First Language
A person's first language, native language or mother tongue is the language that was learned first by the person. Thus, the person is called a native speaker of the language.

Freelance Translator
Self-employed translator, who works for a variety of clients on a per-project basis. Often specializes in one or more particular fields, such as legal, financial, medical, or technical.

Full match
Also known as "100% match." A source text segment which corresponds exactly (100%) with a previously stored sentence in a translation memory (TM) tool.

Fuzzy match
Refers to the situation when a sentence or phrase in a translation memory (TM) is similar (but not a 100% match) to the sentence or phrase the translator is currently working on. The TM tool calculates the degree of similarity (or “fuzziness”) as a percentage figure.

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