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Translation Memory, or TM, is widely used in the translation industry to help reduce costs and improve consistency.Click here to find out more about how TM works.
aatranslations routinely creates and applies Translation Memories for customers to maximise consistency within a translation and in all subsequent related translations.
With aatranslations, you can choose how you benefit from Translation Memories:
In general, high levels of repeated text make our TM service worth considering.
We can also help you leverage your existing translation assets, either by creating Translation Memories from your past translations or by integrating your existing Translation Memories into our system.
If you are interested in finding out more about our corporate services, please use our contact me form and we will contact you shortly. Alternatively, please call your nearest aatranslations office and tell us about your requirements.
There are a range of TM technologies, but all follow a similar process. Text is broken up into "segments", generally a complete sentence, and translated as a series of segments. The translation is then stored in a Translation Memory file or server, and the next time a translation is carried out, it is analysed against the previous translation to see if any of the segments match those in the previous translation. Where the segment matches exactly, it is called an "Exact Match", and where it is very similar, it is called a "Fuzzy Match".
Because the translator has less work to do in documents which contain exact and fuzzy matches, there is often a saving for the customer, but this has to be offset against the costs of creating translations memories. These costs include the cost of the software, computing hardware, and most importantly the time of the Project Manager who creates the translation memories.
Commercial approaches from translation agencies vary, but in general customers pay for the agency to create the Translation Memory, either via a project management fee or a price premium; and having paid to create translation memories, the customer then benefits through substantial discounts on any exact and fuzzy matches in new translations.
