This document provides an introduction and overview of computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools. It discusses what CAT tools are, the advantages they provide like improved consistency and reduced costs, and how they work by segmenting text, storing translation memories, and utilizing terminology databases to assist the translation process. The document also gives examples of additional functions CAT tools offer and provides information about the translation company EuroLingo.

1. EuroLingo’s Tutorials
Episode 1: Introducing CAT tools

2. Table of contents
• What
• Why
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• How does it work
• Segmentation
• Translation Unit
• Translation Memory
• Terminology Databases
• Additional Functions
• About EuroLingo

3. What
What is a CAT tool ?
A CAT tool is a computer program that helps to
translate text documents more efficiently (Below is an
example).

4. Why
Why should you use a CAT tool?
When you use a CAT tool for translating you will be
a better and a faster translator. In consequence, you
will make more money and/or you will have more
leisure time.

5. Advantages
Advantages of CAT tools:
1. Improve Consistency
2. Minimize Turnaround Time
3. Reduce Translation Cost
4. Track History - who did what, and when

6. Disadvantages
Disadvantages of CAT tools:
1. Interaction with other SW, and resulting problems.
2. Inheriting Problems.
3. Format problems.
4. Translation Memory problems – before experience

7. How does it work
A CAT tool helps to translate text documents more
efficiently through four main functions:
1- Segmentation
2- Translation Unit
3- Translation Memory
4- Terminology databases

8. Segmentation
1- Segmentation:
A CAT tool segments the text to be translated in
segments (sentences) and presents the segments in
a convenient way, to make translating easier and
faster. In MetaTexis each segment is presented in a
special box, and the translation can be entered in
another box right below the source text.

9. Translation Unit
2- Translation Unit:
The translation of each segment is saved together
with the source text. Source text and translation will
always be treated and presented as a translation
unit (TU). You can return to a segment at any time
to check the translation. There are special functions
which help to navigate through the text and to find
segments which need to be translated or revised
(quality control).

10. Translation Memory
3- Translation Memory (TM):
The main function of a CAT tool is to save the
translation units in a database, called translation
memory (TM), so that they can be re-used for any
other text, or even in the same text. Through
special "fuzzy search" features the search functions
of CAT tools even find segments which do not
match 100 %. This saves a lot of time and effort
and helps to make a coherent and consistent
translation.

11. Terminology Databases
4- Terminology Databases:
The fourth basic function of a CAT tool is the
automatic look-up in terminology databases, and
the automatic display and insertion of the search
results.

12. Additional Functions
Besides these main functions many other functions
are included in a CAT-Tool which also make
translating easier and increase the productivity:
1. Text search tools
2. Index/concordance tools
3. Quality checking
4. Statistical tools
5. Import/Export tools
6. Tools for post-production
7. Alignment Tool
8. Internet tools

13. About EuroLingo
About EuroLingo:
EuroLingo is a Polish-based company established in 2004, dedicated to
serving the translation, localization and DTP industry. EuroLingo has
customers all over Europe, the United States, and the Far East.
EuroLingo provides Translation, Localization, DTP, and Software
Engineering services from English and German into all Central and
Eastern European (CEE) languages.
Contact Details:
Poland
27 Krotka Street
42-200 Czestochowa
Poland.
Tel: +48343220008
E-mail: Info@euro-lingo.com
Website: www.euro-lingo.com

14. Thank you