Archives de Catégorie: text analysing tools
Mon cat et moi : OmegaT
Le cat est un animal de compagnie très prisé du traducteur. Il lui permet de vider son cerveau dans la Matrice et de ne plus avoir à réfléchir. Toutefois, certains cerveaux humains y sont réfractaires, surtout lorsque leurs propriétaires ont la sale manie de (se) poser des questions. Je pense en particulier à ces traducteurs […]
Optimization textuelle et oculométrie – SEO and eye-tracking
En septembre dernier, j’ai assisté à un atelier de formation continue sur l’optimisation textuelle pour les moteurs de recherche (search engine optimization en anglais). L’intervenante, Marian Dougan, est une spécialiste de la rédaction de textes anglais et italiens pour Internet. Directrice de DNA Laguages, c’est aussi une célèbre blogueuse : en 2011, son blog, Words to […]
If the information won’t come to you, Google Timeline will get it for you
"If the information won’t come to me, I will just have to go to the information". It’s the second time within the last three months that I come accross this cliché. Does it ring the bell? If your mother tongue is English, it should remind you of the proverb "If the mountain will not come […]
How to Translate CAD Drawings (III) – AutoCAD VS Revit
You’ve seen my previous posts about translating CAD drawings and they made you smile because, having worked as an engineer for many years prior to becoming a translator, you actually know how to use AutoCAD and have access to a licensed product – or to a trial version. So translating AutoCAD drawings is not really […]
How to translate CAD drawings (II) – Using CAT tools
In the first post about translating drawings, I mentioned that some CAT tool programmers have been investigating the problem and some interesting solutions exist. Maybe that was a bold statement. Although I’m sure that the big guns are already working on the matter, I believe none of them has actually managed to crack the nut. […]
Analyse this!
It is hard to vote on something you barely know about so if you are voting next week, you are clearly not exempt of home work, but if you already have made up your mind, this post should bring a little bit of confusion, just in case you had a clear understanding of what the […]
