This translations glossary offers definitions of some of the technical phraseology used in Total Language Solutions translations sector.
Tagged Image File Format (abbreviated TIFF) is a file format for mainly storing images, including photographs and line art. Originally created by the company Aldus, jointly with Microsoft, for use with PostScript printing, TIFF is a popular format for high colour depth images, along with JPEG and PNG. TIFF format is widely supported by image-manipulation applications such as Photoshop by Adobe, GIMP, Ulead PhotoImpact and Paint Shop Pro by Jasc, by desktop publishing and page layout applications, such as QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign, and by scanning, faxing, word processing, optical character recognition, and other applications. Adobe Systems, which acquired the PageMaker publishing program from Aldus, now controls the TIFF specification.
The language(s) into which the material is to be translated from the source language.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A communications protocol developed under contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to internetwork dissimilar systems. Invented by Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn, this de facto Unix standard is the protocol of the Internet and the global standard for communications.
A technical translator is a professional translator with a high level of experience in a specific technology and its vocabulary: Total Language Solutions has built up one of the largest databases of technical translators each available to apply their in-depth knowledge to the client's specific technical needs.
The purpose of the TMX format is to provide a standard method to describe translation memory data that is being exchanged among tools and/or translation vendors, while introducing little or no loss of critical data during the process.
Trados was the first successful CAT translation software suite. Being a pioneer with a legacy based on earlier software formats, it is less user-friendly than Deja-Vu. Trados is now owned by SDLX.
The agency model operates as the intermediary: it takes translation work in and allocates it to a freelance translator, taking a margin in the process: on return the agency will send the target translation to the client with the fee note. Total Language Solutions is a translation services company rather than an agency. Total Language Solutions combines the talents of the world s best freelance translators with in-house investment and expertise in languages, software, DTP technology etc to add value for our clients.
Total Language Solutions is a translation services company rather than an agency. Total Language Solutions combines the talents of the world s best freelance translators with in-house investment and expertise in languages, software, DTP technology etc to add value for our clients. Total Language Solutions has core in-house teams covering the main European languages plus Japanese; DTP and graphics presentation; editorial and Quality Assurance. This central team is leveraged by the data base of 5,000 approved qualified professional linguists within The Linguist Register (c) who cover the full range of languages in the translation market and some 200 plus sectors of technical expertise and vocabulary-specific knowledge and experience.
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