Translation Memory翻译记忆库
A translation memory (TM) is a database that stores previously translated source and target segments as paired units, allowing translators and CAT tools to reuse them when identical or similar text appears again. In translation and localization documentation, the TM is central to project preparation, match-rate analysis, and billing, because it influences consistency, turnaround time, and costs while reducing repetitive manual work.
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Where this term appears
In daily translation and localization work, the TM appears in CAT tool projects, pre-translation analyses, and invoice breakdowns that report fuzzy matches, repetitions, and new words. Project managers use it to estimate savings and enforce consistency across updates, while translators see retrieved matches in the editor for reuse or revision.
Translation checks
A frequent error is assuming every 100% or fuzzy match from a TM is correct for the current context, because stored segments may come from an outdated product version or a different register. Blindly reusing them can propagate errors, damage terminology choices, or create inconsistent UI text, so matches still need human review.
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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