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Translation Glossary
Here are terms used in the translation industry.
Localization
Localization is the process of adapting a product or service for a particular country or region. This includes translation, but goes beyond it. Localization means making sure that graphics, colors, and sound effects are culturally appropriate, and that things like dates, calendars, measurement units and monetary notations are in the correct format.
Machine-aided translation (MAT)
Computer technology applications which assist in the translation of text from one spoken language to another, based on the concept of translation memory (TM) and the reuse of previously translated terms and sentences.
Machine translation (MT)
A technology that translates text from one human language to another, using terminology glossaries and advanced grammatical, syntactic and semantic analysis techniques.
Morphology
The branch of grammar that studies the structure or forms of words. The main branches are inflectional morphology, derivational morphology and compounding.
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