Translation Basics is our video series where we try to explain the basic ideas, terminology and jargon regarding translation and localization and try to answer some of the most common questions we are receiving regarding the translation process.

What Is the Difference Between Translation and Localization?

What Ιs a CAT Tool?

What Is a Translation Memory?

What Is a Termbase?

What Is a Translation Wordcount?

What Is TM Leverage, Fuzzy and Exact Matches and Repetitions?

What Is Source and Target Language and What Is a Locale?

What Is a Native Editable Source File?

Which ISO Standards Are Applicable to a Translation Services Provider?

What is Linguistic Sign-Off (LSO)?

What Is Post-Editing?

What is Voice-Over?

What Is Language Adaptation?

What is Translation Alignment?

What is Machine Translation?

What Are Synthetic or AI-Generated Voices?

ISO 13485 Translations for Medical Device Safety

We hope you enjoyed our “Translation Basics” videos and you found them helpful! If there are other terms you’d like explained, let us know and we’d be happy to update this list!