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RE: Translation: simplified English or controlled language tools such as MAXit
Subject:RE: Translation: simplified English or controlled language tools such as MAXit From:"Steve Hudson" <steve -at- wright -dot- com -dot- au> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 2 Jul 2001 17:11:00 +1000
They seem to be happier to be able to radically underquote their
competition. But - for a closer analogy - should we paid more to single
source? After all, although we only wrote it once, we produced a half dozen
different publications from it...
Steve Hudson
Lead Technical Writer
Wright Technologies (Aus)
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[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-62124 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of susan
larsson
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 4:20 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Translation: simplified English or controlled language
tools such as MAXit
At 12:20 PM 7/2/2001 +1000, Steve Hudson wrote:
>Translation memory systems can use fuzzy logic. Simplifying the extent of
>vocabulary greatly increases the fuzzy matches, greatly reducing
>hand-translation and thus the primary cost.
just curious: how does the translator compensate for the cost of the
translation memory system? and the time invested to master it?
after all, as a tech writer, when you repeat the same phrase in your text,
do you get paid less for writing it? would you accept that? and would you
even invest in a system that would ensure you were paid less?
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