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1. Universidad deValladolid FACULTAD DE TRADUCCI N E INTERPRETACI N Grado en Traducci n e Interpretaci n TRABAJO FIN DE GRADO FREE CAT TOOLS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE OmegaT Presentado por Veronica Nicoleta Anica Tutelado por Ana Mar a Alconchel Soria 2014 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Content ACKNOWLEDGEMENT airada rodeada ies ise 4 INTRODUCTION ssiiisari a AA Ai A 6 1 Connection With competencis erronea nann AE EERE ANE AAE ANSERA EEREN AEE T 1 1 General COMPETENCIES irinen aer aaen anaE ENE CER SAAKS ONE REAA TAE EAER dais T T2 Specie competentie Sea irradian ainda 8 TSPURPOSE drsa a e a ae a a a a a Aa OEE 10 2 METHODOLOGY A A Ge A T 11 Il THEORETICAL APPROACH s icsctiseiesssdacisirndent lennon 13 4 Translation and technology ccs neki ad 13 1 1 Technological advances and the process of globalization ceseceeeseeeeseeteeeeeeettees 13 2 Benefits of technology in translation ooccocccccnncconccononnnnnannnnnncn nene nena nnnn rre 15 3 New tendencies in translati Mini e a a creanme 18 4 Whatare CAT TOO Sian ad Won a aaa a aiaia 20 4 1 Translation Memory TM ccccccccssccecesseneeeeeseeeeeesseeeeeesseneeeesseeeeeeesenseeeesenseeessenseeeesenees 22 4 2 Terminology Management SysSteMS cococcnccccnonccononnnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnn nn nnnn cnn rene renace 24 AS AlNBNMENTELOOS cia A AA id 26 4 4 Localization OO Sidi tario ae it 28 5 Free and op
2. Fuzzy Matches 1 Watch our video guide on how to use FutureLearn Vea el video para aprender a usar FutureLearn lt 40 40 65 gt Figure 11 Example of how the text is displayed in the fuzzy matches pane The selected fuzzy match is highlighted in bold words that are missing in the segment we are translating are colored blue If we are satisfied with the translation suggestion from the fuzzy match pane we can select it with CTRL 1 in this case The suggestions are numbered because it is easier to insert them with a simple hotkey combination so we do not have to interrupt the translation process In the moment when we decide to move to the next segment usually the tool automatically selects the first fuzzy match but we may choose a different one by pressing CTRL and the correspondent number In the example above the source segment is How it works and the top match is 100 because all the words match 42 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 2 3 Translation memory 5 21 Ome Project Edit Go To View Tools Options Help a tween oE eo 4 1 How it works FutureLearn https www futurelearn com aboutihow it works _ C mo funciona lt T5IT5IS5 gt https Www futurelearn com abouthow it works _ Your browser lt s0 gt lt s0 gt is out of date S es gt lt Dictionary 00 How adv c mo qu tan cu n How adv conj Language Old English Origin
3. The scripting plugin allows us to run scripts that are written in different scripting languages in OmegaT On Sourceforge webpage we can download it for free and install it It is compatible with Mac OS Windows and Linux The installation process is the same as for all the other OmegaT plugins After we installed it a new submenu will be created in Tools Scripting In the Scripting dialog we can choose to load one for our current project These scripts work as macros and once we load them they scan through all the segments of our current project to find if there is a translation for them and then it will print out both the source and the target of those segments As we said before we are free to change the OmegaT source code We can help OmegaT not only by translating the interface or the manuals but we can also get involved in OmegaT team 53 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT projects There are some steps we need to follow as project manager in order to create the project and give access to other members We also need to be familiarized with Apache Subversion and Git version control systems supported by OmegaT The advantages of a VC Version Control system for a team of translators can be summarized as follows e Several team members can work on the translation project simultaneously without interfering with each other e They can share common material like project translation memory
4. days but after this trial period we have to pay to continue using it What they all have in common is the fact that they work with almost the same algorithm reason for which we will have a close look to a free CAT tool as it does not differ too much from the commercial ones Of course the fact that the last ones enjoy financial benefits and a team whose purpose is to improve them constantly makes them popular among translators but studies have shown that the algorithm used for these software has not change too much Bowker 2002 4 Another reason for which many translators work with certain specific commercial software like SDL Trados or MemoQ is in fact the popularity they have gained in time Most translation 21 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT agencies work with one or another and they recommend and sometimes impose to work with the same one Not so many years ago it was difficult for translators to defend their preferences in regards to CAT tools because they had to flex and adapt to the requirements of the translation agency they worked for or collaborated with in the case of freelance translators This problem was associated with the import or export process of the translation memory a database that is used for storage both of the source text and its translation However developers designed a format called TMX Translation Memory eXchange which made the transfer of translation memories m
5. Choose the next course assured poised too confident overconfident cocky brash not confident lack confidence be insecure be unsure of yourself _ Ela el siguiente curso 80 Education is infectious we re confident that you ll enjoy the FutureLearn experience so much you ll have signed up to another course befor La educaci n es contagiosa Estamos seguros de que disfrutar tanto con la experiencia de FutureLearn que se apuntar a otro curso antes incluso de https www futurelearn com courses Browse our courses to gel started Explora nuestros cursos http about futurelearn com terms cookie policy Machine Translation Multiple Translations Notes Comments Translated documents created 83 147 81 142 147 169 167 Figure 28 Editor window While we were translating the dictionaries we have installed offered suggestion to speed up the process and as we can see in the editor both the source text and the untranslated text were marked with different colors When we finished translating we have saved the project and selected Create translated documents from the Project menu To see the result of our translation we have retrieved the HTML file from the folder target of our project as we can see below 61 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT NN ST a a MR ir AU m e gt gt OmegaT Project VNA gt yl Buscar OmegaT Project VNA 2 Organizar a Abrir
6. international standards such as the Machine Readable Terminology Interchange 25 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Format MARTIF ISO 12200 A new standard known as Term Base eXchange TBX is currently under development by the Open Standards for Container Content Allowing Reuse OSCAR special interest group belonging to the Localization Industry Standards Association LISA Somers 2003 59 As regards to the file format the OSCAR group has developed a standard format for translation memories and terminology management systems as mentioned above These formats both TMX and TBX are revolutionary in the translation tool market because now translators can employ a single TM or TBX regardless of the one imposed by the client or the agency All this translated to time and money it is without any doubt a huge step ahead considering the fact that the import and export process of the data between different TM and TMS is no longer a problem Translators can choose the TM or TMS they prefer to work with which means that a large number of CAT tools developers are losing money In relation to this direction it is imperative to precise that many free CAT tools have incorporated these formats This means that translators do not need to purchase a CAT tool they are not trained to use or they simply dislike because now the TMS data can be read by TMS systems as well as TM data can be read by TM systems As a m
7. 67 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT r guid OmegaT S Search for guid Search O Exact search Keyword search Regular expressions Nr of results 3 Case sensitive Y In source Y In translations Y In notes Y Search TMs Display all results Author unknown _ Changed after 7 19 14 7 32 PM No _ Changed before 7 19 14 7 32 PM Number of results 1 000 Advanced Options 7 gt Watch our video guide on how to use FutureLearn Vea el video para aprender a utilizar FutureLearn 59 gt The quick start guide to how to learn with FutureLearn La gu a de inicio r pido para aprender a utilizar FutureLearn E E 83 gt You can discuss topics with each other and educators will offer guidance and answer questions Puede comentar los temas con otros estudiantes y los profesores le ofrecer n orientaci n y contestar n a sus preguntas Location Select Folder Search files Recursive search Remove Filter Filter Close Figure 33 Search dialogue window Moreover this search function is very complete allowing us to perform exact searches keywords searches or simply search for regular expressions In our opinion this feature could represent a great strength of Omega The glossary function not only saves time in terms of switching from OmegaT to a browser or other documentation tools to
8. Looking for new maintainer nts for Australian Canadian GB New South A Esperanto 343 o 0 Dominique Pell French 2450 2 6 Dominique Pell Agnes Souque Hugo Voisard 2006 2007 Galician 153 2 113 Susana Sotelo Docio Looking for co maintainer German 1879 is 95 Jan Schreiber Markus Brenneis Daniel Naber ariants for Austria Germany Swiss Greek 20 2 0 Panagiotis Minos Icelandic 33 o 0 Anton Karl Ingason Looking for new maintainer Italian 134 2 37 Paolo Bianchini Japanese 43 0 0 Takahiro Shinkai Looking for new maintainer Khmer 31 5 O Nathan Wells Lithuanian 4 i 0 Mantas Kriau i nas Looking for new maintainer Malayalam 12 1 0 Jithesh V S Looking for new maintainer Polish 1210 5 39 Marcin Mitkowski Portuguese 146 3 0 Marco A G Pinto Looking for a maintainer for Brazilian Portuguese ariants for Brazil Portugal Romanian 458 4 O lonut P duraru Looking for new maintainer Russian 317 5 21 Yakov Reztsov Slovak 55 2 0 Zdenko Podobn Slovenian 25 1 O Martin Srebotnjak Spanish 37 0 28 Juan Martorell Swedish 26 1 5 Niklas Johansson Looking for new maintainer Tagalog 4 0 0 Nathaniel Oco Allan Borra Ukrainian 191 Browse XML 5 0 Andriy Rysin Maksym Davydov The number of Java rules listed is only the number of rules specific to that language There are some rules that deal with punctuation and that apply to almost all languages Figure 23 Rules in LanguageTool 2 6 2 7 3 Scripting plugin
9. OmegaT will automatically divide it into segments and leave us the option to insert the target text to remove it afterwards if we want to or set a segment as empty by right clicking in that segment and selecting Set empty translation 41 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Watch our video guide on how to use FutureLearn ea el video para aprender a utilizar FutureLearn titps lwww futurelearn com assetsifavicon b363912806792c00acc269235279c001 ic0 lt EMPTY gt attps l www futurelearn com apple touch icon precomposed png sEMPTY gt https www futurelearn com apple touch icon 114x114 precomposed png feanmont ANNAAS Cut Fan 72x72 precomposed png Copy Paste 144x144 precomposed png Add glossary entry in fb091dd2770ecb3e01da64dd52cc11b8 css A 179b38485d7354d143aa7a4b84226 cs5 Set empty translation Remove translation Use as Default Translation sient XasP2x9K P2187 Create Alternative Translation e oce AAA AAA bo 2ateszo ee ee ante 2 eee neon b5b2a62afc0b36f9cc6e 1b7I922c3954e0a1cada1e15ee72480800911270e367905a050774390701704034d507cd6418890262945750dca14b807foef4657d32903e3c7441a3 ae gt Figure 10 How to set an empty translation segment Another very important feature of OmegaT is the fuzzy match When translating we have the option to insert the best fuzzy match which is shown in the Fuzzy Matches pane Basically a fuzzy match is a similar segment to our current source segment
10. Memory Technology Translation Computation Corpora Cognition 3 1 Somers H L 2003 Computers and translation a translator s guide Amsterdam J Benjamins Smolej V 2013 User s Guide Unknown Vito Smolej Sourceforge net 2014 SourceForge Download Develop and Publish Free Open Source Software online Available at lt http sourceforge net gt Accessed 27 Jun 2014 The Open Source Initiative The Open Source Initiative online Available at lt http opensource org gt Accessed 19 Jun 2014 TranslateMedia 2014 Going Freelance Guide to Becoming a Freelance Translator online Available at lt http www translatemedia com careers how to become a translator going freelance gt Accessed 25 Aug 2014 Unesco org 2014 Free and Open Source Software FOSS United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization online Available at lt http www unesco org new en communication and information access to knowledge free and open source software foss gt Accessed 25 Jun 2014 Vallianatou F 2005 Cat tools and productivity Tracking words and hours Translation Journal 9 4 online Available at lt http translationjournal net journal 34CAT htm gt Accessed 14 Jun 2014 73 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT ANNEXES The current paper comprises additional material to reinforce the assertions as regards to fre
11. all of subfolders so we do not have to worry about losing our work We may also notice that if the target segment is identical to the source segment OmegaT chooses not to register our translation but this does not mean we have to post edit the target text Those segments are also automatically transferred to the target text 45 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT https Awww futurelearn com Futurelearn Learning For Life BETA https www_futurelearn com abouthow it works global site nay container Figure 17 Segments automatically transferred to the target text All the segments translated in a project are saved as well even if we delete a source segment some matches may still appear because they were recorded before having done any changes Those segments saved in the TMX are called orphan segments or orphan strings and they could appear in the Match Viewer 2 3 1 Manipulating TMs As we said before translation memories are very useful tools because they gather all the translated segments with their matching source ones OmegaT allows us to recycle an existing TM created with the program itself or with another CAT tool Therefore if we have a new translation job that might be similar in terms of terminology or phraseology with an older one we can use one of the OmegaT TMs There are few easy steps we need to follow in order to be able to take advantage of our previous work Firstly we ne
12. alternative to commercial software OmegaT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Firstly would like to extend my deepest gratitude to Miss Isabel Comas Mart nez for providing me help and guidance generous support and for impelling my interest in CAT tools reason for which my next academic step is heading towards this direction would also like to thank Dr Judith Carrera Fernandez for her valuable time and helpful comments Finally very very special thanks belongs to Razvan Dumitrescu for his support and endless patience Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT RESUMEN El presente trabajo fin de grado trata sobre las herramientas gratuitas de traducci n asistida por ordenador en concreto las caracter sticas de OmegaT La parte te rica del trabajo se centra en el impacto que tienen la tecnolog a y la globalizaci n en el mbito de la traducci n Consecuentemente el trabajo aporta una aproximaci n te rica elemental a las diferentes herramientas TAO disponibles en el mercado El trabajo intenta explicar los sistemas tecnol gicos espec ficos m s prevalecientes memorias de traducci n sistemas de gesti n terminol gica y herramientas de alineamiento y localizaci n para un mayor entendimiento del funcionamiento y de la utilidad de las herramientas TAO gratuitas y consiguientemente para reconocer la importancia de introducirlas como asignatura en el plan de estudios de Traducci n e Interpretaci n Por ltimo el
13. and its glossary e Every three minutes by default an updated version of data shared is available to the rest of the team e The system maintains versioning for data shared e Conflicts for instance alternative translations of the same segment or glossary entry can be monitored resolved and merged Smolej 2013 96 Additionally there is another way of improving our fuzzy and glossary match results We can download and install a stopword list which removes prepositions conjunctions and other less important elements from the token stream 54 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 3 Impressions After examining the tool we can say that OmegaT represents an excellent free and open source CAT tool which is worth introducing in our workstation Starting with the user interface which is composed in two main sections the editor in the left and the fuzzy match the glossary and the dictionary on the right we can say that it is accessible efficient and enjoyable It is very basic indeed and if we have previously worked with a commercial CAT tool we might tend to underestimate the quality of the tool However once we get used to it we actually find it very efficient because it has incorporated the main interactive aspects of the tool Another great strength of OmegaT is the way it generates all the source translation memory glossary dictionary and target subfolders This way of orga
14. and help files included in computer software applications and the translation of websites Alcina 2008 1 Given these facts we can say that localization is closely linked with technology and globalization as localization is seen as a process to facilitate globalization by addressing linguistic and cultural barriers with the help of technology O Hagan 2002 66 To this extent translation and localization have progressively changed the translation practice because nowadays this offline process has transferred online and collaborative As regards to the collaborative capability of the Internet it is interesting to mention the relatively recent creation of a new phenomenon the crowdsourcing This consists in the cooperative Internet task solving which was initially posted by an individual a company or why not an institution Indubitably companies are the one that gain more benefits from crowdsourcing considering Heer and Bostok s Heer amp Bostock 2010 1 affirmation Crowdsourcing is a relatively new phenomenon in which web workers complete one or more small tasks often for micro payments on the order of 0 01 to 0 10 per task as they are seen as rewards rather than payments Unfortunately crowdsourcing has some facets that affect the professional translation market in terms of that many translation jobs are carried by amateurs i e language connoisseurs and not experts in the field which implies more competition on th
15. and women equal opportunities the universal accessibility of people with disabilities and the inherent values of a culture of peace and democratic values Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 1 2 Specific competencies As regards to specific competences in this thesis we also identify specific competences related to the topic of our paper Also we were able to show how the tool we have chosen to analyze helps in the different translation phases Moreover we applied our acquired specific skills in defining CAT tools categorize them and show their main functions and components translation memories TM alignment tools terminology management and localization Lastly we were able to extract conceptual information from the OmegaT analysis to emphasize on the quality that this tool provides The following competences are the most conspicuous in this thesis e E17 Mastering basic concepts on the management of computer tools that facilitate both their use and their integration in the work of the translator e E18 Using basic computer tools as specific apparatus for assistance in the different phases of the translation process e E20 Learning about the most appropriate localization tools Effectiveness diversity of features that are intended to enhance the translation process ease of use different supported formats and files are just some of the advantages of using CAT tools More and more free CAT tool
16. final version is released to localization therefore the use of a localization tool is required even though sometimes additional edits or corrections are no longer stored in translation memory because usually these changes are made before releasing the product and there is the risk of losing all desktop publishing or testing work In this case the common practice is to update the translation memory separately Esselink 2000 22 As regards to the localization CAT tools these are used in conjunction with other computer aided translation tools such as translation memory systems and terminology management systems as stated above Quah 2006 20 Kin Quah divides the localization CAT tool in management tools which helps in keeping track of the complete localization project and translation tools the ones we have seen so far 31 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT goesseeemmmmmmmeesoscscoammmmmmecsecscccammmmmoocoscceommmmmmmoos seoce ammo occo ccoo o nn APA Aun AAA nea Operational management tools Project Localization Workflow management project management Document graphic Testing design validation Terminology Translation management memory Figure 7 Kin Quah s example of tools used in localization We have been focusing more on localization and its tools because the free tool we are about to summit to an exhaustive analyze besides being very helpful for translating general an
17. free and many of them were not integrated environments e Anaphraseus is a xliff editor an OpenOffice macro which works as a integrated document not environment e Heartsome is a translation memory editor therefore not suitable for our analysis e Across is free only for freelance translators and students and it is not open source 11 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT We also considered comparing OmegaT with Virtaal or ForeignDesk both free and open source but they were not as complete as OmegaT therefore it would not have been representative for our analysis In the third part we will analyze OmegaT we will examine the interface and its functioning and we will go through all its features project properties translation memory terminology management machine translation aligner and plugins We will focus on providing insights of this tool to see if its users can obtain very good results as in quality productivity and efficiency with a free and open source CAT tool We have chosen this analysis criteria because we considered it was the most appropriate one as these are the main features of the tool Furthermore we will state our opinion about this tool and we will perform an exercise translating a webpage with OmegaT to observe its running when translating other format than docx Subsequently we will show the results of the exercise along with advantages and disadvantages of OmegaT tha
18. in Annex 3 the results are very satisfactory The translated webpage is almost identical with the original as OmegaT transferred all the tags successfully We have discovered a small inconvenience while we were translating OmegaT does not inform us when we misspell a word It is true we can run the Spellchecker when we finish translating but we consider it would have been useful and time saving to highlight the word so we can correct it when we are working on that particular segment 62 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Please enable JavaScript or consider upgrading your browser lt p gt Habilite JavaScript o actualice el navegador lt p gt https viewvzaar com 1546771 download Dicionary 60 iow length n largo distancia largueza largura longitud metraje duraci n pedazo trozo tramo trecho a Descargar el video length 2 1 sae 2 time hitps ugc futurelearn com other_assets futureleam transcript about howitworks pdf 3 books films ete 4 nun stretch walk etc the full length of something View transcript 5 shoulder length mes length etc 6 go to some great any lengths to do something 7 at some great etc length 8 the length and breadth of the area country land etc Ver transcripci n The quick start guide to how to learn with FutureLearn 9 piece La gu a de inicio r pido para aprender a utilizar FutureLeam 10 in races 11 swimming
19. made it impossible It is certain that now they had to acquire new skills in order to identify which data is accurate and which is not but this is only a small concession in exchange to the great advantages this technological era has brought While we were still debating on advantages and disadvantages of technology this transition has been already made and we were scarcely aware of The same happened with the incorporation of CAT tools in the translation practice and the same is happening with free CAT tools We just need to be open and embrace change as we will lose nothing in the transition Computer aided translation tools are without any doubt indispensable considering the growing demand for translation in a highly technologically developed society More and more translators incorporate these tools in their daily modus operandi in order to increase their productivity The preeminent disadvantage correlated with this software is the high price Nevertheless it represents a very good investment but unnecessary as there are free CAT tools on the market As we have tried to explain and exemplify in our paper with our translation exercise in OmegaT the differences between commercial CAT tools and free ones are not conspicuous because they use almost the same algorithm We are constantly using free and open source software most of the time without even being aware of this fact as there is a large range to choose from and we do not apperc
20. on the left side and the translation on the right side or as list The display depends on the interface of the CAT tool we choose to work with 22 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT The main purpose of a translation memory is to store the source text with its translation for future reuse The most important convenience it has is the fact that all translations are kept in one place and they can be reiterated with promptness Lynne Bowker defines this process of reusing previous translation as leveraging Reusing a previous translation in a new text is sometimes referred to as leveraging Although language is dynamic it is quite repetitive and people often use the same or similar expressions when communicating similar ideas The volume of translation is increasing and most translators have had the experience of being asked to translate a text containing passages that they or they colleagues have translated on a previous occasion Bowker 2002 93 Harold Somers says that the idea of a TM is that the translator can consult a database of previous translations usually on a sentence by sentence basis looking for anything similar enough to the current sentence to be translated and can then use the retrieved example as a model Somers 2003 2 As Somers Austerm hl refers to translation memory systems as databases databases that allow for the parallel storage of source and target text segmen
21. operation is appreciated OmegaT is fast and responsive easy to use and most important it is free It has many advantages as we will demonstrate in the following chapters In fact we can affirm that it is a very complete free CAT tool and it is constantly developing becoming a professional tool that can compete with commercial ones The proof of this statement is last year s research project supported in part by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science and by the Basque Government in which an improved version of OmegaT and its user guide were part of the publicly 55 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT available resources created within the project Gurevych Kim 2013 4 Additionally Marta Garc a Gonz lez has conducted a survey on the use of Free and Open Source Software and regarding the use of CAT tools 7 respondents out of 14 referred to OmegaT as their preffered CAT tool D az Fouces amp Garc a Gonz lez 2008 Price Free Translation Memory e Integrates TMs from other CAT tools e Supports various TMs simultaneously e Fuzzy Match feature e Pre process segments before translating Machine Translation e Google Translate e Belazar e Apertium e Microsoft Translator Alignment e Allows incorporation of external alignment tool Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Technical support e Provided on a volunteer basis by OmegaT users Fig
22. out of it In addition they are able to translate the software itself and personalize it and moreover distribute it so that other translators could use it In the case of commercial software it has many restraints as to the number of computers in which we are allowed to install the software the price supported format etc So of particular interest to translators is that anyone is free to create a language specific version of any piece of free and open source software you can translate it yourself and release your translation to the public as opposed to asking a proprietary software company to do this for you The opposite of FOSS is proprietary software which means software whose source code is owned by a person or company and which is almost always sold or given away under a more restrictive End User License Agreement EULA McKay 2006 97 As we explained at the beginning of this paper technology skills are a requirement for the modern translators and having at their disposal FOSS they can reduce costs time and increase productivity They need to be aware of the fact that even if it is a free tool it does not mean it is less useful than a commercial one this might be the main reason for which translators are reticent in using them 34 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Also while FOSS can be upgraded by volunteers because it is open software we have access to upgrade it with no cost at
23. perform terminology searches but it also increases the quality of our translations We can build dictionaries with specific terminology for a certain client ensuring therefore coherence and consistency within translations or throughout a project that requires regular updates Although the glossary function in OmegaT could be highly improved it satisfies the basic needs of a translator in terms of terminology It does not have too many options of personalizing it and from what we have experienced it would have been very handy to use a shortcut to introduce a term from the glossary but instead we have to right click on the term in the glossary pane to insert it It does not represent a great impediment because we do not leave the translation environment but it supposes that we move from the editor pane to the glossary pane 68 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Additionally we can create client specific terminology which represents a great strength of OmegaT or we can import the ones that clients might provide All in all the terminology feature is very easy to use although it might not be very appealing nor esthetical when managing it A small inconvenience we have found on OmegaT is that it does not allow us to split or merge segments unless we do it through the segmentation rule which could result somewhat difficult especially for non advanced users In addition we have discovered tha
24. see a table made by Lynne Bowker where we can see more easily the difference between the concepts we have described earlier Table 0 1 An overview of some different types of technology used in translation HT CAT MT e Word processors e Data capture tools e Machine translation e Spelling and grammar e Corpus analysis tools systems checkers Terminology management e Electronic resources systems e g CD ROMs e Translation memories e Internet e g WWW e Localization and Web page e mail translation tools e Diagnostic tools Figure 1 Lynne Bowker s classification of technology tools used in translation We will concentrate only on the second column of the table that is CAT tools and to be more precise OmegaT a free and open source CAT tool There are several types of software in terms of license price and restriction of use and or modification We will briefly explain the concepts now as later on we will have a close look at those that are closely related to our paper e Free or freeware software means we can download and use it free of charge for an unlimited period of time e Open source software is a kind of software that allows us if we have programming skills to personalize it to copy and distribute copies of the license software e Commercial software is a type of software designed for selling purposes Usually this kind of software is also shareware which means we can use it free of charge from 15 up to 30
25. trabajo pretende aclarar el concepto de software gratuito y de c digo abierto puesto que la segunda parte del trabajo examina una herramienta de este tipo La segunda parte del trabajo se dedica al an lisis de OmegaT una herramienta gratuita y de c digo abierto Por ltimo se mostrar n los resultados obtenidos despu s de haber traducido una p gina web con esta herramienta Palabras clave herramientas de traducci n asistida por ordenador memorias de traducci n sistemas de gesti n terminol gica OmegaT software gratuito y de c digo abierto ABSTRACT This bachelor thesis deals with free computer assisted translation tools specifically OmegaT features analysis The theoretical part of the bachelor thesis concerns about the impact of technology and globalization on translation environment Subsequently the paper intends to provide an elemental theoretical approach on the different CAT tools available on the market In order to be able to acknowledge the functioning and usefulness of free CAT tools and also the importance of implementing them as a subject in early Translation and Interpreting degree the thesis illustrates the most prevalent specific technology such as translation memories terminology management systems alignment and localization tools Lastly the paper clarifies the concept of free and open source software as the second part of the paper is dedicated to the analysis of a tool like this OmegaT Ultimately t
26. while translating a file or we can use existing ones When creating a project a glossary folder is created automatically If we want to add entries to the glossary we can either right click on a term in the text editor and select Add glossary entry use the shortcut CTRL SHIFT G or click Edit Add glossary entry It is important to remember to save the changes so that OmegaT recognizes the new entries 47 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT JE Create Glossary Entry Enter a source term a target term and a comment Source term browser Target term navegador Comment Glossary file C Users VNA Google Drive Programas sobre los que voy a hablar 1 Translation OmegaT Project glossary 1 Translation OmegaT Project glossary txt Cones Figure 18 How to create a glossary entry dialogue window In regards to the glossary format usually it Supports simple plain text files with the extensions tab or utf8 but TBX Term Base eXchange format is also accepted so we can exchange terminological data In addition OmegaT is compatible with the commercial TMS Trados MultiTerm We can import the file that MultiTerm generates and could be either tab or TBX in the case of recent versions of MultiTerm Another interesting aspect to mention is that while translating if there is a term in the segment that we are editing which is in the dictionary or in the glossary OmegaT displa
27. Application My Sample Files mm core CBTi damo a HTWL Web Compiled Printed Online 2 Callateral Figure 5 Esselink s example of localization products Localization is needed for translating software smart phone applications web pages multimedia products DVDs CDs GPS cameras etc videogames etc This industry is continuously flourishing therefore there is a powerful competition on the market and companies need to localize their products in many languages because a local market is always stronger than a global one Although most of the content that needs to be localized is released in English big companies prefer to pay for this process because it means they can conquer external markets Analysis of Pre Gales i gt oN Sal Source Materia ao Scheduling anc Preparation of Terminology Budget ing Source Material Setup Glossary Translation t Screen Software Software Software Capteres Translation Engineering Testing ase Onkne Help Engineering p Proguct QA anc Transtation Testing Delivery a p Documentation Desatop Translation Publishing Project Closure Figure 6 Esselink s example of the localization process 30 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT As we can observe in Figure 5 localization is a complex process that implies high costs for this reason it is not profitable for small companies to adopt this strategy and much of the content remains
28. Incluir en biblioteca Compartir con y Grabar Nueva carpeta E o E dE Favoritos Nombre Fecha de modifica Tipo Tama o h Descargas L dictionary 15 07 2 15 39 Carpeta de archivos 5 Sitios recientes J glossary 15 07 2014 13 4 Carpeta de archivos Google Drive L omegat 07 2014 7 Carpeta de archivos ke Copy L source E Carpeta de archivos Escritorio target 15 07 2014 15 Carpeta de archivos Dropbox L tm 15 07 2014 13 4 Carpeta de archivos O Mail Ru Cloud 2 OmegaT Project VNA level1 15 07 2014 15 57 TMX Translation M OmegaT Project VNA level2 15 07 2014 15 57 TMX Translation M 7 Bibliotecas as Documentos OmegaT Project VNA omegat 15 07 2014 15 57 TMX Translation M omegat project 15 07 2014 16 03 Archivo PROJECT Im genes A M sica a V deos a3 Grupo en el hogar target Fecha de modifica 15 07 2014 15 40 Carpeta de archivos Figure 29 FutureLearn project folders In the following section as well as in Annex 3 we can see the final result of our translation exercise 4 1 OmegaT results We have chosen to translate with OmegaT FutureLearn s How to webpage to take advantage of OmegaT s ability to manage HTML files Additionally we have chosen this webpage because FutureLearn is a provider of free online courses and we support the idea of universal access to education and autonomous learning In regards to our translation as we can see in the screenshots provided
29. Language Old Engish Origin iengthu from lang LONG1 1 SIZE U and C the measurement of how long something is from one end to the other breadth width We measured the Pick a course length and width of the rin room a length of 1 matre feet etc Some fish can grow to a length of four fet Elija un curso 2 feet 10 metres etc in length The hotel pool is 15 metres in length Tow l need several pieces of string of different lengths 2 TIME U and C the amount of time that you spend doing something or that something continues duration length of Your Browse our course list to find something that you would like to leam about pension wil depend on your length of employment Whats the average length of stay in hospital not for any length of time not for very long He wasn t left alone for any length of time 3 BOOKS FILMS ETC U and C the amount of writing in a book or the amount of time that a film play etc continues length o We had to cut the length of the book by one third of this length Films of this length as long as this are pretty unusual Busque en nuestra lista de cursos un tema sobre el que gustaria aprender We have courses in a diverse range of subjects and will be adding many more over the coming months Ofrecemos cursos de una amlia variedad tem tica que se ampliar en los pr ximos meses 4 run stretclvwalk etc the full length of str to go or move from one end to the ot
30. T we can find available on OmegaT s webpage a list with auxiliary tools or we can use OmegaT s plugins Additionally we can also make use of plugins to personalize and improve Omega also available for free As regards to the most common used formats docx PDF and PO files OmegaT is compatible with all of them For instance it manages OCRed PDF files but with the scripting plugin more precisely the scripting language XSLT Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation we can convert XML data into PDF files or even web pages The possibility of alternative translations for a segment makes OmegaT an excelent tool especially in localization when dealing with texts that have space constraints The Multiple Translations pane displays the default translation the one we consider it would probably suits best and the alternative one in case we need it so we always have a backup One of the greatest advantages of Omega is that it is a free complete stand alone CAT tool Although many translators work from home to set up a favorable environment and well equipped it could be very expensive if we have to add the software they need for translating This is why OmegaT comes in useful it saves time and expenses As regards to time savings the use of translation memories and fuzzy matches for registering repeated content for future re use is one of the major factors in increasing productivity 66 Free CAT tools as an alternative to comm
31. T tool should we use because translators choose their tools following different criteria depending on their needs client compatibility operating system compatibility price license type etc According to Reinke 2013 the most well known commercial tools are Across D ja Vu memoQ MultiTrans SDL Trados Similis Transit and Wordfast Nevertheless if we are to ask translators on business related social networking sites for translation such as ProZ they all agree on a list of the most common CAT tools among which we can find OmegaT TranslateMedia a digital and technology company that has developed its own translation management technology as it is working with professional linguists and translators for its digital agencies has created a list of the most common and best known CAT tools according to ProZ see Annex 1 The reliability of ProZ may be disputable it might not be 100 reliable source but it is nonetheless a worldwide community of language professionals and we have chosen this list because it is highly illustrative TranslateMedia 2014 All in all the impact of technology on translation business is a very positive one the digitalization of the data the constant access to Internet and the integration of CAT tools in 16 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT translators professional routine as many users in industry and international organizations usually claim a 25 to 60 per cent rise in p
32. all commercial software offers upgrades at a very high price and actually without too many improvements McKay 2006 98 Moreover translators are not conditioned anymore on using a specific CAT tool for a client or to share their TMs or TMSs because FOSS is improving and trying to use a unique format as we Said earlier In what concerns translation students and freelance translators we must insist on the fact that these resources are extremely useful and help them save money There are many compared studies of the total cost that translators should spend on software and all of them show that the price difference between commercial software and FOSS is colossal Corrine McKay in an article for the magazine Panacea demonstrates this by comparing the prices from Amazon com and Translationzone com 35 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Proprietary Software Open Source Software Microsoft Windows XP Ubuntu Linux 0 00 Professional 262 99 Microsoft Office XP OpenOffice org 0 00 Professional 225 00 CrossOver Office Profes sional 74 95 Microsoft Office XP Professional 225 00 Heartsome XLIFF editor 88 00 Figure 8 Panacea s comparison of commercial and open source software costs Additionally another reason for which we consider it is important to introduce free CAT tools to students is because they will become professionals and they need to acquire experience managing thes
33. are OmegaT search every time a translator faces a text as such For this reason it has been proved that TM is not very efficient when it comes to literary translation as it depends more on creativity Translation memory systems are very complex The way they operate consists mostly in providing when a new text is added or connected to the TM exact full and fuzzy segment matches and also term matches We will briefly see what each one of them deems e Exact matches when the new segment to be translated is identical from all points of view punctuation formatting etc to a segment previously translated and saved in the TM the TM will generate the retrieved translation e Fully matches to some extent this is a new type of matches that is still being developed hence not very common for all CAT tools It consists in the ability of generating the complete segment regardless of some subtle dissimilarities such as numbers dates measurements etc e Fuzzy matches when the new segment to be translated is similar to a segment from the TM this will generate the translation pointing out the differences to be corrected e Term matches when none of the above matches is found the TM offers specific terms translation In addition a TM can support integration of terminology management tool that gives terminology suggestions simultaneously with the translation process 4 2 Terminology Management Systems Terminology management tools
34. at are available in the 43 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT OmegaT user s manual Therefore we do not need advanced programming skills as we can find everything explained as below id sourceText targetText diff score noStemScore adjustedScore fileNameOnly filePath fileShortPath creationID creationDate fuzzyFlag Number of the match from 1 to 5 Source text of the match Target text of the match String showing the differences between the source and the match Hint use this if the text that you are translating has been updated Percentage with tokenizer Percentage without numbers and tags Percentage adjusted Name of the TMX Full path of the TMX Path of the TMX starting from the root of tm Author of the match Date of the match Indicate that this match is fuzzy currently only for translations from PO files with the fuzzy mark Figure 14 Match pane setup The OmegaT user has the option to select what text we desire to be inserted into a segment that is not translated yet We can either leave the segment empty or introduce the source text As regards to the fuzzy match we can choose to insert the best match and set the minimal similarity In addition when a fuzzy match is inserted at the beginning of the segment OmegaT warns us that the translation inserted is partial by intentionally leaving the word part
35. atter of fact this format related enhancement adopted by free CAT tools brings nothing but advantages and benefits to the translation community 4 3 Alignment tools Alignment is the process that allows the user to recycle translated content by connecting text paragraphs sentences or words with their translated equivalent One of the most popular uses of these tools is sentence alignment If we have important content that needs to be added to a TM for example this tool is ideal because we do not have to retranslate the text but to use an alignment tool that examines the source text and the target text and links the corresponding sentences Somers 2003 defines alignment as matching up the source text and the translation segment by segment into translation pairs If the translation is straightforward then so is the alignment However this is an automatic process and as all automatic processes it cannot be perfect reason for which is required a post revision of the text to make sure that each source sentence is paired with the right target one If the texts are differently structured the tool is not able to identify these subtle variations such as e Abbreviation or decimal points that could be misinterpreted as periods e The translation of one source sentence with two or more target sentences e Different word order in the translated text which could not be recognized and paired with the source text 26 Free CAT to
36. can be used as a Separate tool or can be integrated into a translation memory The main purpose of a TMS is to record terms into a term base so that the translator does not have to perform twice the same search They are also very useful in maintaining coherence in translations as the term base is usually specific for a field i e technical or medical or for specific clients In relation to the time we use to spend on consulting external resources in the search for terminological equivalents terminology management systems represent some ideal tools taking into account the high demand and the pressure of the translation global market They are used for storage retrieval and editing of term entries In addition if we have a solid term base we can export it as a glossary or as a dictionary depending on the tool we use there are different options Previously TMS used to have very basic functions that is they allowed the insertion of an equivalent pair in two languages and it could only be retrieved in one direction To be more specific if the term base was from source EN to target ES then all the searches we have made should have been in English in order to get any results If the search were made in the target 24 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT language the term base would not have been able to recognize the search However today TMSs have developed considerably and they allow us not only to choose m
37. ccepted definitions and denominations are available for the different types of ceranic tiles For which reason it may be necessary to elaborate when using the names suggested wing pages include descr teristics most frequent us several types of ceramic tile uction appearance standardised classificat Type of tile Standard measurement cm Thickness mm Glaze Group standard 150 13006 UNE 67 087 Tile Porous Pressed 10 x 10 to 45 x 60 Pero no hay definiciones ni denominaciones normalizadas o generalmente aceptadas de los diferentes tipos de baldosas cer micas Por esta raz n al utilizar las denominaciones puede ser necesario hacer las precisiones oportunas En las p ginas siguientes se describen varios tipos de baldosas cer micas con informaci n sobre sus caracter sticas uso m s frecuente producci n aspecto clasificaci n normalizada etc Tipo de baldosa Medidas usuales cm Espesor mm Esmalte Grupo norma ISO 13006UNE 67 087 Azulejo Poroso Prensado 10 x 10 a 45 x 60 Figure 4 Example of a free cloud autoaligner tool called WORDFAST Beta 27 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT There are also free alignment tools that perform the basic functions of an alignment tool It is true that they have some limitations comparing to the commercial ones in terms of number of language pairs they can support or the number of files they align at a time or forma
38. d specialized content can also be used to localize content As mentioned before the terminology employed in localization is quite repetitive therefore this set of tools are essential in order to maintain the quality and the efficiency of the translation process and in a very tight deadline fundamental requirements in this process To complete we must highlight the conspicuous connection between translation and technology hence the need for proper training and continuous improvement of technology knowledge for translators so that they can keep up with the workflow between the two of them 32 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 5 Free and open source software To return to a topic previously acknowledged we said that there are several types of software in terms of license price and restriction of use and or modification We consider it is necessary to explain the difference between free and open source software as we will see in detail a tool which is both free and open source However we need to clarify first what free software means Richard Stallman the founder of Free Software Foundation highlights the fact that the word free refers to freedom not to price FSF 2009 According to the Free Software Foundation free software is defined by four freedoms e The freedom to run the program for any purpose e The freedom to study how the program works and adapt it to your needs e The freedom to
39. definition that can be veracious no matter the time place and context it relates to However the first thing to say about this definition that we know with certainty and in fact is the matter that concerns our present paper is that it will be undoubtedly connected with technology 1 1 Technological advances and the process of globalization Technological advances are perceived as the main determinant in the process of globalization We usually associate technology with a set of tools designed for helping us either at work or on our everyday tasks but the truth is that technology is a powerful weapon that has inordinately changed our world It encloses a series of elements that have contributed to globalization which implies worldwide integration of social political business and cultural systems Lawlor 2007 1 Telecommunications computer hardware and software IT applications have increased our ability to use and share information for personal political and commercial purposes The Internet and the World Wide Web have helped us communicate collaborate and stay up to date The history books will refer to the modern world as a global village connected by technology Improved information technology has been the main facilitator and driving force of globalization on all environments Lawlor 2007 1 There are many advantages that the IT revolution and the globalization have brought for example the possibility of finding jobs ser
40. e we strongly believe that not only professional translators should benefit from CAT tools but also translation students Free CAT tools have improved considerably and they could be used in the classroom to help students learn how to use them as they can continue using them when becoming professional Even if they will choose to become freelance translators or to work in a translation agency free CAT tools could be used without constraints as a universal format has been created We are making these statements with certainty because we have studied specific subjects such as CAT tools Localization and Terminology management and we had the chance to employ free ones as well Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 1 Connection with competencies In this thesis we find reflected general and specific skills that we have acquired along our Translation and Interpreting degree We were able to formulate statements to give arguments and to draw conclusions based on our reflections and observations on a particular free and open source CAT tool Also we were able to show how this tool helps its users in the different translation phases 1 1 General competencies The general competencies appointed in the teaching guide of the bachelor thesis derive directly from the Royal Decree 1393 2007 of 29 October the Law 3 2007 on Gender Equality Act the Law 51 2003 on Non discrimination and accessibility for persons with disab
41. e CAT tools and to be more precisely Omega Annex 1 represents a list from ProZ of the most common CAT tools among translators Annex 2 represents a short video explaining how to add dictionaries to an OmegaT project Annex 3 encloses a list of screen shots with the original source text and the target text 74
42. e market and lower rates as well Although the reasons for which these people are involved in crowdsourcing 18 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT are not financial it is a common practice to reward them with money for their dedication and help While crowdsourcing is blurring the boundaries between amateurism and paid work and between working and leisure time increasingly powerful and well performing technological tools machine translation systems and other CAT tools are appearing All these changes are often frowned upon as jeopardizing the very survival of the translation profession European Union 2012 3 Therefore crowsourced translation is a topic of great concern because with the high demand for translation and free CAT tools amateurs are threatening the translation business market The demand for translation and language services in general is exploding and the resources available cannot keep up with it These new tools together with the other changes and developments connected to the new Internet culture therefore appear as the only viable option to help translators cope with the pressure they are to work under The new developments will not sweep away translators but it is a fact that they will impose far reaching adaptations in the way the profession is conceived and performed European Union 2012 3 This is the natural evolution of the global market and we are not say
43. e tools to participate in different free projects to gain experience as Vidal and Filho will argue in their papers on free software localization students as future translators should become aware of the advantages of getting involved in free software localization projects first as an excellent means to accumulate some real translation experience as part of the localization process that involves a good number of steps and agents and then as a form to contribute their skills to projects that benefit them in the first place Diaz Fouces amp Garcia Gonzalez 2008 36 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT This is why we consider important that free CAT tools along with commercial ones should be included in the teaching syllabus They can familiarize with both but they can choose which one adopts for their particular use without being conditioned by lack of paucity and price We are in favor of these tools because they are very useful when dealing with technical texts business texts and generally repetitive terminology texts CAT tools might become a problem when the translator shifts part of his focus from the outcome of his work on obtaining the required tool and learning how to use it Usually the educational institutions which have incorporated CAT tools in their syllabus use commercial tools in their training programs for creating quasi professional translation environments The academic instit
44. ed to copy one of the three TMX files project_save tmx automatically created by OmegaT which could be located in the project folder omegat unless we have chosen another route to save our TM Secondly once located we need to copy that file and paste it in our TM folder of our new project Now OmegaT will suggest us possible translation units in the fuzzy matches viewer Some OmegaT users choose to create a TMs storage folder where they gather all TMs for a certain client or on a certain topic and then link that folder to the new project they are working at We think it is an excellent opportunity that OmegaT offers to its users because it is a real time saving as we do not need to merge TMs we can place as many as we like in the correct folder OmegaT s user manual advices that there is a small inconvenience though if we have too many TMs it might slow down a bit OmegaT If we have worked with previous versions of OmegaT we have the possibility to upgrade older TMX files in order to increase fuzzy matching quality In regards to importing TMs created with different CAT tools than OmegaT we should make clear that although it supports both level 1 and level 2 TMX files OmegaT is not fully compatible with level 2 TMX hence there will not be very high quality fuzzy match results 46 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT For working in collaboration with other translators we also have the option of shar
45. eive the necessity of complementary features when performing tasks In the same way we should eliminate the restrictions that come with commercial CAT tools in order to facilitate the access to knowledge and long life learning With fully access to software we also promote autonomous learning and independent problem solving All in all we have to assert that OmegaT is an excellent free CAT tool which includes many useful advanced features for facilitating the translation process We have seen that it is efficient and enjoyable and it really helped us increase productivity and efficiency as our translation exercise can proove Also it is responsive and easy to use and it manages very good HTML files Apart from the documentation presented in this paper in Support of our account to highlight the fact that free CAT tools and more precisely OmegaT are very useful and they are 70 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT gaining popularity among professionals we incorporate a testimonial of an English to Spanish freelance translator on a forum in Proz business related social networking site for translation because we would like to emphasize how OmegaT is starting to replace popular commercial CAT tools Here is my specific problem lam an advanced user of Trados Studio and am trying to make my way out of it and into OmegaT Why Well there is not a single reason lam a reasonably profic
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47. er software available in many languages We can download it from the LanguageTool webpage and install it on Windows or on Linux as it is compatible with both systems In order to make the plugin functional we need to create a new folder called plugins in OmegaT installation folder and decompress the download the archive here Now we only need to restart OmegaT to make the changes effective and enable the option Language Checker This plugin is packed with many language rules and when one is triggered that sentence in the editor will be underlined in blue and if we move the mouse over that sentence it will appear the explanation It is interesting to mention that this checker is also open source software which means anyone can add rules for the existing languages and improve it as we can see in Figure 23 52 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT a XML ae Java False a Pe Language rules ms rules Y friends Rule Maintainers gt Asturian 61 Browse XML 0 0 Xes s Gonz lez Rato Belarusian 7 1 0 Alex Buloichik Looking for co maintainer Breton 653 2 O Dominique Pell Fulup Jakez Catalan 1914 Browse XML u 4 Ricard Roca Jaume Ortol ants for Catalan Valencian Chinese 786 Browse XML 0 0 Tao Lin Looking for co maintainer Danish 78 0 6 Esben Aaberg Henrik Bendt Looking for co maintainer Dutch 337 4 19 OpenTaal English 1077 15 326 Marcin Mitkowski Daniel Naber
48. ercial software OmegaT and therefore revenues OmegaT allows us to store translations in a TM and for future similar projects we do not need to translate similar segments twice We can create TMs as well as terminology databases for a specific client and keep them confidential or we have the possibility to share them Additionally OmegaT allows the simultaneous use of multiple translation memories if so are the requirements for a specific translation project e a client provides us their own TMs This is very advantageous when dealing with internal repetitions within texts which require the reuse of entire identical segments e notices warning etc On the other hand with the alignment feature we can reuse previous translations with their original source texts and format them into TMs to be used for similar projects in the future Additionally OmegaT has powerful search functions in source text in translations in notes and in TMs within the current project or in any folder From the menu Edit gt Search Project or using CTRL F shortcut we can open the searching dialogue window This function is very practical because we can use wild characters such as and depending on the type of search we want to perform If we want exactly one character match we use the interrogation mark but if we want zero or more characters matches to be displayed we type in search box the desired term and the symbol as in the example below
49. ers of technology rather than developers This inconvenience could be partially solved when using OmegaT s Create Alternative Translation feature When we had doubts as regards to the length of a target segments we used this feature to create multiple translation When we have retrieved the target file to proofread it in the browser and we have noticed small irregularities as regard to the length we could always make swift changes in the project without having to translate again that segment The following screen shot is an example of such case 63 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT ore y Project Edit GoTo View Tools Options Help petita Er How it works F https www futurelearn com about our principles Our principles Nuestra politica O Fuzzy Matches 00 Dictionary 00 Sign n signo simbolo se al indice indicio muestra letrero cartel pancarta r tulo gesto adem n rastro asomo huela https www futurelearn com about team E Sign v firmar refrendar rubricar signar subscribir suscribir indicar poner la firma se alar Sign W2S3 Moo T eam 1 gives information Equipo 2 shows something is true 3 movement or sound 4 symbol https www futurelear com partners 5 star sign 6 language 2 7 Partners pees ee reat something Colaboradores 9 sign of the times 10 the sign of the Cross Date 1200 1300 Language Old French Origin signe fr
50. friendly interface makes OmegaT an excellent CAT tool for translators but especially for those who are just beginning to use a CAT tool One of the main reasons for which some translators are reticent in using a CAT tool is because CAT tools are complex software In fact some of them give up as soon as they start because CAT tools may seem complicated if we do not take sufficient time to be familiarized with them From this point of view OmegaT is highly commendable because this process is much faster than with other CAT tool To learn how to use OmegaT we can go though the user s guide there is also a summary available or simply search the Internet for tutorials or tips from considerate users who have shared their experiences As regards to this we must highlight another great advantage of OmegaT that is the user support which is provided for free by OmegaT users Most commercial CAT tools require an additional cost for offering product support In addition to upgrade to a newer version of OmegaT is free whilst for a commercial tool upgrade we need to pay a considerable amount of money depending on the CAT tool OmegaT allows its users to install the new version in a new folder and keep the older one or just overwrite the older version Moreover OmegaT supports a wide range of file formats and besides XML TBX it is also supported Nevertheless in case we need to convert a file from a format that is not compatible with Omega
51. hat they are appropriate and acceptable to the target society and culture as well as the contracted one of Pym localization being the adaptation and translation of a text like a software program to suit a particular reception situation we will try to provide a more complete one from Schaler Localization is the linguistic and cultural adaptation of digital content to the requirements and locale of a foreign market and the provision of services and technologies for the management of multilingualism across the digital global information flow Sch ler 2010 209 In other words localization is more than source to text linguistic transfer reason for which is often referred as in relation to globalization internalization and translation Globalisation Internationalisation Localization and Translation GILT are terms which nowadays are used very often The borders between them are often 28 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT blurred as many people consider localization as counterpart of globalization on the grounds that the former is supposedly based on a local and the latter on a global audience or market Anastasiou amp Sch ler 2010 11 These concepts are related because localization has its roots in technology and as technology is the present constancy of our now digital society geographical references have become much closer hence the need of content adapted for a specific cultu
52. he baby yet How is she How s your ankle this morning Better thanks b used when you meet someone to ask for news about their life work eto So how s it going at work these days Stil enjoying i How are things with you Fine How are you doing gt u i presas leam com PRS ALES EEO SIDS 4 used to ask someone about their opinion or experience of something How was the flm How s your steak Mmm it s good How did your eases exams go How do you feel about seeing Peter again How s that Does that feel comfortable fe 5 used after certain adjectives or verbs to refer to an event or situation It s amazing how they ve managed to get everything finished so quickly I remember how she always used to have fresh flowers in the house hits www futureleam com about 6 adjective adverb used to emphasize the quality you are mentioning How lovely to see you John s been in an accident Oh how awful I i didn t realize how difficult it was to get tickets He was impressed at how well she could read erica 7 old fashioned or written used to say that something happens to a very great degree How the crowd loved it 8 spoken how about a used to make a suggestion about what to do what about No I m busy on Monday How about Tuesday at seven how UHow itworks FutureLearn_files How it works FutureLearn htm about d
53. he results obtained after translating a webpage with OmegaT will be shown Keywords computer assisted translation tools translation memories terminology management systems OmegaT free and open source software Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT I INTRODUCTION We have chosen to talk about free CAT tools because we consider that they are very helpful and valuable for both translators and translators to be as they increase the productivity of the translation process Not long ago the pen and paper were considered translators tools however today the term tool has acquired new connotations The development of technology has forced the translator to change his modus operandi to adapt to new requirements to Surpass themselves in order to handle changes If the incorporation of CAT tools in translator s everyday practice was once a challenge at present time they are indispensable which is why CAT tools market is an exclusive one Fortunately soon free computer aided translation tools have arrived and translators have been given the chance to continue using them without being conditioned by costs As there is a common tendency to believe that free goods are not as qualitative as priced ones at the beginning translators might have been reticent in using free CAT tools With this paper we are trying to explain and prove that free CAT tools can be as efficient as commercial ones Furthermor
54. her of something The wal ran the full length of the garden They walked the length of the pier 5 shoulder iength knee length etc reaching down as far as your shoulders etc shoulder length hair an ankle length dress Courses vary in length La duraci n de los ce Som 0063 gt Glossary 00 Most are six to ten weeks long but we also have some short two and three week courses Introduce yourself While you re waiting for the course to start you can fill in your profile page so that other leamers can find out more about you Perhaps you might want to invite a friend to take part with you We ll email you to let you know when the course starts Machine Translation Multiple Translations Notes Comments Project autosaved on 257 PU 29 147 27 142 147 23 37 Figure 30 OmegaT editor There are only some minor differences because of space constraints as we know that Spanish language usually tends to have a larger extension than English language which is more contracted This brings us to a well known matter that is how complex the process of localization is In localization the translator s job does not end when transferring text from one language into another but it goes much further trying to adapt cultural and linguistic differences but always taking into consideration the space restrictions he has on such file format In addition as we stated at the beginning of our paper translators are us
55. hu 1 used to ask or talk about the way in which something happens or is done How do you spell your name How can I help you I d like to help in some way but I m not sure how He explained how the system worked We both used to work at the airport that s how we met how to do sth I don t know how to get to your house Alan showed me how to load the gun_ advice on how best the best way to invest your money They had a number of suggestions as to how the service could be improved This still leaves the question of how local services should be funded utureleam Learning For Life how on eartivin the world etc used for emphasis when you are surprised angry etc How on earth did you find out 2 used to ask or talk about the amount size degree etc of something How big is the state of Lovisiana How many kids do they have now BETA How long have you been learning English Do you know how old it is They couldn t tell exactly how far away the bridge was She wondered how much Angela already knew how much used to ask the price of something How much are the tickets Can you tell me how much the its Avww futurelearn com abouthow it works global site nav container y repairs will cost jain navigation 3 spoken a used to ask about someone s health especially when you meet them Hi Laurie how are you Fine thanks How are you Has Ros had t
56. ial until we choose to delete it after editing the segment as we can see in Figure 15 We find this 44 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT feature particularly interesting and useful because it does not allow us to forget to post edit the segment it works parcial Como funciona lt segment 0039 gt Figure 15 Fuzzy match pane We can choose other settings in Editing Behavior Options e Attempt to convert numbers when inserting a fuzzy match e Allow translation to be equal to source e Export the segment to text files e Go To Next Untranslated Segment stops when there is at least one alternative translation J Editing Behaviour Options Please select what text you would like to be inserted into the segment that is not translated yet when you move to it E _ The source text O Leave the segment empty J Insert the best fuzzy match Minimal similarity 70 I Prefix parcial V Attempt to convert numbers when inserting a fuzzy match V Allow translation to be equal to source _ Export the segment to text files ox Cancel Figure 16 Editing Behavior Options dialogue window Translation memories in OmegaT could be located in omegat folder main project folder tm folder tm auto folder tm penalty xxx folders or wherever we may desire to have additional TMX While we translate OmegaT saves all our work automatically in project_save tmx and
57. ient Linux user Ubuntu and I really hate to have to run a virtual Windows machine ONLY to be able to use Trados have been using Trados since its 2007 version and it gets bulkier and slower with every new version coming out won t even comment on Trados price strategy could go on but it s not the point of my question So far am just learning the basics of omegaT and think it could be a good replacement for Trados One thing got used to while using Trados is the capability of choosing the language pair hence the TM when you start translating a file or project Is there any way to do something similar in omegaT ProZ 2014 With our paper we have tried to prove that OmegaT which is not only a free tool but open source as well is a professional useful software and it should be introduced not only in translators workstation but also in Translation and Interpreting students syllabus To conclude we can affirm that the results of the translation exercise were satisfactory and have provided us with enough arguments to convince us to continue using it We hope that this paper will help other translators and future translators to decide to give itan opportunity 71 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT BIBLIOGRAPHY Alcina A 2008 Translation technologies scope tools and resources Target 20 1 pp 79 102 Anastasiou D and Sch ler R 2010 Translating Vital Information L
58. ify the source code In order to be able to build it from source we need to download the Ant program which can be found here http ant apache org bindownload cgi 2 1 Project properties The way OmegaT manages a translation job is by organizing it in different folders for its most important features gathered in a project To set up a project in OmegaT is a very easy process as we only need to follow the steps through the assistant 1 Ant is a programming language designed to build applications from the source code in Java 39 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT E JE Create New Project p m Please select the language of your source files and the target language you would like to translate to Here you may also specify custom location of project folders Languages Source Files Language EN Translated Files Language ES Options Y Enable Sentence level Segmenting Segmentation File Filters V Auto propagation of Translations T Remove Tags External Post processing Command Disabled File locations Source Files Folder C Users VNA Desktop OmegaT Project VNA source Translation Memory Folder C Users VNA Desktop OmegaT Project VNA tm Glossary Folder C Users VNA Desktop OmegaT Project VNA glossary Writeable Glossary File C Users VNA Desktop OmegaT Project VNA glossary OmegaT Project VNA glossary txt Dictionary Folder C Users VNA Desk
59. ilities and also the Law 27 2005 on the Promotion of Education and the Peace Culture Therefore the general competencies included are e Gi That students demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the area of study Translation and Interpretation which stem from the basis of general secondary education and often found at a level that while it is supported by advanced text books it also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the forefront of their field of study e G2 That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner Also they have to have the competencies that are usually evinced through preparation and defense of arguments and problem resolution within their area of study Translation and Interpretation e G3 That students have the capacity to collect and interpret relevant data normally within their area of study to make judgments that include a reflection on key issues such as social scientific or ethical e G4 That students are able to convey information ideas problems and solutions to specialized and non specialized audiences e G5 That students develop those competences needed to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy e G6 That students develop an ethical commitment in their development as professionals a commitment that should enhance the idea of integral education with critical and responsible attitudes ensuring effective equality of men
60. ing our TM If we do not want to share the complete project we can create a new one and copy the translation memory in the tm folder OmegaT also recognizes sources with existing translations if they are located in project_save tmx There is also the possibility to pre process segments before translate them For example if we wish to create a pseudotranslation for testing purposes OmegaT allows us to create an additional TMX file that contains all segments of the project The translation in this new created TMX can be e Translation equals source default e Translation segment is empty The TMX file can be given any name we choose to designate A pseudo translated memory can be generated if we insert the following command line parameters java jar omegat jar pseudotranslatetmx lt filename gt pseudotranslatetype equal empty Smolej 2013 64 2 4 Terminology management 2 4 1 Dictionaries OmegaT allows us to download and install dictionaries such as Merriam Webster Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English The Britannica Concise Encyclopedia etc On the StarDict Platform we can look up for our language pair combination and download the dictionary After downloading we have to decompress the file and make sure that it is located in the folder dictionary see Annex 2 2 4 2 Glossaries We can also add glossaries to help us through the translation process We have the possibility to create one and add entries
61. ing we should accept everything as it is as long as we have the power to change what might represent an impediment in the development of our jobs Instead what we strongly defend is that technology has brought to the translation industry a series of advantages which we should all exploit for our benefit 19 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 4 What are CAT tools Before moving on to the core of our paper which is to have a close look at free license CAT tools we must explain first what are CAT tools and which are their characteristics and also to define some related concepts so that we make sure everything is clear Lynne Bowker 2002 4 in her book explains the difference between human assisted machine translation HAMT which is often shortened simply to machine translation MT and machine assisted or aided translation MAT clarifying that nowadays we usually refer to these last ones as computer aided or assisted translation CAT Furthermore she briefly but precisely and unequivocally describes the particularity of both MT and CAT The major distinction between MT and CAT lies with who is primarily responsible for the actual task of translation In MT the computer translates the text though a human translator may later edit the machine output In CAT human translators are responsible for doing the translation but they may make use of a variety of computerized tools to help them com
62. ionaries already installed Remove i URL of online dictionaries M http download services openoffice org files contrib dictionaries Install new dictionary are Figure 20 Installing a dictionary dialogue window r JE Spellchecker Setup Y Automatically check the spelling of text Dictionary file folder ogle Drive Programas sobre los que voy a hablar 2 1 OmegaT Project Real Choose Dictionaries already installed es_ES Spanish Spain Remove i URL of online dictionaries i http download services openoffice org files contrib dictionaries Install new dictionary _ Figure 21 Display of the already installed dictionaries dialogue window By enabling the Automatically check the spelling of the text box OmegaT will check spelling while we translate This is very efficient and time saving because we do not have to come back to that segment to correct errors 50 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 2 5 Machine translation OmegaT offers us the possibility of using a machine translation MT such as Google Translate Belazar Apertium and Microsoft Translator The quality of the translation suggested by these machines translation has nothing to do with OmegaT as they are independent tools Moreover not all of them are free tools Google Translate v2 for example is not a free tool and before
63. lated segment will be assumed as the default translation and its target text will be automatically used for later hits during the translation process Mistranslated segments can of course be corrected later manually using Create Alternative Translation If the Auto propagation check box is not checked the segments with alternative translations are left untranslated until the user has decided which translation is to be used Smolej 2013 36 Fourthly as regards to the Remove tags check box when enabled OmegaT eliminates all the tags from the source text This means that the text is left without format very useful option when working with text whose format is not important such as converted PDF files for example Lastly in the File location section we can choose where we want OmegaT to save all the folders and subfolders for the current project we are working on If we enter names of folders that do not exist yet OmegaT creates them for us In case we decide to modify project folders this will not move existing files from old folders to the new location we have chosen As regards to the file format OmegaT is compatible with many formats such as XLIFF ResxX files WiX Localization Flash XML export Wordfast TXML QuarkXPress CopyFlowGold etc 2 2 Editing field behavior As many stand alone CAT tools OmegaT is working with segments we can insert our translation into the correspondent source segment After inserting our source text
64. laxed and confident of winning an overall majority The company is confident of success confident about 1 feel quite confident about the future When you finish the course you ll soon have a sharable page as evidence of what you ve learnt 2 sure that you have the abisty to do things wel or deal with situations successfully Despite her disability Philippa is very Poco despu s de terminar el curso recibir un certificado en l nea como prueba de los conocimientos adquiridos Confident confident about I fel much more confident about myself and my abit these days confident smile voice manner etc He began to read in a calm confident voice PIREA P E 3 sure that something is true confident that We are confident we have done nothing wrong He began to feel confident that Depending on the course you may also have the option to purchase a Statement of Participation or Statement of Attainment by exam to provide evidenci Zaorski was oniy guessing Its not posse to give a confident answer to the question whether the delay was unreasonable Dependiendo del curso puede tener la opci n de pagar un Certificado de Participaci n o un Certificado de Aprovechamiento por examen como prueb confidently adv sef confident HINT Do not confuse with the noun confidant someone you tel secrets or personal things to WORD FOCUS confident confident about your abilities confident self confident sure of yourself
65. ll get a good education unsersity college education I m sure he has a colege Funcionan muy parecido a los cuestionarios solo que estos tests se punt an els lo incre acces bo ihe 2t colege or university formal atfonmall 6 These count towards your overall mark and are designed to test your knowledge 2 U the teaching of a particular subject health sex education j Esta nota se sumar para obtener la calificaci n final y est dise ada para comprobar sus conocimientos 3 U the institutions and people involved with teaching the local education authority 4 singular an interesting experience which has taught you something often used humorously Having Jimmy to stay has been quite an education adult education further education higher education confident adj confiado creyente confident W352 adj Date 1500 1600 Language Latin Origin present participle of confidere CONFIDE 1 not before noun sure that something will happen in the way that you want or expect confident that We are confident next We ll give you three points if you get a question right first time two on your second attempt and one on your third Si responde la pregunta correctamente en el primer intento recibir tres puntos dos en el segundo y uno en el tercero PALAS CO year s profits will be higher He is quietly confident that there will be no problems this time confident of The Prime Minister Fin del curso appeared re
66. ly in the sense of without restrictions and for any purpose distribute or sell the software without paying royalties to the original developer McKay 2006 96 Unfortunately users are so accustomed to using commercial software and most of them are not even aware of what FOSS represent and quite often if they use FOSS they are not even aware of using it En realidad muchos de ellos utilizan programas inform ticos como Mozilla Firefox el gestor de v deo digital VLC o el paquete ofim tico OpenOffice org sin ser conscientes de que son programas libres o como mucho sabiendo que son gratuitos y sin hacerse m s preguntas al respecto Diaz Fouces amp Garc a Gonz lez 2008 The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization outlines the importance of FOSS in our society describing FOSS as a practical instrument for development as its free and open aspirations make it a natural component of development efforts in the context of the Millennium Development Goals FOSS helps in the development of effective infostructures because of the non discriminatory standards for information handling and access Conjointly the FOSS model provides interesting tools and processes with which people can create exchange share and exploit software and knowledge efficiently and effectively UNESCO 2014 Therefore there are many advantages that this type of software offers and the translation community takes great benefit
67. me how much the repairs will cost uL 3 spoken a used to ask about someone s health especially when you meet them Hi Laurie how are you Fine thanks How are you Has Ros had the baby yet How is she How s your ankle this morning Bette thanks b used when you meet someone to ask for news about their ife work ete So hows it going at work these days Stil enjoying How are things with you Fine How are you doing 4 used to ask someone about their opinion or experience of something How was the fim How s your steak Mmm t s good How did your exams go How do you feel about seeing Peter again How s that Does that feel comfortable 5 used after certain adjectives or verbs to refer to an event or situation I s amazing how they ve managed to get everything finished so quickly I remember how she always used to have fresh flowers in the house 6 gt adjective adverb used to emphasize the quality you are mentioning How lovely to see youl John s been im an accident Oh how awful 1 dide t realize how difficult it was to get tickets He was impressed at how well she could read old fashioned or written used to say that something happens to a very great degree How the crowd loved it 8 spoken how about a used to make a suggestion about what to do what about No Im busy on Monday How about Tuesday at seven how ow it works Fu
68. ment 0110 gt hntpitaboutftureleam comtersicootie poticy it Fany Mattes 80 Dictionary 80 ci ci E a Sa inc cn A Education 2 F 1 singular U the process of teaching and leaming usually at school college or university the education system getireceive an education She also hopes her chidren wil get a good educan mniversity college education Tm sure he bas a colege education efforts to increase access to higher education educaion at colege or university formal education at formal 6 2 U the teaching of a particular subject health sex education 3 U the institutions and people involved with teaching he local education authority 4 singular an interesting experience which has taught you something often used bumorousi Having Jimmy to stay has been quite an education adult education further education higher education another adj oto another pron otro otro m s 1 ADDITIONAL one more person or thing of the same type I m going to have another cup of coffee There l be another bus dong in a few minutes Buy two CDs and get another completely free another of I this anther of your schemes to 7 Glossary 810 Machine Translation Multiple Translations Notes Comments _ mm al e Ip E Figure 32 FutureLearn translation process 65 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 5 Advantages and disadvantages of OmegaT The user
69. n o forced entry into the house The economy is beginning to show signs of recovery The play shows every sign of being a big Project autosaved on 11 25 PM 83 147 82 142 147 7 10 Figure 31 Create alternative translation dialogue window As regards to our translated webpage the only visible differences are related with the word extension For instance the menu About has been translated into Spanish as Qui nes somos therefore the esthetics of the page has been changed If no other translation equivalences were considered suitable a solution would be to contact the webpage s administrator to take care of these technical aspects In what concerns OmegaT the translation of the webpage has been smooth fast and entertaining The software processes the segments with rapidity accelerating the translation process We have been testing its functions and we can strongly affirm that it is a very complete computer assisted tool which helps increasing productivity and efficiency Below we have inserted a screenshot of the OmegaT editor to reinforce our statements on the tool s quality 64 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 6 21 Omegal P Project Et GoTo View Tools Options Help an La educaci n es contagiosa Estamos seguros de que disfrutar tanto con la experiencia de FutureLeam que se apuntar a otro curso antes incluso de acabar el primero lt seg
70. nagement systems TMS use translation memories TM and bilingual concordances create their own glossaries or translation projects In other words they have now integrated the computer aided translation CAT tools in their professional translation workplace which have sped up the translation process Many translators have incorporated CAT tools in their workstation because of there are many advantages of using CAT tools from which the most significant ones are TMs and TMSs Translation memory systems facilitate the translation and ensure coherence across translation TMs are one of the best innovations of the modern world for translators because No other technology has changed the general conditions of translation as a professional service as radically as TM systems have done over the past 20 years Reinke 2013 1 15 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Terminology management systems provide quality as they ensure consistency within a translation project because we can store specific terminology in termbases Without any doubt this speeds up the process of translation as we can search through our own files or simply we do not need to perform the same terminology search twice because some TMS have the automatic terminology lookup feature Furthermore besides flexible storage and fast retrieval we have the possibility to share a termbase with our client or with other translators whether for consulting
71. ncompetitive Bowker 2002 3 The impressive development in technology has direct repercussions on translation in all its realms legal and administrative technical literary scientific commercial or institutional translation All these effects have everything to do with productivity and efficiency attributes that are more than necessary taking into consideration that we live in a society where time is measured in O and 1 binary digits which generates data at the speed of light Now translators have constant access to Internet therefore to information they can consult parallel texts for better understanding the source text they are dealing with thousands of online resources like dictionaries web forums mailing lists usenet newsgroups etc or even interact in real time with other translators If all the above mentioned resources are not an option translators can digitalize most of the data they work with so that they can handle it easily that is pre edit edit and post edit as many times as they wish It is important to point out that translators are users of technology rather than developers although this is not excluded as we will see further on but the outgrowth of this astute fusion translation and technology has changed the translation business radically contributing to its development As mentioned before efficiency and productivity are increased because translators have the possibility to create corpora terminology ma
72. nizing the project represents a good way of helping us being more organized as well We can easily locate the folders if we wish to install glossaries dictionaries plugins etc retrieve the target text or manipulate TMs As regards to the file formats supported we consider imperative to point out how well OmegaT deals with formatted text We are not going to insist on plain text files supported as we have already established that OmegaT is a very advanced CAT tool and for being a free tool it has improved considerably to the point that now it supports plenty formatted files We have tested the program by translating a HTML file and we were very satisfied with the outcome It is a very good CAT tool for website localization because we do not have to worry about tags or HTML language code as OmegaT maintains the structure and it displays only the translatable text even though it saves all the non translatable files Later on we will reveal the results of our translation exercise We are aware of the fact that the glossary function is a bit poor but we have to keep in mind that OmegaT is not designed to meet specific needs In addition its appearance could be improved but as far as we are concerned the simple design leaves no place for distractions therefore it allows us to fully concentrate on the translation process This could be an inconvenient for those who wish to personalize the font the colors etc but the simplicity of
73. nslation community Also we will examine the impact of technology and globalization on translation practice to acknowledge to which extent it is imperative to introduce CAT tools not only in professional working context but also in university syllabus We will go further and explain new tendencies in translation which are being caused by this relation in order to highlight the importance and the impact of free CAT tools Furthermore we will define and categorize CAT tools and we will go through their main functions and components translation memories TM alignment tools terminology management and localization In addition we will explain the concept of free and open source software and we will explain why is it important In the third part of the paper we will analyze a stand alone free and open source CAT tool OmegaT 2 6 3 A stand alone tool or an integrated translation environment refers to the fact that the program has incorporated the translation memory and the terminology management systems the editor in which to perform the translation and other additional features The advantage of such tool is that we have everything in one place ensuring greater stability and customization This is one of the main reasons we have chosen to test OmegaT At the beginning of this paper we have explored many CAT tools searching for those which are free and open source but some of them were free and not open source others were open source but not
74. ocalisation Internationalisation and Globalisation Syn theses Journal 3 pp 11 25 Austermuhl F 2001 Electronic tools for translators 1st ed Manchester St Jerome Bowker L 2002 Computer aided translation technology a practical introduction Ottawa University of Ottawa Press Catford J C 1965 A linguistic theory of translation an essay in applied linguistics London Oxford University Press C novas M and Samson R 2011 Open source software in translator training Revista Tradum tica tecnologies de la traducci 9 pp 46 56 online Available at lt http revistes uab cat tradumatica article view 9 pdf gt Accessed 18 May 2014 D az Fouces and Garcia Gonzalez M 2008 Traducir con software libre 1st ed Granada Comares Esselink B 2000 A Practical guide to localization 1st ed Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub Co European Union 2012 Studies on translation and multilingualism Crowdsourcing translation 1st ed Luxembourg Publications Office of the European Union pp 23 25 Fsf org 2004 Free Software Foundation working together for free software online Available at lt http www fsf org gt Accessed 12 Jun 2014 Gambier Y and Doorslaer L 2010 Handbook of translation studies 1st ed Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub Co Gurevych amp Kim J 2013 The people s web meets NLP 1st ed Berlin Springer Heer J amp Bostock M 2010 Cr
75. oing sth How about putting the sofa closer to the window How about we have that game when we get back How about if we tell the police where Newley is hiding how s about AmE How s about going to the beach this afternoon b used to ask about another person or thing works A i i y X ardal C mo fandora lt oogrvent 0098 Mary and Ken are still away And how about Biliy I need a long cold drink How about you cl 0 Ivwfuturelearn convaboutlwhy itworks key a Whyitworks https www futurelearn com aboutiour principles Our principles https lwww futurelear com aboutteam Team https www futurelear com partners panes X Machine Translation Multiple Translations Notes Comments Project autosaved on 2 57 PM 15 145 13 140 145 12 24 Figure 12 Fuzzy matches pane The Fuzzy Matches pane can be easily customized in the menu Option External TMXs as shown below External TMX Options Please select how tags of non OmegaT TMXs should be displayed Y Use XML for standalone tags e g lt i gt Match display template id fuzzyFlag sourceText S targetText lt S score S inoStemScore S adjustedScore filePath gt emplate variables id v insert Figure 13 External TMX options In the figure above we can visualize the default settings for External TMX Option in OmegaT but the context can be personalized using some variables th
76. ols as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Therefore the automatic alignment has its limitations but with a simple intervention of the translator at the end of the process to fix these expected miscalculations it becomes a powerful computer aided tool This is excellent when it comes to build up a strong translation memory but it is important to know that a TM created from scratch would give more accurate results than a TM created with aligned texts As mentioned before TMs work with segments hence when a segment is translated and saved into the TM this one will process it and use it for future similar or identical source text and also to suggest translation for segments that are not very similar process called propagation This is why TMs that contain post translation alignment cannot reuse internal repetitions Another interesting feature of the alignment tool is the file format that it supports If we have previously translated content in other format than doc which is the most common one we can still use the tool because many of them support nowadays a wide range of formats HTML STF files Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Excel InDesign TXT XML etc WORDFAST AUTOALIGNER BETA Welcome back umbraarsa yahoo com Y Follow wordfast 1 173 follower f 9i Greteem lt 315 Uptoap Fires Summary ALIGNMENT Pairs ES iait spanish u E Iwant to Y Download Now and _ Get it as an email at
77. om Latin signum mark sign image A S seal https www futurelearn com sign in 1 GIVES INFORMATION C a piece of paper metal or wood with words or a picture that gives people information warnings or instructions a sign on the door road signs a no smoking sign Don t ignore the fog warning signs Sign in 2 SHOWS SOMETHING IS TRUE C an event fact etc that shows that something is happening or that something is true or exists indication sign of A red morning sky is a sign of an impending storm Crying is seen as a sign of weakness A Conectarse lt segment 0049 gt aw print in the dust was a sign that a tiger was close There were no obvious signs of engine wear Raised blood pressure is a warning sign J If she can move her leg that s a very good sign His door was closed That was a bad sign She gave no outward signs of her problems He kept walking up and down which was a sure sign he was worried The tell tale signs of drug abuse are mainly to do with behaviour There are signs that the situation is improving There were no signs of success i At the first sign of trouble they had disappeared to England Iniciar sesi n omy Conectarse lt How it works FutureLearn htm gt ittps ww lt gt https ww Machine Translation Notes Comments 3 MOVEMENT OR SOUND C a movement sound etc that you make in order to tell someone something the thumbs up sig
78. ommercial software OmegaT 2 6 Automatic Java Properties Aligner In console mode that is using the tool in a scripting environment such as Java OmegaT is able to align documents as long as we possess both the source and the target text After the alignment OmegaT will create a TMX file that can be found in the folder named align tmx Additionally it allows incorporation of external alignment tools such as WinAlign 2 7 Plugins Another great advantage of OmegaT is the possibility of installing many useful plugins to extend the basic functionality of the tool Here are some examples 2 7 1 Tokenizer plugin The tokenizer or stemmers is a plugin which provides an improvement of the fuzzy and glossary matches This tokenizer works on an algorithm that has the ability of recognizing variables of the word s root Hence even if the word is not identical the plugin is able to find matches On Sourceforge webpage we can download it for free and install it It is compatible with Mac OS Windows and Linux The installation process is the same as for all the other OmegaT plugins We need to create a new folder called plugins in OmegaT installation folder and decompress the download the archive here In addition to make it functional it is necessary to specify which tokenizer we wish to use for the source language and which one for the target language 2 7 2 LanguageTool plugin LanguageToo in OmegaT is a style and grammar check
79. on of Translations _ E Remove Tags External Post processing Command Disabled File locations Source Files Folder C Users VNA Desktop OmegaT Project VNA source Translation Memory Folder C Users VNA Desktop OmegaT Project VNA tm Glossary Folder C Users VNA Desktop OmegaT Project VNA glossary Writeable Glossary File Browse C Users VNA Desktop OmegaT Project VNA glossary OmegaT Project VNA glossary bxt Dictionary Folder Browse C Users VNA Desktop OmegaT Project VNA dictionary Translated Files Folder C Users VNA Desktop OmegatT Project VNA target Figure 26 Create new project window In this step we have chosen the language pair we needed for our translation that is English and Spanish As regards to Options we have used the default settings as it was suitable for our project As we said before OmegaT creates a main folder which contains five different subfolders source files translation memory glossary dictionary and target file folder The Writeable Glossary File refers to the file OmegaT generates when creating a glossary while translating To insert the file we have chosen to translate we had to save the webpage in our computer and then import it in Omega 59 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT JE Import Source Files Look in m FutureLearn a L How it works FutureLearn_files Elementos reciente
80. or contributing to that termbase Nowadays TMS s format is no longer an impediment as there are many programs we can use for converting if the TMS we are using cannot handle the universal format known as Term Base eXchange TBS Somers 2003 4 Several studies reveal that using a CAT tool could result very beneficial for translators because CAT tools are designed for facilitating the translation process increasing translators efficiency and productivity considerably Fotini Vallianatou a freelance translator with a degree in Translation from the lonian University in Greece has conducted an exercise calculating her productivity over a period of 18 months using different CAT tools She states that the results were impressive and undoubtedly both her efficiency and productivity increased keeping in mind that she translated from English into Greek technical material mainly automotive and medical instrumentation Therefore the productivity depends on the type of job and the memory and terminology databases used the more specific the memory databases the larger the word volume you can translate in the same time period Vallianatou 2004 4 In consequence we can say that especially when working with texts from a specific field that contains repetitive terminology and phraseology CAT tools are recommended because the TM and the TMS will provide good translation suggestions There is not one correct answer to the question which CA
81. owdsourcing Graphical Perception Using Mechanical Turk to Assess Visualization Design ACM Human Factors in Computing Systems CHI OmegaT support 2014 Importing a translation memory into OmegaT ProZ com online Available at lt http www proz com forum omegat support 146666 importing a translation memory into omegat html gt Accessed 1 Jul 2014 Kenny D 1999 CAT Tools in an Academic Environment What Are They Good For Target 11 1 pp 65 82 72 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Lawlor B 2007 The Age of Globalization Impact of Information Technology on Global Business Strategies The Honors Program Senior Capstone Project Bryant University Lingo Systems amp ATA The guide to translation and localization preparing for the global marketplace 2002 Portland ATA McKay C 2006 June Free and Open Source Software for translators Panacea VII 95 98 online Available at lt http www medtrad org panacea IndiceGeneral n23 tribuna_McKay pdf gt Accessed 23 May 2014 O Hagan Minako and Ashworth David 2002 Translation mediated Communication in a Digital World Clevedon Multilingual Matters Ltd Pym A 2004 The moving text localization translation and distribution Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub Co Quah C K 2006 Translation and technology Houndmills England Palgrave Macmillan Reinke U 2013 State of the Art in Translation
82. plete the task and increase their productivity Therefore whereas MT systems try to replace translators CAT tools support translators by helping them to work more efficiently Lynne Bowker 2002 4 Somers also stresses the importance of understanding the difference between CAT and HAMT often a finer distinction is made between Machine Aided Human Translation MAHT and Human Aided Machine Translation HAMT implying a distinction between a basically human activity involving computer based tools on the one hand and a computer driven activity requiring the assistance of a human operator Somers 2003 2 Austerm hl states that the main objective of CAT tools is to provide the translator with all the information needed during the reception transfer and production phase of the translation process and he describes them as follows while accepting their advantages in assuring above all phraseological and terminological consistency and thus translation quality we primarily characterize them as leverage or productivity tools aimed at an automated direct transfer of source text fragments into the target language and as solutions for dealing with specific data formats of software related texts Austermuhl 2001 3 20 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT In other words CAT tools are as the name itself states a set of computerized means intended for helping the translators work Below we can
83. re To understand better what these concepts mean we will enumerate their definitions proposed by the Localisation Industry Standards Association LISA e Globalization addresses the business issues associated with taking a product global In the globalization of high tech products this involves integrating localization throughout a company after proper internalization and product design as well as marketing sales and support in the world market e Internalization is the process of generalizing a product so that it can handle multiple languages and cultural conventions without the need for re design Internalization takes place at the level of program design and document development e Localization involves taking a product and making it linguistically and culturally appropriate to the target locale country region and language where it will be used and sold e Translation is only one of the activities in localization in addition to translation a localization project includes many other tasks such as project management software engineering testing and desktop publishing Lingo Systems amp ATA 2002 4 As a conclusion a common factor between all the definitions above stated is the fact that they all agree that localization is strongly connected with digital content translation 29 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Software Product Online Help Documentation
84. redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor e The freedom to improve the program and release your improvements to the public so that the whole community benefits There are the Free Software Foundation that represents a non profit organization whose mission is to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users and the Open Source Initiative a non profit corporation whose purpose is to educate and inform about the advantages and benefits of open source software The main difference between free and open source software resides in the fact that the code source might be or not publicly available Therefore open source software could be free of charge or it could cost money but anyone with the required skills could look at and change the source code and later on make those changes available for everyone However there is also free and open source software FOSS which is under no restrictive copyright and whose source code is openly shared for improvement The most common FOSS licenses such as the GNU General Public License allow the user to e Install the software on as many machines as he she wants e Allow any number of people to use the software at once e Copy the software and give it to anyone e Modify the software as long as certain features are kept intact most commonly the licensing agreement 33 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT e Free
85. roductivity Reinke 2013 2 17 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 3 New tendencies in translation There is still on the table the argument concerning the translators visibility but we have to admit that the technology boom and the internet revolution have started to give translators more and more recognition for their significant addition to nowadays society How could Internet content be free open and accessible for all users regardless their language without translators colossal contribution English used to be the prevailing language on the Internet until recent years but now user authorship is polyglot thanks to the outstanding translators work of localization This leads us to a new complex process that we would like to define in order to understand it better localization Lyngo Systems 2002 4 defines localization as the process of customizing a product for consumers in a target market so that when they use it they form the impression that a native of their own country designed it Hence the localization of a product implies larger audience and therefore more economic benefits The accelerated development of technology had lead to a conspicuous increment of computer users and therefore to an upsurge of variety of electronic documents formats that diffuse over the Internet Thence translators were required to have ample computer science for the translation of the documentation interfaces
86. s Escritorio Mis documentos Me Equipo 3 How it works F Ty File name How it works FutureLearn htm Red Files of type all Files Figure 27 Import source files window Before starting to translate we have quickly personalized Omega in order to facilitate its manipulation e We added two dictionaries and a stopword list to the dictionary folder e We have configured OmegaT to mark the untranslated segments e We have selected the option to use Tab key to move to the next untranslated segments e We have changed the font In the following window we have inserted our translation segment by segment 60 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Project Edit Go To View Tools Options Help Ett 0 fai 00 The quizzes are not scored you get three tries at each question and we give you feedback and hints on each go k Estos ejercicios no se punt an Tiene tres intentos en cada pregunta y despu s de cada uno recibir feedback y sugerencias Tests Atkey moments in the course you find tests paer e En algunos momentos clave del curso encontrar tests Education n educaci n alfimizaci ews formaci n instrucci n cra Education 1 P quizzes scored 1 singular U the process of teaching and learning usually at school college or university the education system get receive an econ seein A education She also hopes her children wi
87. s are designed today to facilitate the translation of digital content and software as localization is indispensable in an evolving technological society e E26 Being acquainted with the importance of the technology input in the translation process e E27 Applying the knowledge of computer tools for managing texts for general specialized translation projects Subjects such as Documentation for Translators Computing for Translation Terminology Terminology Management Computer Assisted Translation Localization ICT s for Translation have risen our awareness on the relevance and usefulness of the technology in the translation process introducing us different tools resources and projects such as DocuTradSo Through advances in technology we can perform many translation related tasks reason for which is it utterly necessary to acquire these above mentioned competencies As technology is evolving computer assisted translation tools are rapidly developing as well and to increase productivity it is important to be aware of their existence to know how to use them properly as they represent a significant asset for the translation community e E28 Being acquainted with the aspects related to the task of general specialized translation and the various processes involved in it Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT e E34 Applying to general specialized translation projects professional computer assisted
88. t for example In Figure 5 we have an example of a free autoaligner tool which it happens also to be in the cloud that is it is hosted on a webpage so it works online without having to install it on our computer It can allow the alignment of three source documents with their target texts simultaneously 4 4 Localization tools We have chosen the following quote because it shows how important is for translators to adapt to the new challenges of a continuously changing world Chiew Kin explains the complexity of the process of localization Until the early 1990s the time when the Internet began to be used worldwide the translation types given in Hutchins and Somers 1992 were certainly applicable More than a decade later the boundaries of these four translation types have become more blurred Although many writers in the field still make clear distinctions these have become harder to maintain as technology becomes increasingly multifunctional and more multitasking The pace of change in the development of translation technology is extremely rapid what is current today may become outdated tomorrow Chiew Kin 2006 19 As regards to localization as we explained before it is more than source to text linguistic transfer because it consists in a set of other processes Acknowledging Chew s broad definition of localization being the process of changing the documentation of a product a product itself or the delivery of services so t
89. t it does not notify us when misspelling a word but in exchange we can run the spellchecker at the end of our work Besides the proofreading task depends on the preference of the translator Some translators prefer proofreading directly in the tool s interface and some prefer doing this task at the very end in the target document for style matters Nonetheless in OmegaT segments can be based on paragraphs which can facilitate the proofreading in the interface if so is preferred Its compatibility with operating systems such as Windows Mac OS and Linux makes OmegaT a powerful tool suitable for learning and professional environments To conclude it is necessary to precise that OmegaT has more advantages than disadvantages which makes it a powerful free and open source CAT tool that can help us increase output quality and consistency specifying that the benefits of this tool may vary according to the job we are handling 69 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT IV CONCLUSIONS Technology is nowadays part of our lives at a level below our notice Transforming paper based documents into digital information has represented an enormous step forward for the translation practice Although paper based dictionaries for example are not completely obsolete translators have the possibility now to consult not only online dictionaries but also online data and important sources which physical distance could have
90. t we will apperceive In the fourth and last part of the paper we will draw our conclusions and we will add the bibliography we have used for this thesis 12 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Il THEORETICAL APPROACH 1 Translation and technology Trying to define translation is a difficult task which many language experts of all times have tried to do We strongly believe it is not fair to affirm that one definition is more accurate than another as the definition of translation is as flexible and subtle as the process itself How can we say that Nida amp Taber s definition or Newmarks were inaccurate Of course we are in no position to pronounce a verdict but we can state the following nowadays linguists translators and language experts find these definitions incomplete but only as in relation to the time and place we find ourselves in Therefore we simply proclaim that the process of translation can be defined only taking into account time space culture society or a specific group of society This is the reason for which we consider this definition the most appropriate one Translation may be defined as follows the replacement of textual material in one language SL by equivalent textual material in another language TL This definition is intentionally wide not vague though it may appear so at first sight Catford 1965 20 As to present time experts try to formulate an empyrean
91. tended use of these kind of tools Learning about the dimension functioning and management of free CAT tools is the best long term investment because the translator to be will manage to dominate the tool properly both in class and real life assignments Furthermore we consider that the different CAT tools especially free CAT tools and their applicability should be a compulsory subject in Translation and Interpreting syllabus 10 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 2 Methodology In this chapter we will explain among other matters the framework of this paper the reason why we have chosen to analyze OmegaT the phases of this analysis the criteria we have used to analyze the tool and the motives of choosing this criteria The methodology we have used in order to understand better how these free computer aided translation tools function and the benefits they bring when employing them in translation practice can be divided in four main parts the introduction the theoretical approach the analysis of a particular CAT tool and the conclusions In the first part we will see the importance of the subject matter its connection with the competencies acquired in the Translation and Interpreting degree the purpose of this paper and its methodology In the second part of this thesis we will explain the relation between translation and technology and the advantageous results of this fusion for the tra
92. top OmegaT Project VNA dictionary Translated Files Folder C Users VNA Desktop OmegaT Project VNA target Figure 9 Project properties window First we need to select the language combination we are about to use in our new project We consider important to mention that besides the most common language pairs OmegaT offers a plethora of languages from Afar to Zulu Secondly as to the segmentation settings OmegaT comes by default with the Sentence level Segmenting check box enabled This means the source files are divided into sentences to facilitate the editing process This option is usually the most common one as almost all CAT tools have the same segmentation settings Nevertheless OmegaT gives us the possibility to choose segmentation by paragraph but if we choose this option we cannot switch to sentence level segmentation because the internal TM of our project will not be changed 40 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Changing segmentation settings may cause some already translated segments to be split or merged This will effectively return them to the untranslated status as they will no longer match segments recorded in the project memory even though their original translation is still there Smolej 2013 36 Thirdly the auto propagation check box is used for automatic translation when in the source text there are non unique segments If checked the first trans
93. tor training both in classroom and distance learning courses C novas amp Samson 2001 49 37 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT Ill ANALYSIS 1 Introduction to analysis The following part focuses on one particular CAT tool which is both free and open source integrated translation environment OmegaT Consequently the analytic part concerns about explaining the functioning of this tool and stating its highlights After this thorough analysis we will make a comparison of several aspects such as integrated tools translation process support file formats system requirements and some other characteristics The information presented below is gathered from the user s manuals of OmegaT translation websites and our conclusions after using the software to translate the webpage from FutureLearn How it works distance learning and online education platform 38 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 2 Omega integrated translation environment OmegaT is a free and open source single layer computer aided translation tool which can be redistributed and or modified under the terms of the GNU General Public License The software it does not come with warranty as its purpose is to help the translation community and encouraging it and everyone that may find it useful to participate to its improvement As we said before OmegaT is an open source program hence we can mod
94. translation tools CAT and terminology management tools We were able to develop these competences by applying the knowledge and the skills we have acquired in technology related subjects to specialized translation projects in subjects in which we were simulating real translation projects in small groups by rotation we were terminologists project managers translators and revisers The development in technology has consequences on translation in all its domains legal and administrative technical literary scientific commercial or institutional translation This thesis demonstrate that the use of translation tools facilitate both general and specialized translation process as it is conveniently to search and manage translation projects and terminology databases Moreover we applied our acquired specific skills in defining CAT tools categorize them and show their main functions and components translation memories TM alignment tools terminology management and localization Lastly we were able to extract conceptual information from the OmegaT analysis to emphasize on the quality that this tool provides e E40 Designing and developing dictionaries and terminological databases To conclude with this paper we aim to prove that we have acquired the required competences to carry out this type of investigation project e E47 Showing management skills and assessment of the quality of the compiled information skills which
95. ts on a sentence phrase or word level These segments can be retrieved and then used for a new translation project Special software identifies whether the new text to be translated contains passages that are already stored in the translation memory TM The translations corresponding to the segments found in the TM database are then offered as translation proposals for the new text Austerm hl 2001 3 From all the definitions above mentioned we can deduce that in essence translation memories are very useful for texts that have repetitive terminology and phraseology such as legal and administrative technical scientific commercial institutional translation or medical This is also stated by Alcina 2008 with the mention that CAT tools have great importance in localization Computer assisted translation essentially consisting of translation memories and machine translation are useful in specialized translation that is when dealing with texts containing a large amount of terminology and repeated structures Computer assisted translation tools are also of great importance for localization purposes in other words for translating computer programs video games and websites Alcina 2008 79 In the case of these types of texts the foremost used lexicon is almost the same and with a solid TM it can be retrieved quickly without the need of performing the same terminology 23 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial softw
96. tureLeam esiHowit works FutureLeam him about doing sth How about putting the sofa closer to the window How about we have that game when we get baci How about if we tell the ham police where Newly ing how s about A How about going to the beach this afternoon b ued to ask about another person o thing May i nii E parla cima unons lt oegment059 gt Mary and Ken are stil away And how about Billy I need a long cold drink How about you Mis ww uureearn cen about works Sea aed Why works Ms tiv futreleamncomvaboutou principles Our principles nts ww futurelearn comfaboutteam Team ips www Atureleam convpatners Partners Machine Translation Multiple Translations Notes Comments Po ene 257 ies tin 15 72 Figure 19 Glossary pane suggestions dialogue window 2 4 3 Spell checker In order to use an OmegaT integrated spell checker we need to install a spelling dictionary based on the spelling checker which is used in Apache OpenOffice Thunderbird Firefox and LibreOffice We can either add a dictionary to a folder previously created or we can install one because OmegaT offers the option of installing a new one by selecting Install new dictionary 49 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 18 JE Spellchecker Setup Y Automatically check the spelling of text Dictionary file folder gle Drive Programas sobre los que voy a hablar 2 1 OmegaT Project Real Dict
97. uch easier because almost all CAT tools have integrated it even the free ones Predominantly all CAT tools have integrated a series of specific technology such as translation memories TM terminology management systems alignment of the text source and the translated text and localization tools It is very important to mention that there are other CAT tools but these ones are worth mentioning as they are the ones that bring changes that are more significant in conventional translation practice We will examine all these components individually in order to fathom how CAT tools work and consequently to be able to appreciate the quality and usefulness of a free CAT tool 4 1 Translation Memory TM Translation memory is a database in which the source text is saved with its correspondent translation It is very accessible to work with as it divides the source text into segments where the user or the tool can insert the matching translation Source text EN Target text ES For more information ask your doctor or Para m s informaci n consulte a su pharmacist m dico o farmac utico Source text EN For more information ask your doctor or pharmacist Target text ES Para m s informaci n consulte a su m dico o farmac utico Figure 2 Example of how segments could be displayed The segments which represent sentences can be displayed in two different ways as we can see in Figure 2 aligned the source text located
98. ultiple languages but also to personalize the term entry so that we get results depending on the context we need that term Below we can see an example of a complete term entry that we used in a mycological terminology project at our university Sou A NOT NE Base de datos terminol gica Editar Buscar Navegaci n Ver Herramientas Ayuda Dad adharca MODELO A WAI OS EN y PES n y Flags layout 3 100 a idear X 3 Ning n filtro osdvia T rminos Es 1 Figure 3 TMS MultiTerm entry model The possibility of storing terms with a predefined field such as definition context variant example observation etc also makes easier the process of retrieval for a specific client author reviser field subfield date It is interesting to mention that various term bases can be merged reason for which the field author appears in Figure 2 As well as translation memories a TMS can be used as a stand alone tool or it can be integrated into a TM Unfortunately exchanging term bases is not always an easy task as translators use different TMS tools that work with different formats Nevertheless experts have designed a universal interchangeable format Term Base eXchange TBX but as any other technological innovation it could be enhanced Some TMSs will allow data to be exported directly to various word processor or desktop publishing formats or to be imported and exported according to
99. umbraarsa yahoo com Ceramic tiles are thin slabs that are generally used to surface floors Las baldosas cer micas son placas generalmente utilizadas para revestimiento de suelos They are made from clay compositions and other raw materials that are ground moulded and subsequently Se y fabrican a partir de composiciones de dried and fired at adequate temperatures to make them acquire the required properties arcillas y otras materias primas que se someten a molturaci n se moldean y seguidamente se secan y se cuecen a temperatura suficiente para que adquieran las propiedades requeridas Ceramic tiles may be unglazed UGL or glazed GL Las baldosas cer micas pueden ser no esmaltadas UGL o esmaltadas GL esmaltadas se someten a una cocci n nica las baldosas esmaltadas reciben una cubierta o antes de la nica cocci n Las baldosas no vitrificable entre una primera y una segunda cocci n Unglazed tiles undergo a single firing glazed tiles have a vitreous coat applied between the first and second firing or before the only firing The following names and descriptions technical information duty or other take into account the objective criteria that may be used such as as well as comercial terms Las denominaciones y descripciones que siguen tienen presente los criterios objetivos utilizables de car cter t cnico arancelario u otros as como la terminolog a comercial However no standardized nor generally a
100. unlocalized The financial aspect is one of the main reasons for which the products need internalization because High costs and numerous cultural problems result from just taking home a product usually software produced for the US market and directly translating ts natural language strings into another language That binary translation interface has to be repeated for each new language it sends costs and spiraling Overall expenses are lower if the home product is first prepared for all or some of its later localizations Pym 2004 31 To give a specific example we will take the case of the Spanish language and its variants in the Spanish speaking countries To localize a videogame taking into account all linguistic specificity for Spain Mexico Argentina Peru and Venezuela it could result very expensive but when trying to use a homogeneous language which can be understood by a person living in Spain and someone from Peru or Venezuela these costs are significantly reduced Thus organizations have to tailor their products to match the language and culture of the countries they intend to do business in including countries with different varieties of the same language Quah 2006 20 An important aspect to be mentioned is that the process of translation of a product to be localized often begins while the product is still elaborated Also first one or more beta versions or release candidates of the product are translated before the
101. ure 24 Compilation of OmegaT highlights 57 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 4 Translating with OmegaT To examine the functions of OmegaT above recorded we have translated FutureLearn s How to webpage In this section we will concisely enumerate the steps we have followed for this translation process as the process of translating with this tool is pretty straightforward To start translating with OmegaT it was necessary to create a new project To do this from the Menu bar we select Project then New and the following Create a New Project window appeared JE Create a New Project Save in OmegaT Project VNA 4 i Elementos recientes Escritorio Mis documentos A Equipo Folder name C Users VNA Desktop OmegaT Project VNA Red Files of type All Files Figure 25 Saving a project window We chose a folder we have previously created and then click on Save button Automatically a new window comes into sight 58 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT E E Create New Project Please select the language of your source files and the target language you would like to translate to Here you may also specify custom location of project folders Languages Source Files Language EN Translated Files Language ES Options V Enable Sentence level Segmenting Segmentation File Filters V Auto propagati
102. using it the application requests billing information Projekt Bearbeiten Gehezu Ansicht Extras Optionen Hilfe all me el Some years ago never mind how long precisely having little or no money in my purse and nothing particular to interest me on shore I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world lt Segment 0005 gt Algunos a os atr s no importa cu nto tiempo exactamente tiene poco o ning n dinero en mi bolsillo y nada de particular que me interesara en tierra pens que iba a navegar sobre un poco y ver la parte acuosa del mundo lt Segmentende gt Google Translate Nekaj let nazaj Ni va no kako dolgo natan no ki imajo malo ali ni denarja v torbici in ni me zlasti za obresti na kopnem sem mislil da bi jadro okoli malo in si oglejte vodeno delu sveta W rterbuch unscharfe Treffer Glossar 6 24 6 24 24 Figure 22 Google Translate behavior window Google Translate offers a great variety of language combinations 50 languages Belazar offers Russian Belarusian language combination Apertium is increasingly implementing more language combination but so far it offers CA ES GA PT OC FT and EN We are not obliged to use a MT but if we use it and we are not satisfied with the outcome we are always free to edit it We are not able to use any of the MT mentioned above if we are not connected to the internet 51 Free CAT tools as an alternative to c
103. utions manage to acquire educational licensees for CAT tools like MemoQ SDL Trados D ja Vu and Wordfast for both the institution and the students An inconvenient would be that commercial CAT tools vendors change their policies very often and the institutions cannot assure a continuity of their training programs C novas amp Samson 2001 49 On the other hand free CAT tools are available for everyone therefore institutions can access them include them in their training programs for students without having to deal with economic issues and changing policies Free software possesses similar characteristics as commercial software and offers the same basic features except that it is free Besides most of the time extremely complex tools that offer a diverse range of features might prove difficult to work with and be rather unhelpful for translators as C novas Samson state below Generally speaking they are less sophisticated but they may be extremely helpful in training contexts Indeed this distinction is important across all educational fields not just in translation Sophisticated and expensive commercial applications may be state of the art but at the same time offer far more functionality than is requires in a training context C novas amp Samson 2001 49 Bearing these considerations we strongly believe that free and open source software should be the preferred fully valid professional option for pre service transla
104. vices and cheaper products with one click the 13 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT development of the ecommerce and therefore increased competition and the innovations in all professional areas translation included Without any doubt globalization s repercussion on business environment is a highly disputed topic but for this paper we will aim our attention at the translation industry because there is a growing demand for translation as English is not the lingua franca of the global market economy or of the world of technology and the evidence is in your computer in Word go to Tools Language Set Language Pym 2004 2 Therefore it is the translator s job to connect people to unite them through linguistic similarities and differences by creating bridges using world s most valuable tool words Nonetheless in the next chapter we will further explore this perspective 14 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 2 Benefits of technology in translation Lynne Bowker 2002 beautifully manages to express the relevance of technology in translation business citing Samuelsson Brown 1996 280 Technology is developing at a frightening pace and the demands made on the translator do not show any signs of abating In fact the translator is becoming more and more dependent on information technology and if the translator does not adapt to change he or she may become u
105. will serve as empirical support for a research project e E51 Learn about the interdisciplinary foundations that will serve as a theoretical framework for the bachelor thesis e E52 Ensure the quality of the thesis within specific deadlines Furthermore we will explain the purpose of this paper and its aim as regards to the competencies mentioned above Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 1 Purpose This paper is as the title suggests about free computer aided translation CAT tools The reason why we have chosen this topic is because we have apperceived that although computer aided translation tools are and have been the subject of many studies and discussions not all translators are familiarized with the concept The aim of this paper is to explain and exemplify the imperative necessity of acknowledging the presence of free computer aided translation tools in the information era as they increase translators efficiency and productivity It is no longer a question whether to employ or not a CAT tool as the fact that computer aided translation technology is helping translators in being more efficient is a reality already assumed and greeted The main purpose of this thesis is to inform about the applicability of the free CAT tools available on the market by analyzing the latest version of OmegaT 2 6 3 a free and open source CAT tool in order to stimulate interest and direct efforts towards an ex
106. ys the translation suggestions in the Glossary pane but only if the term is identical because no inflected forms are recognized 48 Free CAT tools as an alternative to commercial software OmegaT 4 14 How itworks FutureLoarn C mo funciona 15175554 gt Dictionary p 00 Bov atc qua cuin I Hov bon Language i Engish Origin ho used to ask or talk about the way in which something happens or is done How do you spell your name How can T help you T 4 ike to help Jin some way but I m not sure how He explained how the system worked We both used to work at the airport that s how we met how to do sh 1 don t know how to get to your house la showed me how to load the gun advice on how best athe best way to invest your money They hada number of suggestions as to how he service could be improved Tis sl leaves the question o how local services shold be fonded how on earth the word etc used for emphasis when you are surprised angry etc How on earth did you find out 2 used to ask or talk about the amount size degree etc of something How big is the state of Louisiana How many kids do they have now How long have you ben learning Engtsh Do you know how otis They couldn t tel exact how far away the bridge was She wondered A how much Angela already knew how much mused to ask the price of something How much are the tickets Can you tel

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