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Translation memory

A bilingual database which stores previously translated sentences or parts of sentences along with source texts in what is called translation units or segments. Translation memory or TM helps reduce translation costs, improve consistency and reduce time to market. TM is also lays the foundation for modern day machine translation or MT.

Contributors in Translation memory

Translation memory

Project manager

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

(1) In a translation company, this is the person responsible for total translation project management. (2) In international companies, this title is sometimes given to the person who supervises ...

Localization

Translation & localization; Internationalization (I18N)

The process of adapting a product and/or content (including text and non-text elements) to meet the language, cultural, and political expectations and/or requirements of a specific local market ...

Translation unit

Translation & localization; Translation memory

A source segment and its target translation, plus any additional meta-data such as creator, creation date, modification date, etc.

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