subject: Translation Management Systems-accelerates Content Localization [print this page] Translation is defined by Wikipedia as, the method of communicating the meaning of a source-language text into an equivalent target-language text. The word translation is derived from the Latin translatio that means "to carry across" or "to bring across. With the theory and practice of translation dating back to early Greek times, translators have always played a major role but they have also risked into inappropriate spill-overs of source language over the target language. However, with the industrial revolution the demands of translation services in the field of business documentation gained importance. As technology advanced, these requirements have shaped the development of machine translation and computer assisted translation.
A language being a vast interconnecting system of connotations and cultural references, a competent translator needs to be multilingual and multicultural. The advent of the Internet however, has fostered the growth of a worldwide market of translation services to meet the demands of the globalized world. The globalization of the industrial sectors brings in the demands for localization of information. A translation management systems handles the end-to-end processes of translating and localizing information. Irrespective of the industry sector, whether it is the demand for automotive language technologies or the electronic language technologies, translation management systems facilitates the localization mangers to provide consistent content across languages for entry into new markets.
Web-based human translation is generally favored by companies and individuals for secure and more accurate translations. However, the emergence of the translation memory techniques and translation management system works to integrate the people, content and languages of a database with the help of integration standards and technologies. Further by providing the best solutions with reduced translation costs ensures significant growth and savings opportunities for the enterprises. The translation management system provides enterprises with
an accelerated translation delivery and improved translation quality
clarity, control and visibility across the translated content, cost and volume
facilitates increased collaboration and integration between translators, departments and vendors
Streamlines the translation process across the enterprise.
Leading service providers offer innovative translation process management systems as a workflow solution for global organizations. Being a web based application, this provides translation management functions such as:
advanced linguistic technology
process automation
content integration
business management services
flexible customization
Further, these translation management systems in the form of enterprise translation servers accelerates the localization process for any content and facilitates teams to automate and manage voluminous high quality translations within budget. Further, this helps the teams to effectively control the localization across the organization while working with multiple vendors through a centralized solution.
