“It was great working with your team, the 6 pamphlets for the Gastrological Society of Australia were very well translated in the 7 languages. We were especially impressed with the accuracy of the translated medical terminologies which is vitally important to get spot on… Two thumbs up...!” RGC on behalf of the Gastrological Society of Australia
Frequently Asked Questions
Translation Technology is any technology used by translators to assist them in their work. There many ways translators use technology to help them produce a high quality translation. Translation Technology should not be confused with Machine translations (MT)
Computer Aided Translation or CAT is a software tool used by professional translators who are already fluent in the two languages they are translating. CAT tools often include terminology management and translation memory to enhance efficiency and accuracy of translation, especially in longer documents.
Machine translation (MT) is automated translation. It is the use of computer software to translate from one source language into the target language.
Translation is about meaning and not just a word for word conversion. It is the thorough understanding of the meaning of the source material, so that the subtle nuances and tone of the original text are rendered in the target language. This is task is better done by a human then a machine. Machine translations should only be used for ‘gist’ or first-line translations when just a basic idea of the text is required.
Language is generated by human beings. We are able to understand subtleties and nuances. We know which word to use for a particular context even though technically there are two words that mean the same thing, machines don’t. For example “Hello stranger!” becomes “Hello the person not familiar to me!” – it doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it? The language generated by machines is mechanical and reads like it. They can be useful if you want to know the meaning of the odd sentence but if you need to communicate a message then you need a human translator.