TDA members' pilot project prove the benefits of sharing translation memories

At a glance

• Sharing translation memories delivers significant weighted word count reductions in advanced leveraging tests undertaken by TDA member companies, with an average reduction of 43% across all scenarios before translator assessment


• Organizations with small or no translation memories in specific language pairs and/or domains are likely to gain most from using industry shared language data for advanced leveraging. The average weighted word count reduction for this scenario is 35% before translator assessment


• TDA members who are not currently using advanced leveraging are already actively looking to adopt this rapidly-developing technology


• TDA is reviewing data download rules to better cater for the needs of organizations with small or no translation memories

"It's great for TDA and its members that we are already fulfilling the promise of catalyzing innovation for the industry. Sharing translation memories on the industry-owned TDA platform proves to be very beneficial in combination with scalable translation technologies."

Jaap van der Meer, director TAUS Data Association

What you don't (want to) know

The first responses to the Google Translation Toolkit are generally positive. No wonder: it makes total sense. It offers a friendly interface for translators to edit translations, do peer review, leverage from previous translations and make use of an ever better MT engine that is fully integrated. You can even upload your own TMs and glossaries and have them hosted by Google. And, most importantly, all of this costs you nothing.