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When to Use MT: A Checklist

Ask yourself these ten questions when considering an MT solution: 1. Language combination? Despite the quantum leap in quality achieved since the advent of Neural Machine Translation (NMT), some combinations

January 10, 2020

How To Clean A TM And Not Die Trying

As we mentioned in a previous post, cleaning the translation memory (TM) of one of our largest and oldest clients was a task that required the use of Xbench and

December 7, 2018

How to Translate Microsoft Visio Files

Computer Assisted Translation tools (or CAT tools) recognize text from a great diversity of file formats, thus are able to calculate the word count and analyze how many of them

October 12, 2018

Translation Inconsistencies & How to Avoid Them

When a translation project is very extensive, the most common thing to do is to divide the translation among different linguists in order to speed up the process, thus allowing

November 17, 2017

How to Translate InDesign Files

InDesign files require special attention in order to achieve an efficient and complete translation. This is because, unlike other file formats, the documents created with InDesign have a main file

March 31, 2017

The Personalization of Translation

Imagine this situation: a diner arrives at a restaurant. Upon being seated, the waiter asks him what he wants to eat. To the waiter’s surprise, the diner looks at the

February 10, 2017

Memsource: 8 Keyboard Shortcuts to Make Life Easier

Memsource is a computer-assisted translation tool (also known as a CAT tool) that allows translators to work with text in two columns, side by side, in which one column displays

October 21, 2016

Good Friends and Bad Seeds

Anyone who has studied a second language in school would surely remember their teacher’s frequent warnings against one of the most common pitfalls in language learning: false cognates. These are

September 19, 2016

Advances in Technology: Friend or Foe to Translators?

More and more each day, businesses rely on a wider range of languages to do, well business. That means that managers and employees alike are asked to show skills in

April 20, 2015

Words, Words, and More Words

Have you ever stopped to think about how many words you know and use? The average adult’s vocabulary in their native language runs into many thousands of words. Those of

October 14, 2014

Why Is It Necessary to Update Memories and Glossaries?

It is very important to keep our regular customers pleased and satisfied with our translations. For this reason, one of the Project Manager or Coordinator’s tasks is to keep the

September 24, 2013

What to Expect From a Translations Company?

We’ve already spoken about the relationship that exists between price, quality, and speed when selecting a translation service. In this article, we will analyze in greater detail the variables that

September 5, 2013

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