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How To Clean A TM And Not Die Trying

As we mentioned in a previous post, cleaning the translation memory (TM) of one of our largest and oldest clients was a task that required the use of Xbench and

December 7, 2018

Human Resources’ Supporting Role

It goes without saying that any company when growing in size needs to put more emphasis in organizing its Human Resources functions. It may even include developing its own department

December 1, 2018

MT: From Babel to Metropolis

As a reflection on one of the very first cinematic explorations on the relationship between technology and mankind, the film Metropolis (considered to be one of the first science fiction

October 24, 2018

How to Translate Microsoft Visio Files

Computer Assisted Translation tools (or CAT tools) recognize text from a great diversity of file formats, thus are able to calculate the word count and analyze how many of them

October 12, 2018

Usability: How much is too much?

In our last post on usability, we briefly touched on Machine Translation’s role in the matter and the tools that can be useful to achieve a desired final product. This

September 11, 2018

Machine Translation and Usability: Blessing or Curse?

Some will say that the postmodern days of the machine translation (MT) era might have brought along a lot more options when it comes to fulfilling clients’ needs. Others would

September 7, 2018

Praise the Dog

Dog parents have always believed that their pooch understands every word that is spoken to them. It is not rare to find people talking to their dogs while on a

August 29, 2018

“Conservas Lazo,” Pre-Editing & The Machine Translation Odyssey

I don’t think I’ll ever forget one of the first times I used Google translate when I wrote the name James Bond in the English>Spanish translator. The result was “Conservas

May 16, 2018

Towards a Paperless Future: Is your Company Ready for the Revolution?

Last time we established that the translation industry is one of the most document-heavy industries around. So why should any of our companies consider going paperless? Well, for as long

May 12, 2018

Don’t Get Tagged in Translation

Clients look for quality, that is something irrefutable and that we have to comply with. But, in order to provide a quality job, we need to start from the beginning,

May 11, 2018

[illegible text]: The Translation Industry’s Eternal Karma?

So, to change our usual subject a bit, I’ve been asked to dedicate a few lines to my own personal experience dealing with complicated documents. Working for major medical, insurance

March 20, 2018

MT: Every Titan has its Achilles Heel

We’ve debated many times in the past about the “natural” advantages Machine Translation might have over our fellow translators composed of mere “flesh and bone.” Their lives decaying and finite

February 3, 2018

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