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Machine Translation
&
Computer-assisted Translation

What’s the Difference?

 01 Fast

02 Cheap

03 Inaccurate

Machine Translation
 cost and speed

if you need to translate a very

long document, you can
purchase software that can
process an unlimited amount of
text at the cost of the software
alone.
The advantages
 lack of accuracy

will never be able to

completely accurately
identify the nuances of the
does not produce a language
particularly natural-
sounding or accurate
translation

The disadvantages
Computer-Aided
(Assisted)
Translation
CAT
Human Translation Enhanced
with Computerized Tools
HUMAN TRANSLATION CARRIED
OUT WITH THE AID OF
COMPUTERIZED TOOLS)

translation memory
tools, terminology
managers, terminology
nearly every word processor, and databases, bitext
aligners
many web browsers, have a built-
in spell checker and/or automatic
spelling correction function
 Trados Studio OmegaT CAT

CAT
Lokalise Weblate

Amazon machine translation

 References
1. https://aws.amazon.com/ru/blogs/machine-

learning/customizing-your-machine-translation-using-

amazon-translate-active-custom-translation/

2. https://localazy.com/blog/top-10-cat-computer-assisted-

translation-tools-to-try-as-translator

3. https://www.ulatus.com/translation-blog/machine-

translation-vs-computer-assisted-translation-whats-the-

difference/

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