What is a Translation Memory?
One of the key benefits of the Across Language Server is the translation memory. All translated passages are stored here and are available to the translators for subsequent projects. The project manager or translator can see in advance whether parts of a new text already exist in a similar or identical form. This facilitates the project planning and provides insight into the expected costs. Your translation memory continues to grow with every new translation and becomes more and more valuable in terms of future cost savings.
Populating the Translation Memory
If previous translations not created with a translation management system exist in electronic form, the texts can be segmented in individual sentences and be auto-aligned as source and target-language pairs. The result is then saved directly to the translation memory. Many prefer to perform the alignment at the outset in order to import data to the empty system even before the first translation.
Automatic Population During Translation
All translation units created in a certain language pair are stored in the translation memory. The advantage of this approach is that these units are transferred to the translation memory automatically during translation, without any additional workload. In the ideal case, the translator can benefit immediately from his previously translated segment.