Site Translator 4.17

What is Translation Memory?

Let us try to understand how Machine Translation works. Machine Translation replaces words and phrases from one language and their equivalents into another.  However, it is unable to differentiate between a particular word having a different meaning.  For instance, "lead" can mean "a very dense metal used in fishing sinkers" or "to command others."  Understanding sentences and translating is a complex procedure. The meaning of the source text has to be understood.  The main challenge in Machine Translation is understanding the nuances of both the source and the target language.

For each possible combination of supported languages, Translation Memory stores a list of paired phrases: Source and Translated.  For instance, in the Spanish to English list you might find this:

There is a tendency to translate the same words and phrases repeatedly, when translating web pages that are about the same topic.  If the Machine Translation is inaccurate, you can edit the Translation Memory to change how a particular phrase is translated.  You can edit the results of Machine Translation, or hire people to translate certain key text for your organization and provide a consistent and accurate translation.

Translation Memory is based on fuzzy logic. It can give good results even when the match is not perfect.

Our translation server uses state-of-the-art language interpretation technology to give the best possible translation for text in the supported languages.  Our dictionaries are regularly updated. Therefore, translations will continue to improve over time.