Re: Is any translator team using glossaries?

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Þann mán 30.apr 2018 20:41, skrifaði Rudolfs Mazurs:
> pirmd., 2018. g. 30. apr., plkst. 03:41 — lietotājs Rafael Fontenelle (<
> rafaelff gnome org>) rakstīja:
>
> > Well, I didn't know this glossary. Since I needed to build a glossary
> > to ease the translation work, I started to use a script I maintain
> > [1], based on a contribution by Daniel Mustieles, to download PO files
> > of my language and create a local repository of translated fiels,
> > which can easily searched with 'grep' or 'gtgrep' (from pyg3t).
>
> Currently I use a similar approach: I use lokalize tool to create
> translation memory and use it to search how strings are translated
> currently. Alas, this does not replace proper glossary, since translation
> memory tend to have errors and glossaries can be used more efficiently by
> lokalize tool.

IMHO there's a big difference between a translation memory (TM) and a 
glossary. And TM's are different too: Lokalize has statistically defined 
TM's in databases, where some other CAT-tools use segment-based approach 
(e.g. OmegaT). The first approach is perhaps better suited for 
UI-translations, while the latter may be more effective for longer texts 
like documentation.

(I still miss the old KBabel (precursor of Lokalize), where I could tune 
how close TM-matches should be, the number of letters in similar words, 
tight integration of many common tools, etc. and which had a bunch of 
validation tools for PO-files. But had its limitations too...)

The use of a glossary is perhaps more related to spellchecking and 
grammar; it would be really nice if CAT-tools like Lokalize and PO-edit 
could underline texts (perhaps in blue) for which there are suggestions 
from a glossary (similar to the red underlining from a spellchecker).

Anyway, entries in glossaries are mostly for reference/coordination and 
should be treated as such, in the end it's the translators choice how he 
styles the message to get the meaning across, right?

Best regards,
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