Resources for translators
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The document discusses resources for translators including translation standards, software tools for testing interoperability between systems, online reference materials, and corpus linguistics resources. It mentions several standards for exchanging translation data including TMX, SRX, and TBX. It also lists the Apsic Xbench tool for testing interoperability and several online references including Terminómetro, MyMemory, and language search engines. Finally, it defines what a corpus is and notes tools like TextStat can help with tasks like identifying collocations through corpus analysis.
Resources for translators
- 1. Massive amount of tools CTILP/UPM-Sep 09: Resources for translators Compendium of translation software How about interoperability?
- 2. L10N Standards CTILP/UPM-Sep 09: Resources for translators • Translation Memory eXchange (TMX): exchange of translation memory (TM) data. • Segmentation Rules eXchange (SRX): define how their tools segment text. • Term-Base eXchange (TBX): exchange of structured terminological data. • Global Information Management Metrics eXchange - Volume (GMX-V). standard way to count characters and words
- 3. Apsic Xbench CTILP/UPM-Sep 09: Resources for translators Demo Apsic Xbench
- 4. Reference Material CTILP/UPM-Sep 09: Resources for translators • Terminómetro • MyMemory • Language Search Engine • JRC • TermEsp • CREA
- 5. Corpus Linguistics CTILP/UPM-Sep 09: Resources for translators • Corpus: a collection of texts in a machine- readable format making up a representative sample of a language or sublanguage. • Benefits: collocations, guess and check • Tools: TextStat