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The document provides information about Smartcat, a computer-assisted translation tool that also functions as a freelance translation marketplace. Some key points: - Smartcat was introduced in 2014 and aims to simplify the translation workflow for clients and freelancers. - For freelancers, it incorporates translation memory and glossary tools to increase efficiency and consistency, and eliminates the need to find clients through agencies. - While these features already exist in other CAT tools, Smartcat introduced an integrated marketplace for clients to hire translators directly. - The document outlines Smartcat's functions and provides instructions for freelancers to set up profiles and take on translation projects within the platform.

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Smartcat PDF

The document provides information about Smartcat, a computer-assisted translation tool that also functions as a freelance translation marketplace. Some key points: - Smartcat was introduced in 2014 and aims to simplify the translation workflow for clients and freelancers. - For freelancers, it incorporates translation memory and glossary tools to increase efficiency and consistency, and eliminates the need to find clients through agencies. - While these features already exist in other CAT tools, Smartcat introduced an integrated marketplace for clients to hire translators directly. - The document outlines Smartcat's functions and provides instructions for freelancers to set up profiles and take on translation projects within the platform.

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SMARTCAT 26.10.

2020
THE NEW PLAYER ON THE MARKET
• No shortage of computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools in the
market today:

- SDL Trados is still viewed as one of the most well-known tools.


- Other familiar names are Wordfast (1999), OmegaT (2002)
memoQ (2004), and MateCAT (2011-2014, project-based, EC).
- A new player on the market is Smartcat, announced in 2014 by
Russia-based ABBYY Language Services. In 2016 it became a
separate company.
TWO GUEST SPEAKERS AT TAC CLASSES
1. SPEAKER ON M ateCAT and OmegaT (09.11.2020)
2. SPEAKER ON memoQ (TBA)
“LIFE JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT EASIER FOR
FREELANCE TRANSLATORS”
Smartcat has included the most useful tools and combined 
them with a marketplace for freelance translators:
‐ all sentences are saved and matched with new translation 
projects;
‐ there’s no need to translate similar phrases over and over 
again;
‐ a glossary can be created to make sure that the key terms 
are translated in a consistent way.
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW
All these ideas are not new and have already been
implemented in other CAT tools like the de‐facto industry
standard SDL Trados.

The new thing Smartcat has done is the introduction of a


freelance translation marketplace, which simply eliminates
the need for clients to work with an agency.
CORE IDEA: CONNECTED TRANSLATION
The 21st‐century customer wants a simplified workflow. 
They want collaboration made easy.
They want immediate access to translators and editors. 
They want the ability to hire freelancers, keep an eye on job progress and pay them 
in one place, at the touch of a few buttons. 

In a nutshell, this is connected translation.
CONNECTED TRANSLATION
Human translation
powered by up‐to‐date 
features such as: 

 Translation memories
 Glossaries 
 QA checks
WHO’S ON SMARTCAT?
Translation companies

Freelancers (translators, editors, proofreaders)

Businesses
SOME FUNCTIONS
Users have access to:

 a free CAT editor,


 translation memories,
 glossaries,
 QA checks.

Smartcat is free to use.


Translators can bring to Smartcat the things they already have created in
other CAT tools:

• From SDL Studio Trados: projects and translation memories.


• From MemoQ: projects and translation memories.
• Glossaries from Excel spreadsheets (make a habit of creating bilingual
glossaries in Excel).
FILE FORMAT
Translators can upload files of various formats to SmartCAT
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
The text is split into segments automatically.
Sometimes you need to join or split them.
To merge segments, use
Ctrl+Shift+J
Another option: select the two segments and press the
symbol, as in the next image.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
For the reverse operation:
Ctrl+Shift+S
Then the segment will be split into parts.
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In some cases, there’ll be TAGS.
The Tags shall be copied in the target language text, because they refer to the format of
the original text (spaces, hyphens, etc.). They cannot be disabled.
If they exist in the ST, but you don’t shift them to the TT, Smartcat will warn you of an error.
Correct everything, otherwise the tool will not allow you to confirm the translated segment
and when you download the translation, that part which included tags, will not be
translated.
TAGS
To enclose text into paired tags, select a word or a phrase and
press Alt plus the tag number: Alt+1, Alt+2, etc.
TAKE SOME TIME TO WATCH THESE (≈8 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqcRIRqtyL0 (3:11)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWqU_DgMEqw (1:06)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbZRF-5o54I (3:59)
PRACTICAL SESSION
You will be divided into groups of three
Please visit this website
https://www.smartcat.com/

Select FOR FREELANCERS


Then, click on
https://smartcat.com/sign-in?
and then
https://www.smartcat.com/?register_popup=
Take some time and fill in your profile.
Mention information about yourself, your education, language pairs, services,
and rates.

There are 150,000 translators registered on the platform


First!
1) Select from Google any website, find an article and copy the
information into a Word file, save it on your computer OR
2) If there’s a task, go to your email and find the file, download it to a
folder on your PC/laptop.
Starting a new project
Click https://smartcat.com/projects/new
Upload the Word file to Smartcat.
Select any TM, if available (THIS IS WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE)
Click NEXT
Select the source language and the target language. Fix the deadline. You can mention the
client, the subject of the translation. Don’t select Machine Translation. Click FINISH.
When you click on the green button (OPEN), the document will
open in the Editor.
You will see that Smartcat has split the text into a bilingual
grid (for an easier work).
The translation will be saved in the TM, to be reused in future
projects.
TM
- Once the project is created, Smartcat sets up translation memories
automatically.
- If you have not yet created any translation memories in the system,
a new TM will be created (it will have the same name as the
project).
- If you have already uploaded a TMX file to a project, the system
will create a translation memory using this file, and enable it on the
project.
- To create a TM and enable it on a project, press the Create new
TM menu (with name, languages, client). Press Save at the end.
GLOSSARY
Glossaries = terminology bases or term bases
are structured dictionaries of terms with their translations into one or more
languages.
allow translators to keep their terminology consistent across the content.

Terms can be added into glossaries either on the glossary page or directly in
the Editor.
By adding terms to a glossary, you eliminate the need to look up their
translation again.
Translators create separate glossaries for different clients and topics.
QA - the system checks the translation of each segment, and if it finds that the translation of a term
does not match the glossary, it will warn you of an error.
HANDS-ON TRAINING
1. You will be divided into pairs and you will work in Zoom breakout rooms.
2. You will have to go through the steps that were mentioned.
3. Please find the file in your inbox (email).
4. Translate the document using the smartcat tool.
5. When done, download it and upload it to Moodle (section P3-7/Assignment)
Another pair will check your translation and will use track-changes.
6. I’ll email you the names of people from other groups, so that you can choose.
7. The assessors will give you the mark.

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