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    5 Cat Tools That Every Translator Should Use: 1. Translation Memory Software

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    The document discusses 5 categories of computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools that every translator should use: 1) translation memory software, which stores previously translated segments for reuse; 2) language search engines, which search translation memory databases for matching text fragments; 3) terminology management software, which allows searching and adding terms to a database; 4) alignment software, which divides text into segments to build translation memories; and 5) interactive machine translation, which predicts translations of phrases. The document also lists other helpful language tools for translators such as spell checkers, grammar checkers, terminology databases, and project management software.

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    The document discusses 5 categories of computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools that every translator should use: 1) translation memory software, which stores previously translated segments for reuse; 2) language search engines, which search translation memory databases for matching text fragments; 3) terminology management software, which allows searching and adding terms to a database; 4) alignment software, which divides text into segments to build translation memories; and 5) interactive machine translation, which predicts translations of phrases. The document also lists other helpful language tools for translators such as spell checkers, grammar checkers, terminology databases, and project management software.

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    5 CAT TOOLS THAT EVERY

    TRANSLATOR SHOULD USE


    In a previous post, we explained why companies should consider investing in Computer Assisted Translation

    tools. Today, we will look at CAT tools in greater detail. You’ll find below an essential kit for any

    professional translator for quick and high quality translation services.

    1. TRANSLATION MEMORY SOFTWARE


    Translation memory software is the most well-known CAT tool. It divides the texts to be translated into units

    called “segments”. As the translator advances in the translation of the document, the software stores the text

    in a database of already translated segments. When the software recognizes that a new segment is similar to

    a segment already translated, it suggests that the translator reuse it. Some translation memory programs do

    not work with databases created during a translation, but with preloaded reference documents.

    Some examples of translation memory software: Trados Workbench, DéjàVuX, SDLX, Star

    Transit, MultiTrans, Similis, MetaTexis…

    2. LANGUAGE SEARCH-ENGINE SOFTWARE


    Linguistic search engines work like traditional search engines, except that they do not seek results on the

    Internet, but in a large database of translation memory. The goal is to find, in these banks, fragments of

    previously translated texts that match the new text to be translated. Linguee, a multilingual context dictionary,

    is one of them.

    3. TERMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE


    Among CAT tools, there is also terminology management software. With programs of this type, the translator

    has the ability to automatically search for the terms in a new document in a database. Some of these systems

    allow the translator to add, in the database, new pairs of words that match and verify text using various

    functions: the translator can then check whether this or that term has been translated correctly and consistently

    throughout the whole draft. Here are three examples of this type of software: SDL

    MultiTerm, LogiTerm and Termex.


    4. ALIGNMENT SOFTWARE
    Text alignment programs allow the translator to build a translation memory using the source and destination

    of the same text: the software divides the two texts into segments and attempts to determine which segments

    agree with each other. The result of this operation can be imported into a translation memory software for

    future translations. Here are four examples of alignment software: Bitext2, Tmx

    Bligner, YouAlign and LF Aligner.

    5. INTERACTIVE MACHINE TRANSLATION


    Automatic interactive translation resembles the programs you use on your cell phone for writing messages:

    the program tries to predict how the human translator would translate a phrase or sentence fragment.

    OTHER LANGUAGE PROGRAMS OF HELP TO THE


    TRANSLATOR
    Finally, you should also consider other very useful linguistic software for translators:

     Spell checkers (Proofread).


     Grammar checkers (Grammarly, Reverso)
     Terminology databases or online dictionaries, such as TERMIUM Plus, and the IATE.
     Search tools for “full text” and indexing which allow searches to be carried out into already-translated
    texts or reference documents of all kinds, such as for example, ISYS Search Software and dtSearch
    Desktop.
     Concordant or matching software which are reference tools used to look up a word together with its
    context, whether in a monolingual, bilingual or multilingual body (such as a bitext or a translation
    memory).
     Project management software. With this program, a project manager at a translation company can
    organize complex projects by assigning translation tasks to different translators and track the progress
    of each one.
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