Translators and TM: An investigation of translators' perceptions of translation memory adoption

Machine Translation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-79

  Dillon, Sarah ^a   Fraser, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Technology adoption; Translation memory; Translation tools; Translator training; Translators

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRANSLATION INDUSTRY; TRANSLATION MEMORY (TM); TRANSLATION TOOLS;

COMPUTER AIDED LANGUAGE TRANSLATION;

EID: 33947652051     PISSN: 09226567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10590-006-9004-8     Document Type: Article

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