Computer Assisted Translation & Translation Memory

Translation Source offers the latest in Translation Memory (TM) and Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) technology solutions to support our clients’ translation and localization projects.

We work with a variety of CAT/TM tools, including SDL Trados®, Memsource, MemoQ, WordFast, and more. CAT/TM tools work by dividing the content to be translated into segments and provides an analysis of new content, similar content, and repetitious content throughout the document or a set of documents. As the translator works through the content, the CAT tool software saves the translated content into a database.

Then, when a similar segment appears later in the text, the software prompts the translator with the option to accept a previously used translation, revise a previously used translation for a similar (but not identical) segment of the previously translated text, or to ignore the software’s suggestion. This database can be re-used on future related translations, increasing the leverage of previously translated content as the translation memory database gains more content.

This type of translation technology offers many benefits to clients. These benefits include:

• Greater consistency.
• Automated quality assurance checks.
• Reduced turnaround times and improved efficiency.
• Ability to work with a wide variety of source files.
• Significant cost savings.