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25.01.2023

In the above video, I have presented the basic functions of a CAT Tool – Smartcat.

First I have shown the basic settings of the programme. There is an interesting tab called Translation jobs where you can find a job offer.

How to set up a project:

1)     My tasks --> Select a file --> and we can add a given document to translate --> we and also add a translation memory --> Next --> we set Project name, Deadline, Source and Target text and Language. We can also mark the option “use machine translation” --> Finish

[When we click on Advanced settings we can see: Translation memories, glossaries, quality assurance, and pre-translation]

When we translate a segment we can confirm it by marking a tick. When we have Tags we can click the arrow to move the target segment on the right side and then introduce a translation (as was shown in the video). When we have errors in a given segment, there appears a red or yellow triangle with an exclamation mark, which gives us information about errors.

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25.01.2023

In the above video, I have shown the basic functions of the Subtitle Edit programme that is used to translate subtitles.

1)     If you want to add a transcript to the programme, you can click on File --> New and then you can add a given text that you want to translate.

2)     If you want to add a video to the programme, you need to choose View --> Open video file and choose a video. But this is also possible to add a video by dragging it into the video pane.

3)     When you double-click on a given segment, the same moment automatically appears on the video, which is important and useful for a translator, because when creating the subtitles he/she can immediately see them in the video and check if the subtitles match the speaking pace.

4)     When a given row is too long we can divide it into two shorter ones as I have shown in the video. However, sometimes this is difficult to achieve a proper length of the row so we can also choose an option Split line! When the row is too long it is marked in red.

5)     We can check if there are any errors by clicking on the Spell check tab.

6)     Additionally, we can choose a preferred language of the programme: Options --> Choose language

7)     Other useful options: Options --> Settings

-        General (information about single line max length, optimal chars/sec, max. chars/sec, etc.)

-        Subtitle formats

-        Shortcuts

-        Syntax colouring (we can change the colour of subtitles that are too long)

-        File type associations

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20.01.2023

In order to make an alignment in Trados Studio we need to:

1)     First of all, download two files – Source text and Target text

2)     Open Trados and choose the option Align Documents in the Home (Welcome) tab --> Align Single File Pair

3)     Afterwards, we need to click Create --> New File-based Translation Memory --> give it a name, for example, ALIGN_1

4)     We need to also add previously downloaded source and target text as it is shown in the above screenshot

Alignment process:

1)     We choose the option Disconnect All and connect particular segments with each other

2)     After this process we have to choose Confirm All to confirm all changes

3)     Finally, we choose Import into Translation Memoryà Advanced Import

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21.12.2022

Conversion II

1)     First of all we need to download a file ProjectTerm.csv to the separate folder

2)     We need to open that file with Notepad++ (we can right-click on the file and choose the option Edit with Notepad++) --> Then we need to close all tabs and open again --> Afterwards we mark Encode in UTF-8-BOM in the Encoding tab --> we save a file and close it

3)     MultiTerm Convert:

We choose the option Spreadsheet or database exchange format (because it converts .csv format). When we open the file we have to mark Delimiters (comma). Afterwards, we need to set languages --> we mark English and choose English in the language field, we mark Polish and choose Polish (Poland) and we mark Alternative and choose Polish (Poland).

4)     MultiTerm Desktop:

We create a new termbase --> right click on created termbase and Import into Termbase à Load an existing file --> we choose ProjectTerm.mtf.xml and mark Fast import.

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20.12.2022

Conversion I

1)     First of all we need to create a new folder on the desktop

2)     Afterwards we need to download a file with .xlsx extension to the folder

3)     We open Multiterm Convert:

We mark Microsoft Excel format because this option converts terminology from Microsoft Excel with .xls/.xlsx extension (the information about that is given under the options) --> we click on Browse and choose our file to be converted (ProjectTermBank.xlsx), this is enough to load a file in the Input file --> we choose languages (we need to mark en Term 1 and choose English in Language field, afterwards we need to mark pl Term 1 and choose Polish (Poland) in Language field --> we click Next and do not add anything (we have only 2 columns)

4)     We open Multiterm Desktop:

We create a termbase: File --> Create Termbase --> we need to give a name to our Termbase (the extension is .sdltb) --> we mark Load an existing termbase definitions file and we need to add ProjectTermBank.xdt (we need to be sure that this file comes from our folder) --> we give a name to the base and click Next --> the termbase is created (Terms: Termbases) so we can right click on it and choose the option Import into Termbase --> then we import ProjectTermBank.mtf.xml file and mark Fast import

If we want to see all terms we have to go to Browse

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07.11.2022

I watched a video Machine Translation: From Translation to Post-editing to better understand the idea of post-editing. I have learned about the common PE operations, common errors of post-editors, the main difference between translation and post-editing, benefits and challenges of PE.

1)     Common PE operations include:

-        Fixing punctuation and capitalization

-        Changing sentence and phrase structures

-        Editing grammatical agreements (singular/plural, masculine/feminine)

-        Adding/deleting punctuation symbols

-        Changing formatting

-        Removing/adding words

-        Retranslating whole words or expressions

2)     Common errors of post-editors:

-        Stylistic preferential changes

-        Under-edited translations

-        Over-edited translations

-        Inconsistent terms

-        Untranslated, added or omitted words

-        Unlocalized or incorrect acronyms

-        Unlocalized text

-        Typos

-        Ignorance of “false cognates”

-        Errors of the structural level

3)     The difference between light post-editing/fast post-editing  and full post-editing/conventional post-editing:

-        Light/fast post-editing – essential corrections only

-        Full/conventional post-editing – more corrections leading to higher quality

4)     Is the Post-editor a Junior or a Senior translator?

-        Junior – light post-editing/ Statistical MT (phrase-based)

-        Senior – full post-editing/Neural MT (end to end/input-output)
1)     PE differs from traditional translation revision on several fronts:

-        The types of errors to be corrected are different

-        Misconstruction of meaning will occur at different levels

-        Post-editing seeks the minimum steps required for an acceptable text