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Training For Technical Translators: An Interview With Uwe Muegge, Marta Chereshnovska Apr 2013

Training For Technical Translators: An Interview With Uwe Muegge, Marta Chereshnovska

Uwe Muegge

The most important characteristic of a typical technical translation project (if there is such a thing) is that the text to be translated is linked to a product or service, whereas a text in a literary translation project typically stands alone. The fact that there is a strong connection between the source text and a product or service has many implications. First, consistency within and across documents and versions is of the utmost importance throughout the entire process of any technical translation project. For instance, how do you make sure that multiple translators working on multiple text types within a …


Machine Translation Is As Ready For You As You Are For Mt, Uwe Muegge Mar 2013

Machine Translation Is As Ready For You As You Are For Mt, Uwe Muegge

Uwe Muegge

Recently, a number of startups – like Asia Online, KantanMT, and SmartMate – have emerged that offer low-cost, subscription-based solutions for creating and using customized SMT engines. These self-service solutions allow the user to submit text for translation to an SMT engine that was customized based on translation memories, glossaries, and other materials that the user submitted. Once a custom engine is in place, which can take less than a day, the user then buys machine translation and possibly other services from the provider.


Cloud-Basierte Übersetzungs-Management-Systeme: Wer Teilt, Gewinnt, Uwe Muegge Feb 2013

Cloud-Basierte Übersetzungs-Management-Systeme: Wer Teilt, Gewinnt, Uwe Muegge

Uwe Muegge

Die ersten cloudbasierten Übersetzungstools kamen vor rund zehn Jahren auf den Markt und waren exklusiv nur den Übersetzern zugänglich, die für die Anbieter dieser Systeme tätig waren. Heute können Übersetzer aus einem breiten Angebot professioneller, cloudbasierter TM-Lösungen wählen. Die meisten Anwender hat wohl das Google Translator Toolkit, das nach wie vor kostenlos ist, ebenso wie Wordfast Anywhere, drittes und jüngstes Mitglied der TM-Systemfamilie aus dem Hause Wordfast. Lionbridge Translation Workspace, Memsource Cloud, Wordbee und XMT Cloud – um nur einige zu nennen – sind Beispiele für kostenpflichtige Anwendungen.