Machine TranslationTechnical Translation
The translation of manuals and technical materials is often a complex and laborious task that requires linguistic skills and specific industry knowledge from the professional. Timelines inevitably suffer from this complexity, which risks excessively slowing down the entire internationalization process. Fortunately, advancements in language technologies (such as adaptive machine translation) and tools (such as CAT Tools) allow for a revolution, resulting in a substantial reduction in costs and timelines associated with this service.
Machine translation is certainly not a novelty within the domain of quality language services. For years now, the combination of human translators and automatic translation systems has established itself in the market as the best reference model.
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Not only for the benefits provided to the professional, freed by these tools from the most repetitive and somewhat “routine” tasks of the translation process. But also thanks to the improved outcomes achieved, both in terms of quality and management.
A sector that benefits more than others from this technological progress is undoubtedly the one related to the translation of manuals and technical materials.
Linguistic Technologies and Technical Translations
Adaptive machine translation leverages advanced algorithms to continuously enhance the quality of translations based on linguists’ feedback, while simultaneously adapting outputs to the specific context of the text. Across different sectors, this approach enables faster and more accurate translation of various technical documents, thereby reducing the delivery times of the translated document.
If we add to this the use of the best computer-assisted translation tools (CAT Tools), then the work of human translators can rely on truly functional and comprehensive support.
These tools indeed offer highly useful functionalities to the work of professionals, allowing them to manage the translation process more efficiently and accurately. Among these features, we find the storage and possibility of reusing previous translations through terminology databases and translation memories, ensuring consistency and cohesion in translated manuals and technical materials. At ASTW, we take a further step forward by utilizing translation memories entirely dedicated to individual clients, thus further enhancing the effectiveness of these tools.
Last but not least, CAT Tools integrate quality control tools capable of automatically detecting common errors, such as lack of terminological consistency or linguistic inconsistencies, allowing translators to correct them quickly and further reducing the time needed for reviewing and quality assurance work.
In summary, better results and reduced timelines at a competitive cost.
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