CAT tools
Translator's digital assistant
CAT tools is short for computer-assisted translation tools—software that helps human translators work more efficiently.
These programs store previously translated segments in databases called translation memories, suggest matches for similar text, and maintain consistent terminology across documents.
CAT tools don't translate automatically like machine translation; they support and speed up human work: Professional translators typically use CAT tools like Trados or MemoQ.
- translationConverting between languages
- translation memoryDatabase storing source-target pairs
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
- source textOrigin of quoted content
segments · terminology · glossary · alignment · concordance · fuzzy · match · source · target language · target · wordcount · leverage · word count · TM · workflow · project manager · quality assurance · editor
- translationtranslator, literal translation, literary translation, free translation, French translation
- Translation Industrytranslator, interpreter, proofreader, editor, localization
- localizationlocalization, locale, translation memory, glossaries, text translation
- translation technologymachine translation, automated translation, translation software, translation memory, text translation
- subtitlessubtitling, CC, SDH, open captions, closed captions