Computer Assisted Translation CAT

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Computer Assisted TranslationCAT

• Alexander C. Wu
• Fall 2004

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Agenda
1. Market
2. CAT Tools
3. Motivation
4. Terminology
5. The Rutgers Advantage
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1. Market

• Major Target Fields
• Technical
• Medical
• Legal
• Fixed Terminology
• Set Phrases
• Repetitive

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2. CAT Tools

• CAT Computer Assisted Translation
• CAT tools are NOT Machine Translation
• Aid, not replace, human translators
• Recycle translated phrases or sentences
• Consistency
• Terminology Management
• Save time, concentrate on revision

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3. Motivation

• Translation companies require experience with CAT
  tools
  
• CAT training programs, real or online, virtually
  non-existent
  
• Most translators must learn on own
• Almost all source texts are given in digital
  format most prevalent format PDF
  
• Know Adobe Acrobat group management

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CAT Components
CAT Tool
Analysis
Interface
TM dB
Export
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4. Terminology

• TM Translation Memory
• Essentially, it is a (relational) database.
• TU Translation Unit
• The cat is black. El gato es negro.
• Full match 100 match
• Fuzzy match 75 to 99
• No match

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Terminology

• Alignment Creation of a translation memory
  database based on an already translated document
  by matching segments (phrases) of the source text
  to the target text.
• Leveraging - Amount of material that has already
  been translated when compared with the content
  of a new file that is to be translated.

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Process

• Align translations build TM dB
• Analyze text against TM for leverage
• Edit and translate
• Update TM new terms and for consistency
• Desktop publishing
• Client Review

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Translation Process
Project Review
Quote
DTP
Translation
Translate
Start
Revise
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Popular CAT tools
Although CAT tools appear to be expensive, they
are a sound investment, like good reference
dictionaries.
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The Rutgers Advantage
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The Rutgers Advantage
CAT
Training
Résumé
Trados AND SDLX 2004 Leading two CAT tools in
industry
Free Invaluable training
Gain an Edge
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Resources

• Bowne Global Solutions
• http//www.bowneglobal.com/
• Trados
• http//www.trados.com/
• SDL
• http//www.sdl.com
• Déjà Vu
• http//www.atril.com/

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Resources

• Terminology
• http//www.argos.com.pl/faq.html
• List of tools
• http//www.proz.com/?spcat/tools
• http//www.traduzioni-inglese.it/computer-aided-tr
  anslation.html
  
• TM - What and How
• http//www.multilingualwebmaster.com/library/trmem
  ories.html