Translation memory: what is a segment?

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 17/07/2019
  • Business translation, cost saving, translation memory
A translation memory (TM) is a combination of pieces of software that breaks down a source text into units known as 'segments', and builds databases of equivalent segments in different languages.
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Cost saving: translation memory on drafts

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 04/02/2016
  • corporate translation, cost saving, translation memory, Translation software
USING TRANSLATION MEMORY TO WORK ON DRAFTS: A Translation Memory (TM) can greatly reduce the time-to-market of a translated document by enabling the translator to go to work on it before it has been officially finalised. Traditionally, a company would wait until the relevant manager had signed off on a document before passing it on […]
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Cost saving: translation memory

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 02/09/2015
  • corporate translation, cost saving, translation memory
Los beneficios de la memoria de traducción:   QuickSilver Translate 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 build for them gets bigger, better and more […]
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Cost saving: Translating a PowerPoint

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 06/05/2015
  • cost saving, translation memory
How to Save Time, Money and Hassle When Translating a PowerPoint: Customers often assume that when we translate a PowerPoint Presentation (PPT), slide by slide, directly in the source file. This is indeed how it would have been done ten years ago, before the advent of Computer Assisted Translation software and Translation Memories (TM). These […]
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Machine Translation vs. Translation Memory

  • Posted by Stephen Whiteley
  • On 28/04/2015
  • corporate translation, cost saving, machine translation, process, Quality, translation memory, Translation software
What is the difference between Machine Translation and Translation Memory? There seems to be some confusion about what, precisely, distinguishes Machine Translation from Translation Memory. This may be the result of the similarity of their acronyms in English – MT and TM, respectively – or the fact that they are both ways of using technology […]
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