This glossary contains the meanings of the words of the different CAT tools that people use when translating.
CAT
Noun
Computer-aided translation (CAT), also referred to as machine-assisted translation (MAT) or machine-aided human translation (MAHT), is the use of software to assist a human translator in the translation process.
Example: CAT Tools enable translators and editors to do their actual work of translating.
en: Traducción asistida por ordenador (TAO).
Copy-writing
Noun
Copywriting is the act or occupation of writing text for the purpose of advertising or other forms of marketing.
Example: Copywriting is important when selling a product.
en: Redacción.
Interpretation
Noun
Interpretation is the action of explaining the meaning of something.
Interpreting is an explanation of the spoken content in a native language.
Example: Marcos' interpretation was successful.
en: Interpretación
Language pair
Noun
Language Pair is the term used to define the source language and the target language. For example, for text that is being converted from Spanish to English, the language pair would be Spanish-English or sp-en.
Example: A language pair is formed when one language is translated into another language.
en: Par de idiomas
Literal translation
Noun
Literal translation, direct translation or word-for-word translation, is a translation of a text done by translating each word separately, without looking at how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence.
Example: Literal translation should be avoided when translating a text.
en: Traducción literal
Localization
Noun
Localization is the process of adapting the language, cultural, and technical content into readily acceptable usage for distinct markets.
Example: Localization transforms the entire product or content from one language to another.
en: Localización.
Machine translation (MT)
Noun
Machine Translation (MT) or automated translation is the translation of text from one language to another by computer without human intervention.
Example: Machine translation is an automatic translation from one language to another.
en: Traducción automática (MT).
Proof-Reading
Verb
Proofreading is the reading of a galley proof or an electronic copy of a publication to find and correct reproduction errors of text or art. Proofreading is the final step in the editorial cycle before publication.
Example: Proofreading is the final stage of checking a text before it is published or shared.
en: Corrección de pruebas
Source Culture
Noun
The source culture refers to the culture of teachers and learners, which in the paper is the Indonesian culture.
Example: The source culture is essential when translating.
en: Cultura de origen
Source Language
Noun
The definition of a source language is the language that is to be translated.
An example of a source language is Spanish when it needs to be translated into Italian.
Example: Source language means the language of the original speaker.
en: Idioma de origen.
Target Culture
Noun
The target culture is the culture in which the translated documents are intended.
Example: Target culture practices including daily life, customs, and cultural patterns.
en: Cultura de destino.
Target Language
Noun
Target language is the language into which a text, document, etc, is translated. Other definition of target language is a language that is being or is to be learnt.
Example: Normally, readers do not explicitly teach the pronunciation of the TARGET LANGUAGE.
en: Idioma de destino.
Transcreation
Noun
Transcreation is a concept used in the field of translation studies to describe the process of adapting a message from one language to another, while maintaining its intent, style, tone, and context.
Example: Transcreation is the merger of two words: translation and creation.
en: Transcreación
Transcription
Noun
The process of transcription is to write down recorded audio or spoken words in their original language, with complete, word for word accuracy. Transcription can apply to music, video and film. Transcripts are always written in the language being spoken, so if the source language is English, the transcript will be in English too.
Example: the student used the transcription to write down what his teacher sent him by audio.
en: Transcripción.
Translation Memory
Noun
A translation memory is a database that stores "segments", which can be sentences, paragraphs or sentence-like units that have previously been translated, in order to aid human translators.
The translation memory stores the source text and its corresponding translation in language pairs called “translation units”.
Example: A translation memory is a dictionary of previously translated sentences.
