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Contents1. Introduction

What is a CAT tool and what is it for? CAT tools and their characteristics Meaning of terms

2. Installation The program’s windows Creatind a new translation memory First operations with a TM TM options and setting

3. Workflow Preproduction Production Postproduction

4. Troubleshooting Types of problems Strategies Sources of information

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What is a CAT tool… CAT is an acronym standing for

Computer Assisted Translation. It is a software which allows to

store in a data base original texts in one language, aligned with their translation in one or more other languages.

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…and what is it for? Wordcount, obtained by

comparing the contents of a document with the contents of the data base.

Together with a word processor, it allows to use extisting translations in the data base as suggestions for a new translation.

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What is it NOT for? The concept of assisted

translation is different from the concept of machine translation

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CAT tools

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Common featuresWord processing Management of

common formats (doc, rtf)

Management of tagged formats (html, xml)

Quality assurance

Data base Standard and

custom fields Search options Maintenance

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How do they do it? A “suite” of programs working

separately (SDL Trados) A program running inside another

(Wordfast y SDL Trados) Only one program processing both

the text and the data base (Déjà Vu, Transit, across...)

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A “suite” of programs SDL Trados Synergy 2007 Client SDLX 2007 SDL Trados Translator's Workbench

8.0 SDL MultiTerm 2007 SDL Trados WinAlign SDL Trados TagEditor and Filters

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Meaning of terms Segment and segmentation Translation unit Translation memory 100% and partial match Tags File formats Encoding Filters

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Simple workflowPreproduction Production Postproductio

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alignment analysis translation

editingclean-up maintenance

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Troubleshooting Types of problems Strategies Sources of information

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Thank you

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