Computer Aided Translation (CAT) Tools
Computer Aided Translation (CAT) Tools What are CAT tools and what they do? CAT stands for computer assisted translation. A CAT tool is a software or program that assists a translator in managing one’s translation on a computer, making it more efficient and easier to perform the task. The several aspects of a CAT tool are, retaining a memory of the translation, dividing the text into logical segments, presenting the segments on screen for ease of viewing, and so on. What CAT tools will NOT do: translate automatically What CAT tools WILL do divide the text into coherent units, phrases, or sentences, known as segments, make it easier to view each segment by highlighting and spacing it out, save the translation made by a translator and store it in the translation memory (TM), In short, a took automates tasks related to translation. In this way the translation process can be made more efficient. Hence a CAT tool does not actually perform the translation, but simply p...