eTeams works with the SDL Trados 2007 translation software (www.sdl.com) and also with MemoQ translation software (www.kilgray.com), the latter being our preferred Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tool.

Translation software breaks a text into segments (usually sentences). The translation of each segment is stored in the translation memory (TM). It is possible to re-use the TM of previous translations in future translations, which means that a translator never has to translate the same sentence twice. As TMs are shared, using translation software therefore ensures a high-level of terminology consistency throughout a translation team.

The eTeams secure MemoQ server enables our linguists to link into ‘live’, online TMs and to work together as a team on a translation. As the linguists work, their translated segments are saved into the TM and they can view each other’s work. This is essential for quality and consistency. Proofreading can also take place simultaneously, further reducing the turnaround time necessary. The linguistic team is able to discuss terminology and related issues in a project specific, on-line forum.

MemoQ supports the TMX format. Furthermore, it can accept the following document formats:

• Microsoft Word (.DOC)
• Rich Text Format (.RTF)
• Microsoft Excel (.XLS)
• Microsoft PowerPoint (.PPT, .PPTX)
• HTML (.HTML)
• Plain text (.TXT)
• TradosTag (.TTX, pre-segmented)
• TRADOS bilingual RTF (.RTF or .DOC, pre-segmented)
• XML (.XML)
• Adobe Framemaker (.MIF)
• Adobe InDesign (.INX)
• QuarkXPress (Via AdobeInDesign) (QXD)