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What do you know about CAT tools ?

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Question added by Mohamed Morsy Mohamed Morsy khalil , Secretary and translator , El khalafy company for import and export
Date Posted: 2016/03/17
Karim Higazi
by Karim Higazi , Translator , BCG

"Computer Aided Translation" is a computer program that assists translators in efficiently translating text documents.

Esma Zahzah
by Esma Zahzah , General Manager , Les Services EKZ

It is Computer-Assisted Translation. It helps translators and linguists in increasing translation production.

Abdelkrim Mouhoub
by Abdelkrim Mouhoub , Translator , Universal Postal Union

CAT tools are softwares that help translators to translate text documents efficiently and rapidly while preserving terminology consistency and coherence (SDL Trados, Wordfast).

Maryam  Muhammad
by Maryam Muhammad , Translator and Proofreader , Perfect Translators

The word "CAT" is an abbreviation for" computer assisted translation" which are programs used to make translation process is more efficient. The following link shows a transcription of a video explaining the meaning of CAT tools. 

 

 

http://www.sdltrados.com/solutions/cat-tools/translation-101-what-is-a-cat-tool.html

 

Amir Ageeb
by Amir Ageeb , Content Senior Specialist , Elm Company

Dear Mohammed,

You need to check: Computer-assisted translation (CAT) in Wikipedia through the following link: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_translation

Dia Burisly
by Dia Burisly , Instructor Spanish , TRAINING COURSES

 

CAT are Computer-aided Translation systems. These are software applications created specifically to facilitate the human translation (in terms of speed and consistency).

It's a computer-assisted Translation to support and facilitate the translation process

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