Principles of Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT)
Andrew Rothwell, Joss Moorkens, María Fernández-Parra, Joanna Drugan, Frank Austermuehl · 2023
A key attribute of Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools is that they are designed to handle many different types of electronic documents, or files. An early approach to creating such a translation tool was to turn the familiar monolingual environment of Microsoft Word itself into a bilingual CAT editor. The newest generation of online CAT tools has reacted against this tendency by creating pared-down browser environments displaying a minimum of vital information, with many processes happening behind the scenes, out of the translator&s;s view. For a quick and simple job, a CAT tool can be used to translate a single SL file, with confirmed segments being sent to a new TM and use of a glossary or term-base optional. In the case of CAT tools, differences in architecture relate mainly to where the program resides and runs, and where the translation resources are stored.