Alignment句段对齐
Alignment is the process of matching corresponding source and target segments from previously translated documents, such as approved PDFs, Word files, or legacy manuals, to create or update a translation memory. It links sentences or sub-sentence units across languages so that CAT tools can later retrieve them as potential reuse candidates in subsequent new projects and reduce duplicate translation effort.
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Where this term appears
Alignment is used when a client provides previously approved translated documents without a translation memory, or when merging legacy content into an existing TM. A project manager or language technologist runs alignment in a CAT tool, then reviews and cleans the resulting pairs before storing them for reuse in future jobs.
Translation checks
Automatic alignment often mismatches segments when source and target texts have merged sentences, deleted passages, or different paragraph counts, producing translation units with wrong translations paired together. If these errors enter the TM, future projects may receive incorrect fuzzy matches, undermining consistency, triggering QA failures, and requiring expensive manual cleanup.
Keep the term aligned across your files
Creative and consumer content needs accurate meaning as well as tone and context. Subtitles, interfaces and voice scripts also require checks for timing, character limits and pronunciation.
Provide approved terms and previous translations with the source files. Agree how variants, ambiguous wording and revisions will be reviewed. Terminology maintenance and any termbase handback are confirmed in the project scope. See the 8-step AI + expert workflow.
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Transcription + dubbingEmployee-training video transcription and dubbing.
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Alexander Wang (Shanghai)
English ⇄ ChineseBrand documentation.
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Include the source and target languages, file types, intended use, deadline and any approved termbase. Agree handling before sending sensitive files. Acknowledged in 4 hours, quoted in 24.
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