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Poll: How do you organize your Translation Memories (TMs)?
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This poll was originally submitted by Heloisa Ferreira

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Elías Sauza
Elías Sauza  Identity Verified
Messico
Local time: 16:27
Membro (2002)
Da Inglese a Spagnolo
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An important option missing Jul 12, 2009

I voted 'Other' because I organize my TMs by client, and then by subject if the client has projects in more that one significant subjects.

Regards,

Elías


 
Andres Larsen
Andres Larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 18:27
Da Spagnolo a Inglese
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I have no Translation Memories Jul 12, 2009

I have no Translation Memories and do not use any

 
Paul Dixon
Paul Dixon  Identity Verified
Brasile
Local time: 19:27
Da Portoghese a Inglese
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No option Jul 12, 2009

No option suitable - "Don't use TMs" should have been included.

 
Anton Konashenok
Anton Konashenok  Identity Verified
Repubblica Ceca
Local time: 00:27
Da Francese a Inglese
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The most obvious has been forgotten Jul 12, 2009

by language...duh!

 
Yaotl Altan
Yaotl Altan  Identity Verified
Messico
Local time: 16:27
Membro (2006)
Da Inglese a Spagnolo
+ ...
No Jul 12, 2009

I don't have TM's.

 
Amy Duncan (X)
Amy Duncan (X)  Identity Verified
Brasile
Local time: 19:27
Da Portoghese a Inglese
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Same here Jul 12, 2009

andres-larsen wrote:

I have no Translation Memories and do not use any


This could have been an option, too. I'm sure there are plenty of translators who don't use CAT tools and don't have TMs.


 
Sophie Dzhygir
Sophie Dzhygir  Identity Verified
Francia
Local time: 00:27
Da Tedesco a Francese
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Other Jul 12, 2009

By end-client.

Except for legal topics, which I keep all in one big TM.


 
Cecilia Civetta
Cecilia Civetta  Identity Verified
Italia
Local time: 00:27
Membro (2003)
Da Italiano a Spagnolo
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By end client. Jul 12, 2009

I'm surprised not to find this as an option.
Almost every translator and agency I know divides memories by end client.

[Edited at 2009-07-12 20:19 GMT]


 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germania
Local time: 00:27
Membro (2006)
Da Tedesco a Inglese
Also by client Jul 12, 2009

Me too, always by client as many of my TM´s are customer sensitive

 
Anne Bohy
Anne Bohy  Identity Verified
Francia
Local time: 00:27
Da Inglese a Francese
By end-client (not by client, i.e. translation agency) Jul 13, 2009

And it's sometimes a problem if agencies don't state clearly which customer it is, or it is a new one and I realize this too late...

 
Parrot
Parrot  Identity Verified
Spagna
Local time: 00:27
Da Spagnolo a Inglese
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Other Jul 13, 2009

By end-client (also).

Let's be practical. Renault may use the same automotive terms in a different way from its competitors.

And of COURSE we have to separate language combinations.


 
Alexander Kondorsky
Alexander Kondorsky  Identity Verified
Russia
Local time: 01:27
Da Inglese a Russo
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Other - by client Jul 13, 2009

Strange, such a logical way of TM organization - "by client" is missing from the list.

 
Christine Andersen
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Danimarca
Local time: 00:27
Membro (2003)
Da Danese a Inglese
+ ...
Combination... Jul 13, 2009

I have some client-specific TMs, some subject-field TMs and a big overall TM for each language pair I work in.

Agencies sometimes send job-specific TMs, which may be very small and client-specific or larger and subject-specific.

As it is possible to work with two TMs at once, it is sometimes useful to combine them, especially when the agency's TM is very small - there may be more hits in my own background memory, but new segments are not registered in it.

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I have some client-specific TMs, some subject-field TMs and a big overall TM for each language pair I work in.

Agencies sometimes send job-specific TMs, which may be very small and client-specific or larger and subject-specific.

As it is possible to work with two TMs at once, it is sometimes useful to combine them, especially when the agency's TM is very small - there may be more hits in my own background memory, but new segments are not registered in it.

Very occasionally I make an extra copy of the uncleaned, file, remove client-specific details and segments that are unlikely to turn up again, and then clean the remaining text into my own TM - this adds standard phrases and useful expressions, which can then be found in the concordance.

Recently I have begun to edit my TMs in Wordfast, removing segments that will never be repeated, names and addresses etc. It's a big job, but will get easier with time if I do it regularly!

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