Computer - Assisted Translation

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Computer-Assisted Translation

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Rationale for IT Applications to Translation
“A computer is a device that can be used to magnify
human productivity. Properly used, it does not
dehumanize by imposing its own Orwellian stamp on
the products of human spirit ……….
………..Translation is a fine and exacting art, but
there is much about it that is mechanical and routine,
if this were given over to a machine, the productivity
of the translator would not only be magnified but this
work would become more rewarding, more exciting,
more human.”

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What is a CAT tool…
CAT is an acronym standing for Computer Assisted
Translation .
It is a software which allows
to store in a data base
original texts in one language, aligned with their
translation in one or more
other languages.

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…and what is it for?
• Wordcount,
obtained by
comparing
the contents
of a
• Together
with a word
processor, it
allows to
use extisting
translations
in the data

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What is it NOT for?
• The concept of assisted
translation is different from the
concept of machine translation

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Word processing
Management of common formats (doc, rtf)
• Management of tagged formats html, xml)
• Quality assurance
• Data base Standard and custom fields
• Search options

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How do they do it?
• A “suite” of programs working separately (SDL
Trados)
• A program running inside another (Wordfast y
SDL Trados)
• Only one program processing both the text and
the data base (Déjà Vu, Transit, across...)

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• https://www.trados.com/solutions/terminologymanagement/

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TEXT FOR THE PRACTICAL TASK
• Natural gas, mainly methane, has been known and
utilized since the ancient Greek and Chinese civilizations.
Natural gas began playing a prominent role in the energy
market as early as the 1780s, during the start of the
Industrial Revolution, where it was used in the United
Kingdom as a source of lighting for homes and streets.
Baltimore became the first city in the United States to light
its streets using natural gas by the mid-1880s.

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• Currently, natural gas enjoys a significant share in the
primary energy mix market compared to other fossil fuel
sources (oil and coal) as well as renewables and other
sources (hydro and nuclear). The contribution of natural
gas as a primary energy source increased by almost 40%
from 1995 to 2017, and as the fastest-growing fuel per
annum, its share is expected to reach 30% by 2035 [1, 2].

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• Countries with the largest natural gas reserves are
Russia (∼1,688 trillion cubic feet (tcf)), Iran (∼1,187
tcf), Qatar (∼890 tcf), the United States of America
(∼388.8 tcf), Turkmenistan (∼353 tcf), Saudi Arabia
(∼290 tcf), United Arab Emirates (∼215 tcf), Venezuela
(∼195 tcf), Nigeria (∼182 tcf), and Algeria (∼159 tcf).
These countries control almost 80% of the proven
global natural gas reserves [3].

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• The figure shows the apparent rise of natural gas
demand in the United States and the rest of the world as
a result of the significant enhancement in shale gas
production, while the forecast shows a slight decrease in
demand for the European nations. The world’s largest
consumers of natural gas are the United States, Russia,
China, and Iran, while the most significant producers are
Russia, the United States, Canada, Qatar, and Iran.
• Qatar, a small country in the Middle East, is a good
example of a success story in natural gas production
and monetization since it is the fourth-largest producer
of natural gas