SDL Trados Research Articles

Specific Grammatical Aspects of Translating the Iaea Regulatory Documents into the Russian Language

The article discusses some grammatical features of the IAEA safety requirements and guides in the English language and in their Russian translations. Considering that these documents make a foundation of the global nuclear safety system, and grammar is the backbone of the language and an essential constituent of the communication content, the paper is focused on the analysis of the ways of translating specific grammatical structures, which determines current importance of this study. The aim of the work is to compare typical grammatical constructions used in the texts of the Russian translations of the IAEA publications under consideration with the grammatical features of similar Rostechnadzor’s regulatory documentation. The main tasks of the authors are to compare the ways of translating English modal and passive constructions, English verbals and verbal structures into Russian and to verify the translator’s choice of a certain grammatical structure in the translations of the regulations and guidelines under consideration. Taking research tasks predetermined the choice of the following research methods: comparative analysis; linguistic and statistical analysis; contextual analysis; inductive and deductive analysis. To obtain linguistic and statistical analysis data, the authors applied such software tools as SDL Trados, Adobe Acrobat, Excel and MS Word. In order to ensure the correctness of the results, only the substantive part of the documents under consideration was analyzed.The analysis has brought to the following results: the need to comply with the regulatory requirements narrows the choice of Russian modal constructions in the translation of "should" statements used in IAEA documents. The issue of changing the regulatory requirement that prescribes to use the Russian verb "следует" has to be treated very carefully, considering the established practice of both translating the IAEA safety guides and their understanding by the target users; the translation of English passive constructions and verbals used in the IAEA safety guides gives clear preference to the use of Russian indefinite-personal structures with verbs in the active voice in the 3rd person plural; the grammatical structures used in the translation of the IAEA publications in question generally correspond to the grammatical structures used in the Rostechnadzor regulatory documents, which is predetermined by the information nature and ensures a fairly high similarity of their style.

Lost in Translation: The Vital Role of Medical Translation in Global Medical Communications

In today's globalized world, translating scientific and medical content is vital to bridging language barriers and facilitating communication among diverse audiences. This article dives deep into the importance of medical translation and provides key best practices to ensure accurate and high-quality translations.
 Effective medical translators must possess strong writing skills in both the source and target languages to accurately convey the intended message while maintaining the tone and style of the original document. Developing and finalizing content in one language before translation streamlines the process and enhances the quality of the translation.
 Translators should seek clarification and ask questions during the translation process to deliver an error-free final version. Understanding medical terminology in both source and target languages is crucial, and staying updated with the latest terminology is essential for accurate translations. Utilizing a bilingual glossary or creating one in collaboration with the client helps ensure translation accuracy.
 While machine translations have limitations, computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools like SDL Trados, MemoQ, Wordfast, and OmegaT improve efficiency and consistency. These tools, equipped with translation memory and terminology management features, support human translators in their work.
 Medical translation plays a significant role in global medical communication, alongside regulatory writing, scientific publications, health communication, professional education, promotional writing, and grant writing. It is essential for effective communication and accurate information exchange in the scientific community.
 In conclusion, accurate medical translation is crucial for effective communication and collaboration in the global scientific community. Adhering to best practices ensures precise and high-quality translations, facilitating the sharing of scientific knowledge across languages.

Using Machine Translation Error Identification to Improve Translation Students’ Post-Editing Skills

Attempts to investigate challenges facing translation students in post-editing remain limited in literature. This research investigates a common challenge observed during post-editing training using SDL Trados 2021 which is deciding whether to post-edit MT output or translate from scratch. Making such decisions by translation students may need more focused procedures and criteria to improve this decision-making capability. The current research suggests integrating MT error identification proposed by Daems J, Vandepitte S, Hartsuiker RJ and Macken L (2016) as a basic criterion to undertake post-editing process and tested its effects on improving their performance in post-editing process regarding decision making and time consumed. A quasi- experimental approach was adopted, and the experiment was applied on thirty (30) translation students at university level divided into a control group and an experimental group. A pre-test was given to both groups to identify both performance and time consumed in the post-editing process. MT error identification techniques and Statistical MT error types were introduced in a five-day workshop using a task-based approach to instruct the experimental group. The control group received traditional post-editing training with no focus on MT error types. A post-test was administered to both groups to test the improvement in post-editing skills. The findings showed the significant improvement in students’ post-editing skills. This research would contribute to enhancing translation training courses provided to cope with the continuous advancement in translation technologies and market needs.

In search of the recurrent units of translation

Translation memory systems aim to reuse previously translated texts. Be-cause the operational unit of the first-generation translation memory sys-tems is the sentence, such systems are only useful for text types in which full-sentence repetition frequently occurs. Second-generation sub-sentential translation memory systems try to remedy this problem by providing addi-tional translation suggestions for sub-sentential chunks. In this paper, we compare the performance of a sentence-based translation memory system (SDL Trados Translator’s Workbench) with a sub-sentential translation memory system (Similis) on different text types. We demonstrate that some text types (in this case, journalistic texts) are not suited to be translated by means of a translation memory system. We show that Similis offers useful additional translation suggestions for terminology and frequent multiword expressions.

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ПЕРЕКЛАДУ АНГЛІЙСЬКОМОВНИХ ІНСТРУКЦІЙ ІЗ ЗАСТОСУВАННЯМ ДОДАТКОВИХ ЗАСОБІВ У СЕРЕДОВИЩАХ SDL TRADOS STUDIO Й MEMOQ TRANSLATOR PRO

The presented research focuses upon the analysis of additional specific tools (namely translation memory (TM) technologies) of SDL Trados Studio 2017 and MemoQ Translator Pro 2017 automated translation systems and their application for translation of English-language instructions into Ukrainian. With the help of the above-mentioned software tools 60 English-language operating instructions for household appliances have been translated into Ukrainian (three projects were created in both systems, each containing 10 instructions). TM is a database consisting of segments of source text (sentences, paragraphs, headings, etc.) and translations of each of these segments. TM, used in both SDL Trados Studio and MemoQ Translator Pro systems, significantly improves the quality, speed, consistency and efficiency of each translation task. SDL Trados Studio 2017 and MemoQ Translator Pro 2017 compare content of the current segment of the source file with segments of the same language already contained in the TM. If the system finds a similar segment that is currently stored in the TM, it prompts the translator to use a ready-made translation. The degree of equivalence between the segment of the source document and the segment contained in the TM is expressed as a percentage. Thus, both software tools capture the cases of «Exact match», «Perfect match» and «Fuzzy match». SDL Trados Studio 2017 andMemoQ Translator Pro 2017 slightly differ in segment statuses and colour segment marking. Both systems do not make adjustments automatically, but their identification and navigation capabilities allow one to quickly correct such errors by hand. Unfortunately, the initial focus on the Russian-language market (and, consequently, on the Russian language system) has led to another peculiarity of automated translation into Ukrainian in SDL Trados Studio and MemoQ Translator Pro systems, namely a large number of stylistic errors that require quality personalized correction.

A Good Computer-assisted Translation Tool Wordfast for PPT Translation

As China develops very fast, it becomes an attractive market for foreign enterprises. A large number of documents such as technical instructions, product manuals, company websites need to be translated. High-equality translations are needed. Computer-aided translation is on the rise since it can improve translation quality and efficiency. Wordfast Pro as the second most widely used CAT tools after SDL Trados gets little attention for translators in China. After comparing some features of three computer-assisted translation tool: wordfast, SDL Trados and Memsource, it is found that Wordfast is easier to handle for PPT translations from English to Chinese. This paper will illustrate the translation procedures, problems and some recommendations using Wordfast. Through analysis of empirical studies of some instruction translation of PPT files, the author has proved the advantages of wordfast in dealing with PPT file in terms of interface, terminology management, translation omissions and network dependency. After reviewing the translation procedures and problems, it will facilitate those translators who intend to start using Wordfast and know more about it and speed up the translators’ work. Based on the current user experience, some recommendations for the software developers are also put forward which is of practical significance to improve the quality of CAT software. The suggestions for communication between clients and translators can improve the efficiency and make both sides feel satisfied.

SDL Trados and Tmxmall: A Comparative Study of Computer-Aided Translation Tools

<p>Technological development has brought about a series of changes, including influences on the traditional translation industry which is unable to meet the future needs due to its low efficiency and limited forms. Computer-aided translation software, shortened as CAT software, is therefore developed. Featuring powerful memory and fast computing speed of computers, CAT software allows translators to give full scope to creativity, which enhances traditional translation efficiency. In recent years, both CAT software and cloud translation software have been rapidly developed. The latter is built based on cloud computing technology, and is emerging one after another. This article, taking such CAT software as SDL Trados and such cloud translation platform as Tmxmall as examples, studies similarities and differences between the two different kinds of tools in terms of operation interface, translation project management and corpus management. By analyzing features of the two tools, this article seeks to provide references for translators and software engineers.</p>

Multilingual Global E-Learning Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Curriculum for Front Line Health Care Providers in Resource-Limited Countries: Development Study.

BackgroundElectronic learning (e-learning) is a widely accessible, low-cost option for learning remotely in various settings that allows interaction between an instructor and a learner.ObjectiveWe describe the development of a free and globally accessible multilingual e-learning module that provides education material on topics in pediatric endocrinology and diabetes and that is intended for first-line physicians and health workers but also trainees or medical specialists in resource-limited countries.MethodsAs complements to concise chapters, interactive vignettes were constructed, exemplifying clinical issues and pitfalls, with specific attention to the 3 levels of medical health care in resource-limited countries. The module is part of a large e-learning portal, ESPE e-learning, which is based on ILIAS (Integriertes Lern-, Informations- und Arbeitskooperations-System), an open-source web-based learning management system. Following a review by global experts, the content was translated by native French, Spanish, Swahili, and Chinese–speaking colleagues into their respective languages using a commercial web-based translation tool (SDL Trados Studio).ResultsPreliminary data suggest that the module is well received, particularly in targeted parts of the world and that active promotion to inform target users is warranted.ConclusionsThe e-learning module is a free globally accessible multilingual up-to-date tool for use in resource-limited countries that has been utilized thus far with success. Widespread use will require dissemination of the tool on a global scale.

Nouvelles technologies et Mémoires de Traduction : Quel apport pour la Traduction Spécialisée ?

New Technologies and Translation Memory systems: An overview of their contribution to the field of specialized translation
 This paper aims to accurately show new technologies’ contribution, such as Translation Memory (TM) systems- to the field of specialized translation. Thus, we are seeking to illustrate Translation memory outcome and efficiency while dealing with both legal and medical discourses, through relevant examples and results analysis, as referring to their own specificities. Meanwhile, we have selected the TM system called SDL Trados Studio, with a presentation of its several functionalities.

Investigating the Use of TM Tools in Translating IBC into Chinese: A Pilot Study on SDL Trados Studio

Being one of the most widely used software applications in the localisation of digital information, translation memory (hereinafter referred to as “TM”), along with other translation technologies constitutes a new yet important field of interdisciplinary study between computer science and translation. By assessing the application of TM in the subdomain of Civil Engineering in scientific translation, this pilot study sheds light on the strengths and shortcomings of TM and suggests possible areas for further research.

Grammatical Difficulties of Automatic Translation of Scientific and Technical Literature

The article is devoted to the analysis of grammatical difficulties encountered in the process of automatic translation. The paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the SDL Trados automatic translation service. The types of grammatical errors when translating scientific and technical texts in SDL Trados are classified, the ways of overcoming them are outlined. Key words: scientific and technical literature, automatic translation, grammatical difficulties.

Implementation of the automated quality control of the linguistic product in the computer-assisted translation systems SDL Trados and MemoQ

Implementation of the automated quality control of the linguistic product in the computer-assisted translation systems SDL Trados and MemoQ

TESTING EFFICIENCY OF THE METHODOLOGY OF TEACHING STUDENTS MAJORING IN PHILOLOGY TO TRANSLATE TEXTS USING CAT-TOOLS: A PILOT STUDY

The article describes the results of introducing the newly developed methodology of teaching students majoring in philology to translate social and political texts from English into Ukrainian with the help of one of the leading computer-assisted translation software tools (CAT-tools) – SDL Trados. The course “Modern Translation Technologies. CAT-tools” included four thematic blocks (translating files of various formats; creating and managing term bases; creating translation memories based on existing translations (alignment) and managing them; managing translation projects) and three sub-systems of exercises (preparatory exercises, exercises for developing skills in translation with the help of CAT-tools, exercises for developing abilities in translation with the help of CAT-tools). The pilot study was carried out in the form of natural vertical experimental teaching which lasted during the second semester of 2015/2016 academic year (March – May). The subjects included 12 fifth year students of the Department of English Translation Theory and Practice of the School of Foreign Languages of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University majoring in translation. The course was introduced to the students during three months (24 academic hours), two academic hours per week. The stages of the experimental teaching included the following: preparing the experiment, realising it, processing the results and interpreting them. The comparison of the students’ average results obtained before and after the experimental teaching allows to state that there is a substantial increase in students’ proficiency in translating social and political texts from English into Ukrainian with the help of CAT-tools while the increase in students’ proficiency in translating similar texts from English into Ukrainian by hand is definitely low and can’t be regarded even as a satisfactory one. The results of the experimental teaching show that the hypothesis preconceived at the very beginning of the study is confirmed.

Machine Translation in the Hands of Trainee Translators – an Empirical Study

Abstract Automated translation (machine translation, MT) is systematically gaining popularity among professional translators, who claim that editing MT output requires less time and effort than translating from scratch. MT technology is also offered in leading translator’s workstations, e.g., SDL Trados Studio, memoQ, Déjà Vu and Wordfast. Therefore, the dilemma arises: should MT be introduced into formal translation training? In order to answer this question, first, it is necessary to understand how trainee translators actually use MT. This study is an attempt to obtain this knowledge. The methodology applied in this investigation is text analysis. During the experiment sessions the students were asked to translate a legal text using MT tools, which in practice meant the post-editing of the MT raw output. The post-edited versions of the text underwent analysis in order to answer the following research questions: - What are the most typical errors contained in both French and English MT output? - How critical are the students towards the text generated by MT? - How perceptive are the students during the post-editing task? - Are they able to detect and correct errors using their knowledge and skills? The results of this study suggest that the post-editing of the MT raw output is as demanding for translation students as traditional translation, however, it requires a different set of skills, such as critical thinking and perceptiveness. Therefore, a special kind of training related to the effective use of MT technology should be implemented during translation classes.

Introducing SDL Trados to Beginning Translators

Over years, translators have been incorporating new advances in technology into their work. A number of attempts in developing ideal translators workstations usingtechnology have been made, one of such stations is a Computer-Aided Translation(CAT) tool. CAT tools facilitate translators to increase their productivity and efficiencyby providing them with some utilities, such as a Translation Memory and an AlignmentTool to support their translation works. This article highlights the usefulness of SDLTrados 2014, as one of the most widely used paid CAT tools, in translating the textsmore effectively and in a timely manner. Further, it describes the basic steps in usingSDL Trados and exemplifies SDL Trados 2014 translation results. A sample text wastranslated from Indonesian to English using both Across (a free CAT tool) and SDLTrados (a paid CAT tool). Eventually, the results of translating using both CAT toolsappear to prove that SDL Trados helps the translators to translate more consistently,accurately, effectively and in a timely-manner. Keywords: CAT tools, SDL Trados, Across.

Technology for Large-Scale Translation of Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Pilot Study of the Performance of a Hybrid Human and Computer-Assisted Approach.

BackgroundThe construction of EBMPracticeNet, a national electronic point-of-care information platform in Belgium, began in 2011 to optimize quality of care by promoting evidence-based decision making. The project involved, among other tasks, the translation of 940 EBM Guidelines of Duodecim Medical Publications from English into Dutch and French. Considering the scale of the translation process, it was decided to make use of computer-aided translation performed by certificated translators with limited expertise in medical translation. Our consortium used a hybrid approach, involving a human translator supported by a translation memory (using SDL Trados Studio), terminology recognition (using SDL MultiTerm terminology databases) from medical terminology databases, and support from online machine translation. This resulted in a validated translation memory, which is now in use for the translation of new and updated guidelines.ObjectiveThe objective of this experiment was to evaluate the performance of the hybrid human and computer-assisted approach in comparison with translation unsupported by translation memory and terminology recognition. A comparison was also made with the translation efficiency of an expert medical translator.MethodsWe conducted a pilot study in which two sets of 30 new and 30 updated guidelines were randomized to one of three groups. Comparable guidelines were translated (1) by certificated junior translators without medical specialization using the hybrid method, (2) by an experienced medical translator without this support, and (3) by the same junior translators without the support of the validated translation memory. A medical proofreader who was blinded for the translation procedure, evaluated the translated guidelines for acceptability and adequacy. Translation speed was measured by recording translation and post-editing time. The human translation edit rate was calculated as a metric to evaluate the quality of the translation. A further evaluation was made of translation acceptability and adequacy.ResultsThe average number of words per guideline was 1195 and the mean total translation time was 100.2 minutes/1000 words. No meaningful differences were found in the translation speed for new guidelines. The translation of updated guidelines was 59 minutes/1000 words faster (95% CI 2-115; P=.044) in the computer-aided group. Revisions due to terminology accounted for one third of the overall revisions by the medical proofreader.ConclusionsUse of the hybrid human and computer-aided translation by a non-expert translator makes the translation of updates of clinical practice guidelines faster and cheaper because of the benefits of translation memory. For the translation of new guidelines, there was no apparent benefit in comparison with the efficiency of translation unsupported by translation memory (whether by an expert or non-expert translator).

Research of the Computer-Aided-Translation Software

In recent years, with the rapid development of computers, computer-aided-translation software has been used more often, which can improve the efficiency and quality of translation. This paper analyzes the characteristics of the four commonly used computer-aided-translation software at home and abroad--SDL Trados, Déjà Vu, Wordfast and Yaxin in satisfying different users’ needs, points out their characteristics and provides reference for those who are interested in computer-aided-translation technology.

A Corpus-based Machine Translation Method of Term Extraction in LSP Texts

To tackle the problems of term extraction in language specific field, this paper proposes a method of coordinating use of corpus and machine translation system in extracting terms in LSP text. A comparable corpus built for this research contains 167 English texts and 229 Chinese texts with around 600,000 English tokens and 900,000 Chinese characters. The corpus is annotated with mega-information and tagged with POS for further use. To get the key word list from the corpus, BFSU PowerConc software is used with the referential corpora of Crown and CLOB for English and TORCH and LCMC for Chinese. A VB program is written to generate the multi-word units, and then GOOGLE translators’ toolkit is used to get translation pairs and SDL trados fuzzy match function is applied to extract lists of multi-word terms and their translations. The results show this method has 70% of translated term pairs scoring 2.0 in a 0~3 grading scale with a 0.5 interval by human graders. The methods can be applied to extract translation term pairs for computer-aided translation of language for specific purpose texts. Also, the by-product comparable corpus, combined with N-gram multiword unit lists, can be used in facilitating trainee translators in translation. The findings underline the significance of combing the use of machine translation method with corpora techniques, and also foresee the necessity of comparable corpora building and sharing and Conc-gram extracting in this field.

Functional Analysis of Snowman CAT Standard Edition Translation Software Based on the Normal Distribution and Similarity Model

The snowman CAT is a kind of domestic computer aided translation software, compared with other mainstream snowman CAT software, such as SDL Trados, Deja Vu, Wordfast, memoQ, and YaXin snowman CAT, the learning curve about snowman CAT is not steep, but function has not a halfpenny the worse, in addition to the software its humanized design and easy-to-use properties that make it became the first introduction to snowman CAT teaching software. This paper attempts to functional analysis on snowman CAT 1.29 Chinese-English standard edition in systemic, so as to provide reference to classroom teaching of the computer aided translation.

Comparison of Déjà Vu X and Trados 7.0

The author will compare and evaluate two translation softwares Déjà Vu X (DVX) and SDL Trados 7.0 mainly from three aspects with his own E-C translation experience: the terminology databases, translation memories, and working interfaces used in DVX and SDL Trados 7.0 respectively, and will accordingly highlight the advantages and disadvantages of both, in the hope that this paper will be of certain help for the choice, application and evaluation of both tools.