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Translation & localization

1) The converting of one language into another for the purpose of facilitating understanding and 2)The process of adapting a language for a specific country or region, or translation of a product into another language so it is marketable in a specific country or region

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translation memory

Translation & localization; Translation

A translation memory is a linguistic database that continually captures your translations as you work for future use. All previous translations are accumulated within the ...

software as a servcie (SaaS)

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Software as a Service (SaaS) is a software distribution model in which applications are hosted by a vendor or service provider and made available to customers over a network, ...

crowdsourcing

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Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, and especially from an online community, ...

terminology management

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Acronyms, synonyms and abbreviations can cause frustration for translators, especially when attempting to translate them without a clear understanding of their meaning. Terminolog ...

wiki

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A collaborative Web site comprises the perpetual collective work of many authors. Similar to a blog in structure and logic, a wiki allows anyone to edit, delete or modify content ...

Mediawiki

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MediaWiki is a free and open source wiki software, used to power wiki websites such as Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Commons, developed by the Wikimedia Foundation and others. It also ...

translation memory system

Translation & localization; Translation

A translation memory system does not create a machine translation; rather, it is a method of re-using previous translations. The translation memory, a database of translations, ...