What Is a CAT Tool and How Can It Help Your Organization?
Are you fond of CATTs? No, we’re not talking about the household pets with whiskers and litterboxes—for translators, CATT stands for Computer-Assisted Translation Tools. In
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
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
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
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
Four Memsource Features for Quality Improvement
Memsource is a CAT tool that allows us to work with text in two columns; one for the source text and the other for the
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,
Pre-DTP and Handling PDF Conversions
Previously, we’ve talked about how the different steps of DTP are quoted, but let’s have a specific look at how the preparation of some files
6 reasons why you should ask to start using CAT Tools, today!
Not all translators are accustomed to using CAT Tools even though some programs such as Trados SDL have been around for over a quarter of
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
