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Setup of term lists and term bases for terminology checking. LRC XI, 25./26. October 2006 Angelika Zerfass Consultant and Trainer for Translation Tools. Terminology Checking. When can terminology be checked? What is being checked?
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Setup of term lists and term bases for terminology checking LRC XI, 25./26. October 2006 Angelika Zerfass Consultant and Trainer for Translation Tools
Terminology Checking • When can terminology be checked? • What is being checked? • How are term lists and term bases set up for terminology checking? Zerfass@zaac.de
Term Check - When • During or after authoring of the source language documents • During or after translation with a translation memory tool • After translation with a quality assurance tool Zerfass@zaac.de
Term Check – What • Source language documentation • Consistent use of terminology • Use of forbidden terms • Translated (bilingual) files or translation memories • Consistent use of one target language term, even if there are synonyms • Use of target term from the term list / term base • Use of forbidden target terms • Terms that do not have a translation in the term list / term base Zerfass@zaac.de
Check point 1 During authoring
Source document • Consistent use of terminology • Use of “forbidden” terms Zerfass@zaac.de
Terminology AC power cord AC power cable power cord power cable cord cable Connect the AC power cord to the AC power adapter, then to the back of the photo printer Examples from AuthorAssistant and acrocheck Zerfass@zaac.de
Setup of term list / term base • In order to check for forbidden terms, these terms need to be marked with an attribute. Zerfass@zaac.de
Check point 2 During translation
Term check in TM Systems • Correct translation • When terms in the source segment are found in the term database, the target segment will be checked for the existence of the translated term • Forbidden term • Terms from blacklists or term bases that should not be used • New terms • Terms that do not have a target language equivalent in the term list / term base Zerfass@zaac.de
Example (Wordfast) Translation from term list not found Zerfass@zaac.de
Example (Wordfast) Blacklisted term found Zerfass@zaac.de
Example (Quintilian, Add-in for Word) Hit or Miss for terms from Excel list Zerfass@zaac.de
Missing translation Wrong translation (building = Gebäude) Example (across) Zerfass@zaac.de
Example (Transit) Wrong translation (building = Gebäude) Several translations Missing translation in term database Zerfass@zaac.de
Examples (Déjà Vu) Wrong translation (building = Gebäude) Examples (SDLX) Several translations for one word Zerfass@zaac.de
Examples (Trados) - Forbidden term (Monitor) - Wrong term (Auswahlschalter) - No target (menu) Zerfass@zaac.de
Term base with forbidden terms Zerfass@zaac.de
Check point 3 After translation
Term check in QA tools • File formats • Bilingual files • TRADOS DOC/RTF and TTX • STAR language files • TM in TMX or TRADOS TXT format • Checks • Terms from term list / term base not used • Terms without target equivalent in term list / term base • Target term present but source term not present (reverse check) Zerfass@zaac.de
Example (ErrorSpy) • Excel term list / suffix and prefix lists or MultiTerm term base Zerfass@zaac.de
Example (QA Distiller) • Excel term list converted to internal dictionary Zerfass@zaac.de
Summary • Each checking routine only checks some possibilities, none checks the whole range • Missing translation in term list / term base • Term with several translations • Term with wrong translation • Missing source term (reverse check) Zerfass@zaac.de
