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Translation Memory Services and Tools

Definition according to Wikipedia : “A translation memory, or TM, is a database that stores segments that have been previously translated. A translation-memory system stores the words, phrases and paragraphs that have already been translated and aid human translators. The translation memory stores the source text and its corresponding translation in language pairs called “translation units”.”

In essence this basically mean an electronic dictionary and that we can offer you price reductions on words already stored and complete consistency across all of your translations over time.

Translation memory managers are most suitable for translating technical documentation and documents containing specialised vocabularies. Their benefits include:

• Ensuring that the document is completely translated (translation memories do not accept empty target segments)
• Ensuring that the translated documents are consistent, including common definitions, phrasings and terminology. This is important when different translators are working on a single project.
• Enabling translators to translate documents in a wide variety of formats without having to own the software typically required to process these formats.
• Accelerating the overall translation process; since translation memories "remember" previously translated material, translators have to translate it only once.
• Reducing costs of long-term translation projects; for example the text of manuals, warning messages or series of documents needs to be translated only once and can be used several times.
• For large documentation projects, savings (in time or money) thanks to the use of a TM package may already be apparent even for the first translation of a new project, but normally such savings are only apparent when translating subsequent versions of a project that was translated before using translation memory.
• Here at EJP Translations we use TRADOS, the translation industry standard translation memory tool. Please do not hesitate to ask us for further details and information on how TRADOS can help your company save money and time and improve overall quality.