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Updating translations with translation memory

Posted 73 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

QuickSilver makes use of state-of-the-art translation software in order to streamline the translation process and ensure consistency across all the translations we undertake for you. Every time we translate a document for a particular customer, the Translation Memory (TM) we …

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What is Computer Aided Translation?

Posted 267 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

First and foremost: it is NOT, repeat NOT, automatic translation. Computer Aided Translation (CAT) in fact has very little to do with Google Translate and its ilk. A ‘computer-aided translation’ is one which has been undertaken by a human translator …

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Who is the translation for?

Posted 273 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

It may seem obvious, but it is vitally important that from the outset both you and your language service provider (LSP) have a clear idea of exactly who the ‘target audience‘ of the translation will be. All business documentation is …

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Integrating design and translation: we *heart* InDesign

Posted 276 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

One of the techniques used by specialists in linguistic desktop publishing (DTP) is to pay close attention to the early stages of design work. During pre-processing, for instance, it is important that the text ‘flows’, that the format accepts text …

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Cost-saving in the translation process

Posted 283 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

There are two approaches to translation in business: the “commodity” approach and the “service” approach. Those who tend to see a translation as a commodity believe that all translations are the same, and that the only differentiating element is price. …

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