Why CAT Tools? Importance of using them
by PAMELA MICHELLE LOPEZ DOMINGUEZ
1. Benefits
1.1. THE TRANSLATION ENVIRONMENT
1.1.1. TRANSLATION MEMORY
1.2. ALIGNING EXISTING TRANSLATIONS
1.2.1. USING CONSISTENT TERMINOLOGY
1.3. QUALITY CHECKS
1.3.1. PROJECT UPDATES
1.4. WORKING WITH OTHERS
2. Main Features
2.1. TRANSLATION MEMORY
2.1.1. TERM BASE
2.2. INTEGRATED SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT
2.2.1. QUALITY CONTROL MODULE
2.3. PREVIEW PANE
2.3.1. SPELL CHECKING
3. The translation environment
3.1. A RIBBON
3.2. THE TRANSLATION GRID
3.3. THE TRANSLATION RESULTS TABLE
3.4. A PREVIEW PANE
4. Other benefits of using a CAT tool
4.1. MANAGING YOUR WORK
4.2. QUOTING JOBS EASILY
4.3. REGULAR UPDATES
4.4. GET MORE JOB OFFERS
5. How to pick a CAT Tool?
5.1. Your University is a great source of information
5.2. translation associations
5.3. Blogs and other sources of information on the internet can also help
6. CAT: COMPUTER-ASSISTED TRANSLATION
7. Difference between CAT tools and machine translation
7.1. One involves humans while the other does not
8. The quality control settings in CAT tools like memoQ can be customized.
8.1. One of the huge benefits of using a CAT tool is the automated quality checks that the tool can perform.
9. Series of automated checks
9.1. Spelling
9.1.1. Punctuation
9.2. Placeholders for images, formatting information or references
9.2.1. Number value and number format checking
9.3. Empty segments/missing translations
9.3.1. If a forbidden term is used
9.4. Consistency check
9.4.1. Length of translated text