …
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Some notes about Trados & TM
To Explore New Functions of Trados Tool
I got to know Trados when I was in my first company. Before that, I thought Trados was a powerful tool that can translate automatically. Translation …
Common Issues in Primary Translation
Being a translator is almost about half a year, starting from a newcomer whom even doesn’t know any translation tools and guide style, now becoming an advanced enhancer to master various translation tools and strictly follow the translation guide style from customers, they are really a great treasure to me. Although acquired a lot of skills and mastered some useful knowledge, but as a green hand, I will make a lot of mistakes and list out these issues below for other newcomers to learn and obtain some inspirations to prevent making similar mistakes.
How to import TBX files into Trados Translation Memory (TMX)
TBX, short as TermBase eXchange, is an open, XML-based standard used for interchange of terminology data including detailed lexical information. It has been approved as an international standard by the Localization Industry Standards Association (LISA) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
How to extract new sentences
For projects with huge volume and tight delivery date, we all know we have to get more translators involved; to split the source should be the first idea which comes into our mind. However, we also have to meet the issue of inconsistency. We know consistency is regarded as the paramount factor in the translation of the localization industry. After all, localization is not literature. It is not allowed to appear difference way of expression for the same sentence or phrase in localized materials. It is obvious that the inconsistency will appear anywhere of the translation as several translators are involved.