Tools of the Trade for Translators

Tools of the Trade

Angelika ZerfassConsultant / Trainer for Translation Tools

zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de2

Agenda

What tools are used in translation / localizationOverview over the main functionalities of the tools in one category Special topics like word counts, TMX

How to evaluate what tool is right for you

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de3

Tools in Translation / Localization

Translation Memory ToolsSoftware Localization ToolsTerminology Management ToolsProject Management ToolsWorkflow Management ToolsAdditional Utilities

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de4

Translation Memory Tools

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de5

Same idea different approach

Re-use of already translated segmentsDatabase / list for terminologyAlignment of translated material, where no TM tool was usedStatistics on number of words, number of re-usable segments

Zerfass@zaac.de6


Components Repository for text pairs / sentence pairs Editor for translation Repository for terminology Alignment

Editor Word, separate editor, editor within TM tool

Repository Segment pair database per language pair Segment pair database per project (multilingual) Segment pairs in separate reference files Paragraph pairs / parallel documents Segment pairs by ID number (Software Localization)

Project setup All settings within one tool Separate tools for separate tasks (terminology, conversion, translation)

Zerfass@zaac.de7


Project setup One file format / language pair per project Several file formats / languages per project

Statistics Word count in source / target language Recycling of segments in the source language Repetitions

Alignment Re-use of previously translated files (source and target language files) One-to-one alignment / many-to-one alignment

Terminology management Term list / term database Terminology extraction (monolingual / bilingual)

QA features Check for file structure integrity Check for missed translations, numbers Check for correct usage of terminology

Zerfass@zaac.de8

Macros within WordWordfast

Metatexis

Trados

Zerfass@zaac.de9

TM + Editor

2 applications open for translationConnection needs to be establishedSetup of translation memory independent of file for translationWorking on single files in the editorWorking on batches of files in the TM system (pre-translation)

Zerfass@zaac.de10

Translation Memory Tool

Terminology Tool

Editor

Terminology Extraction Tool

Source language files

Target language files

Alignment Tool

Separate tools

Zerfass@zaac.de11

Trados with Word

Zerfass@zaac.de12

Trados with TagEditor

Zerfass@zaac.de13

Integrated tools

Setup of a project before translation can startSelection of file format, languages, files, location for log files with every projectRe-usable settings from previous projectsFiles are imported into the tool, translation are exported from the tool

Zerfass@zaac.de14

Integrated tools

Translation Repository

Old source file

Old target file

Read in reference material

Target files

Generation of target files

Files to translate

Read in new files

Alignment Component

Translation Editor

Terminology Component

Zerfass@zaac.de15

Heartsome Editor

Zerfass@zaac.de16

SDLX

switchboard

Zerfass@zaac.de17

SDLX

Project setup

Zerfass@zaac.de18

SDLX

target windowsource window

terminology window

Zerfass@zaac.de19

MemoQ

Zerfass@zaac.de20

MemoQ

Zerfass@zaac.de21

Transit

target window

status windowterminology window

source window

Zerfass@zaac.de22

Dj Vu

Zerfass@zaac.de23

Word counts in Translation Tools

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de24 Zerfass@zaac.de

What is counted in an analysis?

Chars/Word: average number of characters per word Chars Total: Number of characters in counted words no spaces or stand-alone numbers


Word Count

What is a word? A word (for Trados) contains at least one letter (or

language character for Asian languages) Words are often delimited by spaces (exception

Chinese, Japanese, Thai) Stand-alone numbers (for example in a table column)

or symbols (like 1) are NOT counted as translatable words in Trados, but are counted in other tools

Different TM tools count words differently (sometimes even between different versions of the same tool)

Word count tools: Word, Trados, Transit, Dj Vu, special word count tools like AnyCount, PractiCount...)

Zerfass@zaac.de26

Word Count Examples

text element Word Trados200 2 words Not countedcompany/name 1 word 2 wordsSegment with an index field

Contents of index field not counted

Contents of index field counted

Segment with automatic field

Field contents is a word

Field contents not counted


Calculation of Match Rates

Comparison of segments from the documents with the source language segments in the TMThe similarity is given as a percentageAlgorithm for calculation is secret, but takes number of words, number of other elements (numbers) and length of segment into account.Different tools calculate matches differently, so the match rates are not really comparable

Zerfass@zaac.de28

Match Rate Examples

SDLX Trados Transit Info

There is information on a new tool.

test segment

There is new information on a tool.

85% 92% 99% 1 word moved

There is information on a new tool.

97% 99% 98% Same segment but different formatting


Repetitions

A segment that appears in the analyzed documents more than once and does not have a 100% match from the TM, is counted as:

a no match or match (if the match rate is above the minimum match value in the TM options) at the first occurrence

the first repetition at the second occurrence

During translation, the first occurrence needs to be translated from scratch or adapted from the match, from the second occurrence on, it will be a 100% match from the TMWith large projects, where the documents are split up between different translators, you can extract and translate the repetitions (also called frequent segments) first.

But the extracted list shows the segments out of context, so it might not be easy to translate all of them first, especially if they are quite short

Zerfass@zaac.de30

What influences the statistics?

Word count Version of (Trados) software INI file (setting for making text between tags or within tags translatable

or non-translatable) Analysis of TTX versus RTF/DOC

Sub segments, like footnotes, index entries

Settings in the Filter Settings dialog for translating different file formats in TagEditor

Ex. Making hidden layers translatable

Settings for non-translatable text via Word stylesSegment count

Settings for penalties (from alignment) Filter settings to prefer matches with a certain additional field Segmentation rules (like abbreviation lists or different segment end

symbols

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de31

TMX (Translation Memory Exchange)

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de32

Localization Standards

TMX: Translation Memory ExchangeSRX: Segmentation Rules ExchangeOlif: Open Lexicon InterchangeTBX: Term base ExchangeXLIFF: Localization Interchange File

Format (predecessor OpenTag)

Zerfass@zaac.de33

TMX Translation Memory Exchange

OSCAR LISA (Localization Industry Standards Association) group (Open Standards for Container/Content Allowing Re-use)

From the TMX specification: The purpose of the TMX format is to provide a

standard method to describe translation memory data that is being exchanged among tools and/or translation vendors, while introducing little or no loss of critical data during the process

Zerfass@zaac.de34

What is TMX

It is an XML representation of translation memory data Header Body

Zerfass@zaac.de35

What is TMX

Body

This is the first sentence.

Dies ist der erste Satz

tu = Translation Unit, tuv lang = translation unit variant (language), seg = segment

Zerfass@zaac.de36

What is TMX

Depending on the tool that created the TMX file, it can be bilingual or multilingual.Importing multilingual TMX file into a bilingual project will only import the relevant languages

Zerfass@zaac.de37

Levels of TMX

Level 1: Plain text only (sufficient for data coming from software

localization tools)

Level 2: Text plus formatting (data coming from translation memory tools

used for translation of documentation)

To move formatting and text from one tool to the other both tools need to be level 2 compliant!

Zerfass@zaac.de38

Level 1

Formatting that is applied to the source and target text of a translation unit is not exported to the TMX file, only pure text.

Original This sentence has some formatting.

In TMX This sentence has some formatting.

Zerfass@zaac.de39

Level 2

Formatting that is applied to the source and target text of a translation unit is exported to the TMX file.Different tools use different ways of encoding that information.

Zerfass@zaac.de40

TMX from Dj Vu (Atril)Original This sentence contains different formatting

information.In TMX from Dj Vu

{1}This {2} sentence {3} contains {4}different {5}{6}formatting information {7}.

DV puts placeholders (ph) where the formatting will go, not the formatting information itself, formatting information is stored in a separate file.

Zerfass@zaac.de41

TMX from Trados Original

This sentence contains different formatting information. In TMX from Translators Workbench

This {\b /ut>sentence} contains

{\i different} {\ul formatting information}.

This {\b sentence} contains {\i different} {\ul formatting information}.

Example 1 is from Version 6.5, example 2 from version 7

Zerfass@zaac.de42

TMX from Transit (Star) Original

This sentence contains different formatting information. In TMX from Transit

This sentence contains different formatting information.

Transit uses the begin paired tag (bpt) the end paired tag (ept) and the information for bold (b), italics (i) and underlined (u)

Zerfass@zaac.de43

TMX from SDLX (SDL)Original This sentence contains different formatting

information.In TMX from SDLX

This sentence 1> contains different 3>.

SDLX uses placeholders for formatting information that is stored in a different file

Zerfass@zaac.de44

Implications of different tags for formatting

Tools that use placeholder tags do not include the actual formatting information in the TMX file Other tools can only re-use the text The result of the exchange is the same as with

TMX level 1 (text only)TMX files which carry the actual formatting information will yield better matches in other tools that can read this information.

Zerfass@zaac.de45

When is it useful?

A company moves from tool A to tool B, where tool B cannot import the proprietary TM format of tool ATranslators of one project use different tools or a TM needs to be reused in software localization tools as well as regular translation memory toolsExport format after alignment with one tool, to import into another toolTM maintenance, when the TM tool does not offer all functionalities that are neededBilingual terminology extraction

Zerfass@zaac.de46

Does it work?

With the current versions of translation tools on the market it works quite well Previous versions sometimes created their

own flavor of TMX which could not readily be imported by other tools, but the export files had to be changed before import. (en-us, EN_US)

Yes, it does what it was developed for, it makes the exchange of data between tools possibleBUT - This is only half of the storyThe question is, how well can the data that has been exchanged be used

Zerfass@zaac.de47

Reusing TMX data

Although Translation Memory Tools have the same basic idea (storing source-target language pairs and recycling translations), this has been realized in different ways.Main issue here, are the segmentation rules

Zerfass@zaac.de48

SRX Segmentation Rules Exchange

From the SRX specification The purpose of the SRX format is to

provide a standard method to describe segmentation rules that are being exchanged among tools and/or translation vendors...

is intended to enhance the TMX standard

Zerfass@zaac.de49

Why SRX?

Tool A Semicolon is end of segment

This is a sentence; this is another sentence. TM system sees two separate segments

Tool B Semicolon is NOT end of segment

This is a sentence; this is another sentence. TM system sees one segment No match from the TMX data!

Match rate around 50%, usual setting around 70%

Zerfass@zaac.de50

Segmentation rules

Rules that the tool applies to the text to translate to split it up into segments paragraph sentence phrase incomplete sentences in bulleted lists single words (headings, Note,

Attention)

Zerfass@zaac.de51

Segmentation rulesEnd of segment rules (common to the default settings of all tools) Dot at the end of a sentence (not after known

abbreviations) Question mark, exclamation mark Paragraph mark Colon

End of segment rules (different for different tools) Semicolon Tab character Sub segments (index entries, footnotes,

graphics)

Comparison of default rules

Workbench Transit DV SDLX Across

Colon end end end no end no end

Semi- colon

no end end end no end no end

Tab end no end no end no end no end

Soft return

no end no end end in Word no end in PPT

end in Word no end in PPT

no end

Zerfass@zaac.de53

Settings for better reuse

Check the segmentation settings of the source tool, if possibleRe-create this setting in the target tool, as far as possibleSet down the minimum match value from the default 75% to about 50%For TM data that does not yield useful results, you may have to run an alignment of the original material on the target system.

Zerfass@zaac.de54

When is SRX useful?

Moving TM data from one tool to another when the rules for translation have always been the same and the receiving tool is able to recreate the rules from the exporting tool Because: SRX only transports the rules that

are defined at the time of the export from the TM

Not many tools can write/read SRX at the moment, so there is only limited experience as of now.

Zerfass@zaac.de55

SRX

SRX is under developed at the moment. The SRX file will contain the following information:

- Definition of the rules of a specific language

- Definition, how those rules were set at the time of the TMX export

Zerfass@zaac.de56

Endrules and exceptions

Rule: A dot followed by a space is the end of a

segment.. This is the first sentence. This is the second

sentence.

Exception: A dot, preceded by a number is not the end of

a segment. Dies ist der 1. Satz.

Zerfass@zaac.de57

End rules and exceptions

Rule:

[\.] \s

Exception for numbers, abbreviations...

[0-9]+\. \s

Zerfass@zaac.de58

What can SRX not do?

It can only show the segmentation rule settings at the time of export.It cannot show any changes that have been applied in the segmentation rules during the use of the TM.Sometimes the rules from system 1 cannot be re-created in system 2, then the rule will be ignored.

Zerfass@zaac.de59

Issues with data exchange via TMX

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de60

Initial Situation

Translation memory in TMX format (Translation Memory Exchange), created by a translation project in Star Transit with FrameMaker filesImport of the TMX file into SDL Trados Translators Workbench and a Star Transit projectComparison of statistics (word count, match rates) during an analysis (Trados) / import (Transit)

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de61

Issues

Word counts differedMatch rates differed

Prices differed quite a lot


Goal of the test

Comparison of Word counts Segment counts Match rates

Zerfass@zaac.de63

Comparison of Match Rates

Trados creates an Ancillary file that contains elements from master pages, headers/footers and variables, so that these elements only have to be translated (and counted) onceDifferent segmentation rules (especially for abbreviations) lead to different numbers of segments in Transit and TradosDifferent representation of tags from the FrameMaker files in TMX lead to low match rates when using a TMX file from Transit in the Analysis in TradosDifferent ways of counting words lead to different word counts

Zerfass@zaac.de


Why are the results so different?

Overview on the word count rules and segmentation rules in Transit and TradosComparison of the segments during Analysis/ImportDifferences in handling of texts from master pages, headers, footers and variables Trados Ancillary file

Comparison of the TMX files

Zerfass@zaac.de65

Word Count / Segment Count

Word count comparison

Zerfass@zaac.de

Microsoft Office d 97 - 2003-Dokum

Zerfass@zaac.de66

Segmentation Rules

Zerfass@zaac.de

Trados Workbench

Star Transit

DV SDLX Across

Colon end end end no end no end

Semi- colon

no end end end no end no end

Tab end no end no end no end no end

Soft return

no end no end end in Word no end in PPT

end in Word no end in PPT

no end

Zerfass@zaac.de67

Segmentation Rules

Defining abbreviations During import of files in Transit Separately in Trados TM

Zerfass@zaac.de

Trados Transit

Zerfass@zaac.de68

Segment Comparison

Zerfass@zaac.de

When reusing a TMX file from Transit (FrameMaker project) Trados very often does not show a match. Only a concordance search shows that the segment is in the TM.

Zerfass@zaac.de69

Comparison of segments within the TM tools

Zerfass@zaac.de

Only after changing the minimum match value to a lower value is Trados able to show matches during translation. Match values are often below 50%.The low match rates result from different handling of the tags:As an example: Transit counts 25 Tags, for the same segment, Trados counts 36 tags.For every tag difference Trados subtracts a 2% penalty.

Zerfass@zaac.de70

Comparison of segments within the TM tools

Zerfass@zaac.de

Match rate 80%

Transit adds placeholders to the tags themselves.

Trados shows two tags and the placeholder as a separate letter

Different handling of tags changes the segment structure.Trados shows additional words (gray) and therefore also words that where moved in comparison to the match from the TMX TM.

Zerfass@zaac.de71

Trados Ancillary

Variables, text from headers and footers and texts from the master pages are saved to a separate file in Trados so that the contents only has to be translated once.

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de72

Comparison of TMX DATA

TMX from TransitTMX from Trados

Segment in Transit Editor (small tag view)

Segment in Transit Editor (full tag view)

Segment in Trados Editor (full tag view)

Segment in Transit TMX

Segment in Trados TMX

Zerfass@zaac.de74

Software Localization Tools

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de75

Is there a difference between localization and translation?


Is there a difference between localization and translation?

Translation Transfer of text based information from language A to

language B where necessary, this includes adaptations in

contents (to comply with legal standards) form (page layout, page format) address (general public, subject matter experts) non-textual elements (pictures)

Localization Translation and adaptation of

text (software interface and accompanying documentation) software contents (tax calculation for different countries) resizing (so that translated text fits into the button) non-textual elements (icons, graphics, pictures, symbols) (software testing)


The history of SW L10N

In the beginning, each software application was developed for one specific country. There was no thought given to the possibility of one day selling this software in another country.When these ideas came up, it was assumed, that the users would have to cope with the original user interface language, which was mostly English.



If a different language version was needed, the software was re-created in the target language Disadvantage: different language versions of the

software had to be maintainedThe text that showed on the user interface (UI, GUI) was written into the code of the program (hard-coded)Translating hard-coded text requires a lot of programming knowledge on the side of the translator, so that the program does not break during translation.


sub print_form {my ($content);my ($template,$HTML) = @_;open (FILE, "


CGI code snippet in PERLsub print_form {

my ($content);my ($template,$HTML) = @_;open (FILE, "

Zerfass@zaac.de81

Hard-coded strings in C Code: Not Internationalized

Zerfass@zaac.de

#include main() {

int

n; char y[5]; printf("This

program converts decimal numbers to hexadecimal\n\n");while(1) { printf("\nEnter

decimal number: "); scanf("%d",&n); printf("\nNumber

entered is decimal and hexa",n,n); printf("\nDo

you want to continue? "); scanf("%s",y); if(strcmp(y,"yes")) { printf("\n

exiting ..\n"); exit(); } } }

strings are directly in the code

source.c


#include extern unsigned char *intl_m_msg(), *intl_f_msg(); main() {

int

n; char y[5]; printf(intl_m_msg("","mypg",1)); while(1) { printf(intl_m_msg("","mypg",2));

scanf("%d",&n); printf(intl_m_msg("","mypg",3),n,n); printf(intl_m_msg("","mypg",4)); scanf("%s",y); if(strcmp(y, (intl_m_msg("","mypg",6))) { printf(intl_m_msg("","mypg",5)); exit(); } } }

source.c

"This program converts decimal numbers to hexadecimal\n\n""\nEnter

decimal number:" "\nNumber

entered is decimal and hexa" "\nDo

you want to continue?" "\nexiting

..\n" "yes"

mypg.en

123456

Extract Strings using Extract Tool to Message File


""Ce

programme

convertit

les nombres

dcimaux

en hexadcimal\n\n"\nEntrer

le nombre

dcimal:" "\nLe

nombre

entr

est

dcimal

et hexadcimal" "\nVoulez

vous

continuer?" "\nSortie

..\n" "oui"

#include extern unsigned char *intl_m_msg(), *intl_f_msg(); main() {

int

n; char y[5]; printf(intl_m_msg("","mypg",1)); while(1) { printf(intl_m_msg("","mypg",2));

scanf("%d",&n); printf(intl_m_msg("","mypg",3),n,n); printf(intl_m_msg("","mypg",4)); scanf("%s",y); if(strcmp(y, (intl_m_msg("","mypg",6))) { printf(intl_m_msg("","mypg",5)); exit(); } } }

source.c

mypg.fr

123456

Translate the extracted text and place it back into the cod


Visual Basic: Example


Action: Copy a file called afile.txt to the floppy drive A: from the hard disk C:

Command Line/DOS: COPY C:afile.txt A:afile.txt

Function Key / DOS:

Menu:

WIMP:

User Interface Examples: Copying a File: Four Different Ways

F5 menu or dialog

dialog

Zerfass@zaac.de86

Origin and Evolution of the GUI (Graphical User Interface)

Zerfass@zaac.de

The software user interfaces we use today are called GUI (Graphical User Interfaces). Windows, the Macintosh operating system and the Unix operating system all use GUIs. The specific type of GUI is called a WIMP interface:

Windows

Icons

Mouse

Pointer


Extracted text for translationExcel list, without context information

Sequence of occurrence Sorted alphabetically

Sorted alphabetically, only one occurrence for each term



Next came globally enabled software (internationalized software), where developers took into account that their program would be sold in many different countries and therefore would need to be able to show many different languages on the user interface. Support for a wide range of fonts Support for different code pages (characters) Separation of translatable text from programming code

Resource files containing translatable data Binary files containing programming code

Zerfass@zaac.de89

Software Localization Tool

Editor

Extraction of translatable text


Old source file

Old target file

Read in reference material

Target file

Generation of target file

File to translate

Read in new file

Translation

Zerfass@zaac.de90

Software Localization: Passolo

Zerfass@zaac.de91

Software Localization: Catalyst

Zerfass@zaac.de92

Features

For the developer / project manager Preparing files for translation Quality assurance - Pseudo-translation Customization Managing translation projects

For the translator Translation environment Use of translation memory and terminology Quality assurance features Proofreading

Data Exchange

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de93

Preparing Files for Translation

Hiding text that was extracted but should not be translatedLocking text that should not be translated, but which is important for understanding the contextAdding comments or status flags to text

Read-onlytbd&Special

Changed from Version 1.5!

&Datei&FileStatusCommentTargetSource

QA Pseudo Translation

Checking the original application for: ability to display characters of target

language controls or text fields that are too small to

hold translated text Check stability of translated software


Text expansion (averages)

Zerfass@zaac.de97

Text expansion by language

There are several sources on the internet, that show charts for average text expansion.

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de98

Text expansion by languagehttp://www.omnilingua.com/resourcecenter/textexpansion.aspx.

Zerfass@zaac.de


Comments

Bookmarks

Zerfass@zaac.de100

Customization

Creating parsers to extract text from customer file formatsAbility to call other applications via APICreating macros to facilitate repetitive tasks Using the command line to process files and create projects

Zerfass@zaac.de101

Managing Translation Projects

Creating translation projects for external translators Creating a package of all files needed for

translation, including the original files, reference material, glossaries, macros

Creating statistics Amount of text to be translated Amount of text that was pre-translated with

material from a previous version Repetitions

Zerfass@zaac.de102

Managing Translation Projects

Data exchange Export of translation lists

Source segment target segment pairs Import of translation memory data from other translation

tools Export of terminology lists Import of terminology lists Recycling of older software versions via alignment

Update management Updating a project with changed source language files

Zerfass@zaac.de103

Translation Environment

Editor Translation window Navigation window

WYSIWYG view of dialogs and menusResizing of controls

Zerfass@zaac.de104

Translation Environment

Localization of bitmaps, icons and cursors

External editor Internal editor

Automatic pre-translation Recycling translations from previous

projects or translation memory data

Filling terminology lists Adding new terms to terminology lists during

translation

Zerfass@zaac.de105

Quality Assurance Features

Checking features Spell-checking Formatting

tabs between access key and text

Access keys Same number of access keys in source and target Do all access keys exist Are all access keys in a dialog unique

Translation status (for review, signed- off)

Zerfass@zaac.de106

Proofreading

Proofreading the translated software is made easier by the ability of the software localization tool to show the menus and dialogs as they will appear at runtime.No more proofreading of Excel lists where the context of the text is not apparent.

Zerfass@zaac.de107

Data exchange

Most tools have their own export/import formatMost tools support the export/import format of standard tools (Trados, Star)Most tools support TMX (translation memory exchange format) for importing and/or exporting dataSome tools differentiate between export of terminology data and export of translation memory data

Zerfass@zaac.de108

Help/Manual FR

Documentation

First localize the software Then localize help and documentation

SW Development

Build FR

Project Workflow

Zerfass@zaac.de109

Localization Processes

Pseudo translation

Translation Memory Tool

Export of Terminology

Export of segment pairs for TM

Import into TM

Import intotermbank

Translation of Online-help, readme files,

manuals, webpages, packaging...

Translation of software

Extract translatable segments

File preparation


Zerfass@zaac.de110

Reuse of translations

Build FR Version 2

Database

Software Updates

Zerfass@zaac.de111

Differences between Localization Tools and

Translation Tools

Zerfass@zaac.de112

Localization Tools

Extract translatable text by ID numbersSegmentation of file is predefined by file format itself. Segment pairs are identified by their ID numbersAs text in software tends to consist of single words or short phrases, there is no separate management of terms and sentencesTranslation of update files means that already translated IDs are not touched. Only new or changed text will be touched.

Zerfass@zaac.de113

Terminology Management Tools

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de114

Terminology management

Term extraction (monolingual and bilingual) creation of term lists from source documents or

translation memoriesTerm lists / term bases connect to an editor (source document creation) or the

TM systems and localization tools during translationTerm check ensure the consistent use of terms over the whole

project check for the use of forbidden terms

Zerfass@zaac.de115


Extraction

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de116

Monolingual Extraction

Extraction of terms from documents in one language.

Creation of term lists important terms

Who defines what is important? How can a tool know, what is important?

frequent terms What is frequent? 3 times / 10 times Are frequent terms also important?

new terms According to whose level of subject matter

knowledge? Compared to which term list / term database?

Zerfass@zaac.de117

Bilingual Extraction

Term extraction from bilingual sources like translation memory files or bilingual translation files Creation of parallel lists of terms and

their translation(s) All forms of the term and all its translations Only basic form Most frequent translation of source term

Zerfass@zaac.de118

Term extraction issues

Terminology extraction is a highly individual process Goal of extraction, subject matter expertise,

available time Tools use different methods for terminology extraction Concordance, statistics, linguistics

Tools support different file formats for extraction and export Monolingual, bilingual, export formats

Tools sometimes dont show the context from which the term was taken

Zerfass@zaac.de119

Term Extraction Tools

Assistance for manual extractionConcordance tools Extraction of all term combinations

Statistical extraction tools Frequent terms All languages

Linguistic extraction tools Extraction of noun phrases Supported languages only

Zerfass@zaac.de120

Manual Extraction

Human reads the text, understands the meaning and selects terms (or term pairs) according to previous knowledge of the subject matter and/or the goal for the extraction. List of standard terms List of company terms List of new terms Additional information like source, context

example

Zerfass@zaac.de121

Tools assisting manual extraction

Tools that connect to an editor and allow the collection of terms or term pairs

Translation memory tools that save terms and term pairs directly into the term database component

Term checking tools that report missing terms / translations

Zerfass@zaac.de122

Manual extraction

Time consumingResource intensiveSubject matter and language expertise requiredMost accurate regarding the goalIndividual goals can be set

Zerfass@zaac.de123

Concordance Tools

Automatic creation of a list of all terms and term combinations from a documentNo term is missedLong list of termsManual selection process necessary

Zerfass@zaac.de124

Concordance results (Simple Concordance Program SCP)

Zerfass@zaac.de125

TM tool

Term can consist of up to X wordsTerms that already exist in the database are not extractedExtraction from all files of a project (various file formats)

Zerfass@zaac.de126

Extraction with TM tool

Export of term list for translationExport of term list to term database

Zerfass@zaac.de127

Statistical Extraction Tool

Monolingual and bilingual extractionTerms that occur more than X times are extractedList of frequent terms frequent terms are seen as importantImportant terms / new terms that appear in this document less than X times are not extractedCan be used for any languageList of term candidates must be checked by a human with subject matter and language expertise

Zerfass@zaac.de128

Terminology Tool of TM Suite (Dj Vu, Lexicon)

Settings for number of words per termSettings for frequency

Zerfass@zaac.de129

Bilingual Extraction Results

Zerfass@zaac.de130

SDL MultiTerm Extract

Zerfass@zaac.de131

This is, how a text looks to a statistical extraction tool

Vot gnig harengoga fuor tok gnig nor shewerginhatz. Mirhon bortup tip trewshu gnig batbo loqtet. Bortup ter, bortup nofdas, semsel nih furpo ayano bliktreptat. Mirhon granbevtrov driktopret grig go wasbrekit mut mirkep taptro gnig suf. Aktrep zitpek nitnit bortup mil. Setrimb ak troptan bur metlatkento.

Zerfass@zaac.de132

Linguistic Extraction Tool

Tool knows about the structure of the languageExtracted terms can be reduced to their basic from with the help of dictionaries and rulesUser can define the rules used for extractionExtraction limited to supported languages

Zerfass@zaac.de133

Linguistic Settings

Extraction according to specific rules of the languageFrequency settings

Zerfass@zaac.de134

Results of Extraction with Context Window (TerminologyWizard)

Zerfass@zaac.de135

Linguistic Extraction Tools

Translations of terms come from the extraction files and internal dictionariesEach term is shown with its context and a grammatical analysisResults of extraction List of one-word terms List of multi-word terms List of context sentences

Export and view can be filtered

Zerfass@zaac.de136

SDL PhraseFinder

Zerfass@zaac.de137

File Formats

TM tools extract from every file format they supportConcordance tools are usually limited to text or Word filesBilingual extraction can be produces from bilingual file formats like translation memories, project files of a TM tool or bilingual translation files, but not from two separate filesExport usually in Excel, tab-delimited TXT or directly into the terminology component

Zerfass@zaac.de138

ConclusionNo one tool can do what a human can do, but depending on the goal, the tools can help to automate repetitive tasks and comparisons with stop lists and/or term bases Concordance tools extract all words and

provide filter and search settings for the view of the term list

Statistical tools offer settings for frequencies, term length and comparison with stop word lists or existing term lists / term databases

Linguistic tools can be customized by rules for the extraction, which could be different for various languages and use language-specific dictionaries

Zerfass@zaac.de139


Databases

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de140

Term Base Entry (MultiTerm)

Text information

Synonyms

Category

Category

Zerfass@zaac.de141

Term Base Entry (Termstar)

Zerfass@zaac.de142

Setup of term lists / term bases

Subject matter or company specific terms ProductName, Company - Name deactivate checkbox YY, activate checkbox YY Click inside checkbox YY twice

Collect terms, synonyms, abbreviations screen, scr., monitor

Base form of the termDecide on term status field

forbidden, deprecated, pending, confirmed by, used by us, used by competitor

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de143

Setup of term lists / term bases

Add as many information fields as needed Note, definition, context example, source Information should help authors and translators to

decide if and when to use a term / translation

Not all terminology management tools allow user defined fieldsKeep in mind that the more fields you have, the more time you need to schedule for filling and maintaining the information in those fields

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de144


Retrieval

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de145

Terminology Retrieval

Term components of translation memory tools Standalone tools or integrated term modules

Search sentences to translate for terms from the term base / term list

Pasting translations of terms into the translation / sending new term pairs to the term base or term list

Fuzzy matching of terminology Filtering terms (ex: per product)

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de146

Retrieving terms during translation

Zerfass@zaac.de

Sending terms to the term base

Zerfass@zaac.de147

Term retrieval

Zerfass@zaac.de148


Checking

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de149

Source Language Terminology Check

Check the source language documentation for consistent use of terms in the term list, use of forbidden terms, use of synonyms

Checking tools with an interface to your authoring system for terminology checks and grammar checks. (checks are customizable to your own rules)

Zerfass@zaac.de

TerminologyConnect the AC power cord to the AC power adapter, then to the back of the photo printer

AC power cord AC power cablepower cord power cablecord cable

Zerfass@zaac.de150

Source Language Terminology Check

Authoring Memory Systems to check consistent use of standard sentencesPlace the DVD in the.

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de151

Target Language Terminology Check

Checking the usage of the terms in the target language (in Translation Memories, bilingual files)

Is the target language term from the term base used?

Are there synonyms for the target language term?

Is there a target language term in the translation where the source term from the term base does not appear in the source segment of the text?

Has a forbidden term been used?Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de152

Example (Wordfast)

Translation from term list not found

Zerfass@zaac.de153

Example (Wordfast)

Blacklisted term found

Zerfass@zaac.de154

Example (Quintilian, Add-in for Word)

Hit or Miss for terms from Excel list

Zerfass@zaac.de155

Example (across)

Wrong translation (building = Gebude)

Missing translation

Zerfass@zaac.de156

Example (Transit)


Several translations

Missing translation in term database

Zerfass@zaac.de157

Examples (Dj Vu)


Examples (SDLX)

Several translations for one word

Zerfass@zaac.de158

Examples (Trados)

- Forbidden term (Monitor)- Wrong term (Auswahlschalter)- No target (menu)

Zerfass@zaac.de159

Setup of term list / term base

In order to check for forbidden terms, these terms need to be marked with an attribute.

Zerfass@zaac.de160

Term check in QA tools

File formats Bilingual files

TRADOS DOC/RTF and TTX STAR language files TM in TMX or TRADOS TXT format

Checks Terms from term list / term base not used Terms without target equivalent in term list /

term base Target term present but source term not

present (reverse check)

Zerfass@zaac.de161

Example (ErrorSpy)Excel term list / suffix and prefix lists or MultiTerm term base

Zerfass@zaac.de162

Example (QA Distiller)

Excel term list converted to internal dictionary

Zerfass@zaac.de163

Summary

Each checking routine only checks some possibilities, none checks the whole range

Missing translation in term list / term base Term with several translations Term with wrong translation Missing source term (reverse check)

Zerfass@zaac.de164


Exchange

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de165

Terminology Exchange

Most tools can export and import tab-delimited text filesSome tools are offering the TBX (TermBase Exchange) format or similar XML format for data exchange Transit, Heartsome, across MultiTerm (XML format, similar to TMX)

TBX from term databases could also be useful for: Extracting stop word lists for extraction tools Re-use as dictionary in machine translation systems Displaying terminology information online Optimizing search engines (keywords) and text mining tools

Zerfass@zaac.de166

Zerfass@zaac.de167

Zerfass@zaac.de168

Zerfass@zaac.de169

Zerfass@zaac.de170

TBX TermBase Exchange

From the TBX Specification TBX is an open XML-based standard format for

terminological data TBX is designed to support the analysis,

representation, dissemination, and exchange of information from human-oriented terminological databases (term bases)

TBX is built on the basis of ISO 12620 (data categories) and ISO 12200 (MARTIF - Machine-readable Terminology Interchange Format, core structure)

Zerfass@zaac.de171

Structure of a TBX file

Zerfass@zaac.de172

Structure of a TBX file

Zerfass@zaac.de173

TMX TBX

English term

French term

Global information in the entry head

Term level information

Administrative data of a language

Language ID

Languag ID

Zerfass@zaac.de175

Conversion from MultiTerm to TBX (Medtronic)

Zerfass@zaac.de176

Medtronic Mapping Table

Zerfass@zaac.de177

Terminology Processes

Term list

Authoring

Term list

Terminology extraction

Terminology approval Term

list

Import

Terminology Database

Translation and Terminology Check

Term list

Term translationsNew termsChange requests

Term list

Terminology approval

Import of translations

Term check during authoring

Online publication of term database (intranet/internet)

Term list

New termsChange requests

Term list

Terminology approval

Zerfass@zaac.de178

Terminology Processes

Be aware that terminology work requires a lot of resourcesAlways include everybody who has to deal with terminology (authoring, production, development, marketing, sales, translation)There needs to be one person responsible for terminology for each language

Zerfass@zaac.de179

Terminology Costs

Zerfass@zaac.de180

Terminology Cost

About 10 to 15 Euro per source term including definitionAbout 20 terms a dayAbout between 1 and 1.5 Euro per translation into one language

Changing a term during a translation project, will cost about $1000 per term per language (JDEdwards)

Zerfass@zaac.de181

Sample calculation

1000 source terms5 target languagesRate per hour 50 EuroInitial corpus of terms 100 terms per hourTerm maintenance (hours per year and language with 1000 base terms) 12(study by tekom regional group Saxony, Germany)

Zerfass@zaac.de182

Alignment

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de183

Alignment

Old source and target language documents are read into the alignment component of the TM toolThe tool segments the files and tries to connect the segments that belong together, thus creating segment pairsA translator checks the alignmentResults are imported into a TM system for reuse with new translations

Zerfass@zaac.de184

Example: Dj Vu

Zerfass@zaac.de185

SDLX

Zerfass@zaac.de186

Alignment

Before translation, to add new segment pairs to a TMAfter translation, to get the really final segment pairs into the TM As target language documents tend to

get corrected after translation as wellExport of alignment to TMX for terminology extraction

Zerfass@zaac.de187

Translation Tools

Zerfass@zaac.de

Translation MemoryTerm base /

term list

Editor of TM tool

Terminology Extraction

Source language files

Target language files

Alignment

Possible file preparation

Creation of target language fileDTP

possible text extraction file conversion

Tools in the localization process


Zerfass@zaac.de189

Translation Tools

Utilities

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de190

Utilities

Word count tools Conversion tools (from PDF to Word) Extraction tools for text extraction from

certain file formats QA tools for bilingual material (TMs) Macros, self-developed tools

Zerfass@zaac.de191

Word count tools

Different tools count differently, because they have different definitions of what a "word" is.

Some count stand-alone numbers and symbols (like Word) others don't (like Trados)

Always agree on the tool (and better still on the tool version) that both sides use for counting words


Word count tools

Freebudget, http://www.webbudget.com/fb4dload.htmTextCount, http://www.textcount.com/html/textcount-en.htmlAnyCount, http://www.anycount.com/TotalAssistant, http://www.surefiresoftware.com/totalassistant/PractiCount, http://www.practiline.com/Online Word Count, http://allworldphone.com/count-words-characters.htmWordCalc, Syllable and word count, http://www.wordcalc.com/Online Word Count Tool, http://www.wordcounttool.com/

Zerfass@zaac.de193

Conversion / Text Extraction Tools

Converting PDF to Batch converting files to a specific

format (FrameMaker to MIF, InDesign to INX, Word to RTF)

Text extraction for translation (Copyflow for QuarkXPress, Software strings to Excel/XML)

Zerfass@zaac.de194

QA and TM Maintenance Tools

Checking for consistent punctuation (same as in source or target language specific)

Checking numbers Checking for missing translations Checking for same source / target Checking for same source / different

target Search / Replace functions

Zerfass@zaac.de195

QA and TM Maintenance Tools

ErrorSpy, DOG, http://dog-gmbh.com/index.php?id=44&L=1

QA Distiller, Yamagata, http://www.qa-distiller.com/

Quintilian, TerminologyMatters, http://www.terminologymatters.com/quintilian.html

BlackJack, ITR, http://www.itr.co.uk/en/translation-quality- assurance.html

Olifant, Enlaso Tools, http://www.translate.com/technology/tools/Olifant.html

Zerfass@zaac.de196

Translation Tools

Workflow Management / Project Management Tools

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de197

Project Management and Workflow Tools

Project Creation in TM tool packaging of project files inserting translated project files

Project Management Tools Offers and invoicing Data on customers and vendors

Workflow Tool Automation of processes (file conversion, pre-

translation, packaging, sending out package to assigned translator)

Zerfass@zaac.de198

Project / Workflow Management

Batch processingMultiple TMs / Term databasesOnline tracking of project statusAutomating sequences of steps Word count pre-translation copying

files to translate to different language folders

Rights and roles

Zerfass@zaac.de199

What is a Workflow?

A workflow defines the order (rules) in which specific processes (consisting of separate tasks) are performed to achieve a defined result.Each process consists of individual tasks.Each task is associated with a specific resource.Every player in the workflow has a specific role with certain rights.In order to describe a workflow Define your processes that make up the workflow Standardize processes Break down each process into individual tasks Assign the task to a player in the process Assign a role to the player (defining the rights)

This means that you need to take a very detailed look into the processes involved to be able to define a standard workflow.

Zerfass@zaac.de200

Breaking Down a Project

Localization Project Define the processes

Terminology questions File preparation File handling Translation Proofreading / editing Quality assurance

Zerfass@zaac.de201

Process: File Preparation

Define the tasksGet file list with file formatsCheck files for translatability Simulated translation for software files Check for text on graphics in documentation Check if there is enough space for text expansion Check for consistent use of terminology

Define what file format needs what kind of preparation Convert files / extract text / mark translatable and

untranslatable text Create additional files like settings for use in certain translation

tools Description for the translators on how to handle the files

Get statistics from the files (number of words, number of repeated sentences, number of sentences that will come from the translation memory system as a match / translation suggestion)Pre-translate files with existing translation memories

Zerfass@zaac.de202

Automation?

Define the tasksGet file list with file formatsCheck files for translatability

Simulated translation for software files Check for text on graphics in documentation Check if there is enough space for text expansion Check for consistent use of terminology

Define what file format needs what kind of preparation Create additional files like settings for use in certain translation tools Description for the translators on how to handle the files Convert files / extract text / mark translatable and untranslatable text

automate Get statistics from the files (number of words, number of repeated

sentences, number of sentences that will come from the translation memory system as a match / translation suggestion)

automatePre-translate files with existing translation memories

automate

Zerfass@zaac.de203

How to Automate?

Simple macrosCreate scripts or small toolsUse the API of translation tools to automate several steps in one goSet up a workflow management system

Zerfass@zaac.de204

When to use Workflow (Automation)?

Whenever there is set of processes that will be used over and over again, this can be thought of as a workflow. the rules are set the process sequence is always the

same each process has its pre-defined set of

tasks for each task you can decide who is

going to do it it can be documented and learned

Translator has a question on a term

AgencyTranslator asks the project manager of the translation agencyClient

Agency PM asks the PM at the customer

Client authoring / engineering

department

For terminology question in the source language Client

market center

For terminology question in the target language

For terminology question in the target language

Translator adds term questions to an online list.

ClientPM

Client market center Target language

questions

Automation through a central connection point and roles for each user

Central connection

point

Client authoring department

Source language questions

Agency adds term questions to an online list.

Translator has a question on a term

Agency

Translator sends questions to agency

Zerfass@zaac.de207

Summary

Workflow management is work.Many workflow management systems provide a platform for describing and automating parts of a workflow, not a ready to fly automated system.Get the process right, then think about automation.Break down bigger elements into smaller units (processes tasks steps) and describe their conditions and interdependencies.When necessary, there should be a way to break the workflow rules.

Zerfass@zaac.de208

Machine Translation

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de209

Machine Translation

Requires source documentation that is optimized for machine translation (controlled source language)Requires post-editing, not so much post- translationCan be used in combination with TM systems (to pre-translate large amounts), but is often not appreciated as very helpful by translators

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de210

TM - MTInteractive translation

interactive process

almost all language pairs possible

creation of a repository

Recycling of translations independent of the format of the source document

Machine translation

fully automated process

only works for the language pair the system was created for

text is usually pre- edited and or post- edited

good systems are relatively costly

very fast

Zerfass@zaac.de211

Translation Tools

Evaluation

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de212

Evaluation

Collect your requirementsGet a demo with your files from different tools vendorsTest the tools yourself with the evaluation matrix

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de213

Tools, Tools, Tools

Zerfass@zaac.de

Zerfass@zaac.de214 Zerfass@zaac.de214

TM tools information

Software reviews http://www.localizationworks.com/DRTOM/index.html

Comparisons DOG, Translation Memory Systeme im Vergleich (German), 2005, ISBN 978-3-9810595-1-9

Details functionalities, test setup, result matrix

MD, Translation Memory Systeme im Vergleich (German), issue 4/5 2005

Newsletters http://www.internationalwriters.com/toolkit/

Magazines www.multilingual.com

Training material and courses on tools http://ecolotrain.uni-saarland.de/index.php?id=2525&L=1

Survey LISA (www.lisa.org) Translation Memory Survey 2002 and 2004 Imperial College London, Translation Memories Survey 2006,

http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/portal/pls/portallive/docs/1/7307707.PDF

Zerfass@zaac.de215 Zerfass@zaac.de215

Some software localization tools

Passolo www.passolo.com (XLIFF)RC-WinTrans www.schaudin.comCatalyst www.alchemysoftware.ie (XLIFF)Multilizer www.multilizer.comSDL Insight www.sdl.com/products/sdlinsight.htm (XLIFF)Language Studio ls.atia.comLingobit Localizer www.lingobit.com,RapidTranslation www.rapidtranslation.netVisual Localize www.visloc.com

AppleGlot http://developer.apple.com/intl/localization/tools.html

Some TM tools also offer the ability to translate EXE files and the like, but usually they do not offer a visual representation of the dialogs and menus.

Zerfass@zaac.de216

Some Terminology Extraction Tools

Concordance tools Simple Concordance Program (SCP), http://www.textworld.com/scp/ ExtPhr32, http://publish.uwo.ca/~craven/freeware.htm

Term extraction tools / components of translation memory toolsStatistical Extraction

MultiTerm Extract, Dj Vu Lexicon, Heartsome Dictionary Editor, across

TermiDOG (www.dog-gmbh.de), Chamblon Terminology Extractor (http://www.chamblon.com/terminologyextractor.htm)

Linguistic Extraction Synthema Terminology Wizard

(http://www.synthema.it/english/servizi/traduzioni.html), SDL PhraseFinder

Zerfass@zaac.de216

Zerfass@zaac.de217

Some Translation Memory Tools

Word based Wordfast, www.wordfast.net Metatexis, www.metatexis.com SDL Trados Workbench with Word, www.sdl.com TinyTM (open source), tinytm.sourceforge.net JiveFusion (for Office files),

http://www.jivefusiontech.com/products_FT.html

Integrated TM systems Dj Vu, www.atril.com Transit, www.star-group.net MemoQ,

http://en.kilgray.com/?q=node/products/memoq/memoq4free Across, www.across.net SDLX, www.sdl.com (integarted into SDL Trados installation) Heartsome, http://www.heartsome.net/EN/home.html

Zerfass@zaac.de218

Some Online Translation Memory Tools

Online TM tools Ontram, http://www.andrae-ag.de/EN/products/ontram.htm TinyTM, tinytm.sourceforge.net Server-based translation environment from SDL Trados, across

Zerfass@zaac.de219

Some Tools for Source Language Checking

Acrolinx IQ Suite, acrolinx http://www.acrolinx.com/iq_suite_overview_de.html (German)

HyperSTE, Tedopres http://www.tedopres.com/en/products-services/hypervision/

SDL Author Assistant, SDL Writer's Workbench, SDL Trados Authoring Coach, Sajan,

http://marketing.sajan.com/marketing/solutions/authoring.aspx Author-it Xtend,

http://www.author-it.com/index.php?page=xtendauthoringmemory across Plug-in

Zerfass@zaac.de219

Zerfass@zaac.de220

Some Tools for Target Language Checking

ErrorSpy, DOG, http://dog-gmbh.com/index.php?id=44&L=1

QA Distiller, Yamagata, http://www.qa-distiller.com/

Quintilian, TerminologyMatters, http://www.terminologymatters.com/quintilian.html

BlackJack, ITR, http://www.itr.co.uk/en/translation-quality- assurance.html

Zerfass@zaac.de221

Some Workflow/Project Management Tools

SDL Trados Teamworks SDL TMS Idiom Worldserver Across workflow module Business Manager, Plunet Project open LTC Orgnizer

Zerfass@zaac.de222

TMX specificationTMX is a recommendation by OSCAR OSCAR: LISA special interest group

Open Standards for Container/Content Allowing Re-use The latest specification can be downloaded from

http://www.lisa.org/tmx/tmx.htm For comments: tmx@lisa.org List of TMX certified tools

The purpose of the TMX format is to provide a standard method to describe translation memory data that is being exchanged among tools and/or translation vendors, while introducing little or no loss of critical data during the process.

Zerfass@zaac.de223

SRX Specification

Latest version www.lisa.org/srx/srx.htm

www.lisa.org/srx/srx10-20040420.htm

Tools of the TradeAgendaTools in Translation / LocalizationTranslation Memory ToolsSame idea different approachSame idea different approachSame idea different approachMacros within WordTM + EditorSeparate toolsTrados with WordTrados with TagEditorIntegrated toolsIntegrated toolsHeartsome EditorSDLXSDLXSDLXMemoQMemoQTransitDj VuWord counts in Translation ToolsWhat is counted in an analysis?Word CountWord Count ExamplesCalculation of Match RatesMatch Rate ExamplesRepetitionsWhat influences the statistics?TMX (Translation Memory Exchange)Localization StandardsTMXTranslation Memory ExchangeWhat is TMXWhat is TMXWhat is TMXLevels of TMXLevel 1Level 2TMX from Dj Vu (Atril)TMX from TradosTMX from Transit (Star)TMX from SDLX (SDL)Implications of different tags for formattingWhen is it useful?Does it work?Reusing TMX dataSRX Segmentation Rules ExchangeWhy SRX?Segmentation rulesSegmentation rulesComparison of default rulesSettings for better reuseWhen is SRX useful?SRXEndrules and exceptionsEnd rules and exceptionsWhat can SRX not do?Issues with data exchange via TMXInitial SituationIssuesGoal of the testComparison of Match RatesWhy are the results so different?Word Count / Segment CountSegmentation RulesSegmentation RulesSegment ComparisonComparison of segments within the TM toolsComparison of segments within the TM toolsTradosAncillaryComparison of TMX DATAFoliennummer 73Software Localization ToolsIs there a difference between localization and translation?Is there a difference between localization and translation?The history of SW L10NThe history of SW L10NFoliennummer 79CGI code snippet in PERLHard-coded strings in C Code: Not InternationalizedExtract Strings using Extract Tool to Message FileTranslate the extracted text and place it back into the codVisual Basic: ExampleFoliennummer 85Origin and Evolution of the GUI (Graphical User Interface)Extracted text for translationThe history of SW L10NSoftware Localization ToolSoftware Localization: PassoloSoftware Localization: CatalystFeaturesPreparing Files for TranslationQA Pseudo TranslationFoliennummer 95Text expansion (averages)Text expansion by languageText expansion by languageCommentsCustomizationManaging Translation ProjectsManaging Translation ProjectsTranslation EnvironmentTranslation EnvironmentQuality Assurance FeaturesProofreadingData exchangeProject WorkflowLocalization ProcessesSoftware UpdatesDifferences between Localization Tools and Translation ToolsLocalization ToolsTerminology Management ToolsTerminology managementTerminology Management ToolsMonolingual ExtractionBilingual ExtractionTerm extraction issuesTerm Extraction ToolsManual ExtractionTools assisting manual extractionManual extractionConcordance ToolsConcordance results (Simple Concordance Program SCP)TM toolExtraction with TM toolStatistical Extraction ToolTerminology Tool of TM Suite (Dj Vu, Lexicon)Bilingual Extraction ResultsSDL MultiTerm ExtractThis is, how a text looks to a statistical extraction toolLinguistic Extraction ToolLinguistic SettingsResults of Extraction with Context Window (TerminologyWizard)Linguistic Extraction ToolsSDL PhraseFinderFile FormatsConclusionTerminology Management ToolsTerm Base Entry (MultiTerm)Term Base Entry (Termstar)Setup of term lists / term basesSetup of term lists / term basesTerminology Management ToolsTerminology RetrievalRetrieving terms during translationTerm retrievalTerminology Management ToolsSource Language Terminology CheckSource Language Terminology CheckTarget Language Terminology CheckExample (Wordfast)Example (Wordfast)Example (Quintilian, Add-in for Word)Example (across)Example (Transit)Examples (Dj Vu)Examples (Trados)Setup of term list / term baseTerm check in QA toolsExample (ErrorSpy)Example (QA Distiller)SummaryTerminology Management ToolsTerminology ExchangeFoliennummer 166Foliennummer 167Foliennummer 168Foliennummer 169TBX TermBase ExchangeStructure of a TBX fileStructure of a TBX fileFoliennummer 173Foliennummer 174Conversion from MultiTerm to TBX (Medtronic)Medtronic Mapping TableTerminology ProcessesTerminology ProcessesTerminology CostsTerminology CostSample calculationAlignmentAlignmentExample: Dj VuSDLXAlignmentTranslation ToolsTools in the localization processTranslation ToolsUtilitiesWord count toolsWord count tools Conversion / Text Extraction ToolsQA and TM Maintenance ToolsQA and TM Maintenance ToolsTranslation ToolsProject Management and Workflow ToolsProject / Workflow ManagementWhat is a Workflow?Breaking Down a ProjectProcess: File PreparationAutomation?How to Automate?When to use Workflow (Automation)?Foliennummer 205Foliennummer 206SummaryMachine TranslationMachine TranslationTM - MTTranslation ToolsEvaluationTools, Tools, ToolsTM tools informationSome software localization toolsSome Terminology Extraction ToolsSome Translation Memory ToolsSome OnlineTranslation Memory ToolsSome Tools forSource Language CheckingSome Tools for Target Language CheckingSome Workflow/Project Management ToolsTMX specificationSRX Specification

Tools of the Trade for Translators

Documents

Transcript of Tools of the Trade for Translators

The Voice of Interpreters and Translators · The Voice of Interpreters and Translators American Translators Association . o Largest professional association of translators and ...

Trade tools magazine 17

Tools for the Trade

Editor's Commentstech-notes.tv/Archive/tech_notes_118.pdf · subject matter will be LPTV, Digital Translators, Analog Translators, LPFM, FM Translators and Trick of the Trade. The

Online CAT and project management tools for translators

21 tools of trade

“Tools of the Trade”

Trade tools ati countersin

Fb3465 trade tools technical

Translation Tools for Translators (BC-DOC-TTL)

Ir Tools of Trade

CASE Tools Union Palenshus. In the early days… ► Software engineering tools consisted solely of translators, compilers, assemblers, linkers, loaders,

Tools of trade

Artificial intelligence based tools to support translators ...€¦ · Translators can have a central role in the digitalization. 10. Discussion points: Role in the European industry

Advocacy 101 for Interpreters and Translators€¦ · for Interpreters and Translators ... Business leagues trace their origins to medieval guilds. Trade associations and professional

Tools of the trade!

Free tools for translators

Tools of the Trade

Hang Seng University of Hong Kong · 2019. 11. 18. · Scientific and Technical Translation Translation for International Trade and Transportation Electronic Tools for Translators

Tools Of Our Trade