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Achieving Translation Quality through Translation Memory

Siddig Ahmed Ali

College of Arts and Science at Arras, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia

E-mail: sidigahmed45@gmail.com

Accepted September 04, 2014

Abstract

This article aims to exhibit the significance of translation memory for professional human translators. It also encourages them to build their comprehensive TM programs. Moreover, human translator can use such memory by utilizing many software programs to conduct their jobs effectively and effortlessly. Translation memory is one of these programs, which aided human translator to save time; develop consistency and high quality of translation. Furthermore, the study enlightens the students of translation and novice translator the translators with ways of establishing translation memory. It illustrates the nature of TM by providing historical background, building TM and types of software. It reveals TM pros, cons and challenges faced by human translators with the nature of its systems. The research followed the descriptive method due to its approprriacy for the study. Finally, the study recommends the use of the TM especially for translation technical documents and volume documents as it enhance the quality of translation.

Keywords: Machine translation, Translation memory, fuzzy matches, Tados, competence, translation quality