What are the advantages of using Translation Memory tools?
Translation memory tools are applications that enable us to store translated text in linguistic databases. These databases, or “translation memories”, can be used on future projects, whether they involve the translation of new documents or the revision of existing documents. Use of translation memory tools saves clients money, shortens project turnaround times, and results in a more linguistically consistent translation. Of the more widely used memory tools, ICD believes that the power and flexibility of SDL Trados® makes this application the most efficient and effective tool for managing multilingual databases. The SDL Trados suite can save our clients time and money because the tool allows us to reuse previously translated material for future projects. SDL Trados also interfaces well with a variety of publishing and web creation programs, such as Microsoft® Word, Adobe® FrameMaker®, InDesign®, and PageMaker®, Quark® QuarkXpress®, Interleaf, HTML, and XML. With SDL Trados, files are c