THE CONCEPT OF CAT TOOLS

We can define CAT Tools (Computer-Assisted/Computer-Aided Translation Tools) essentially as computer programs for translation, in which the most popular feature is the ability to store a translation memory, which includes previously translated passages and sentences. For this reason, such programs are also known as translation memory tools, but they also encompass a series of other…

THE TRANSLATOR’S TOOLS: TRANSLATION MEMORY

Translation memory is one of the most popular features of CAT Tools (Computer-Assisted/Computer-Aided Translation Tools) used by translators. This resource serves a simple purpose: to store all translated content and attain greater assurance, consistency between terms and identical phrases in the same context, and greater productivity in content translation. The translation memory may contain the…