Translation Tools: An Exploratory Study of their Adoption by UK Freelance Translators

Machine Translation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 219-232

  Fulford, Heather ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Client education; Evaluation; Freelance translators; Strategic planning; Terminology management; Translation memory; Translation tools

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA TRANSFER; EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEGACY SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CLIENT EDUCATION; FREELANCE TRANSLATORS; TERMINOLOGY MANAGEMENT; TRANSLATION MEMORY; TRANSLATION TOOLS; UK;

COMPUTER AIDED LANGUAGE TRANSLATION;

EID: 1242330477     PISSN: 09226567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021910409796     Document Type: Article

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