What is translation memory? / Translation Memory explained
Translation Memory (TM) is a database for sentence pairs (matching source and target segments); in other words, the heart of translation technology. It speeds up translators’ localization processes while maintaining consistency, and increasing translation quality.
Translation memory, unlike machine translation, offers the possibility to reuse previous translations and handle language repetition across a project.
How does translation memory works?
Translation memory works in the background of your CAT tool, offering sentence suggestions as you translate. Its memory consists of your previous translations and only identical or similar sentences are suggested.
The similarity between the source and target segments is indicated with percentages (100% is the perfect match) while differences are highlighted with colors.
What are the benefits of translation memory?
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