TM exchanges?
So how do companies use their TMs with a translator? By using the TM exchange formats accepted by most TM software applications. This is known as the TMX format which stands for Translation Memory Exchange format. The TMX standard improves over time with newer versions from its initial 1.0 release like 1.4b are available. Other important terms in the TM world are TBX which is TermBase Exchange, and SRX which is Segmentation Rules Exchange which are also exchanged. There are quiet a large number of competing applications using TMs with SDL Trados as the clear leader, but others like STAR transit, Wordfast, Deja Vu, and MetaTexis commanding loyal followings among translators. Currently our company supports and uses SDLTrados 2007 where appropriate or requested.
