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FAQ for newbies – Part 1
Do I need the downloadable version of IATE as a new user?
No, I don't think that you need it. In order to be able to use it, you'll need a fast computer with lots of RAM memory. You cannot use the IATE for automatic insertion of terms (auto-assembling). It's only wise to use it for searching terms.
This you can do via the web interface: http://iate.europa.eu/SearchByQuery.do?method=search&saveStats=true&query=&valid=Search+&sourceLanguage=de&targetLanguages=nl&domain=0&typeOfSearch=s
If you feel that you query IATE a lot, you could consider to integrate it into CafeTran so that you can use CafeTran's internal web browser.
If you want to do so, please respond to this thread, by specifying your language combination (and direction). I'll create a "web resource definition" for you and give you instructions on how to install it on your computer.
Lenting: I'd advice you to save your terminology in glossaries
Wrong advice. TMs for fragments boast far more features, including finding parts of a fragment in the (default) Automatic Workflow, and tasks in the Menu:
I don't think that you should use the DGT when you start using CafeTran right away. It's a little complicate to prepare the files for CafeTran and you'll need a fast computer with enough RAM memory
Wrong advice. You don't need it, but it can come in handy. Nowadays, most computers boast enough RAM to handle large TMX files, and there's Total Recall, a unique CT feature that can reduce large files. Recommended!
Do I need the downloadable version of IATE as a new user? I don't think that you need it. In order to be able to use it, you'll need a fast computer with lots of RAM memory. You cannot use the IATE for automatic insertion of terms (auto-assembling). It's only wise to use it for searching terms.
Wrong advice. See under DGT.
You cannot use the IATE for automatic insertion of terms (auto-assembling). It's only wise to use it for searching terms.
Wrong advice. You can prepare the IATE termbase yourself, or use Henk Sandersons TMX version. So it is useful for the Automatic Workflow and Auto Assembly.
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Hans, I'd really appreciate it if you wouldn't participate in this thread. Can you please create your own podium?
Lenting: I'd really appreciate it if you wouldn't participate in this thread. Can you please create your own podium?
Nope. I shall not allow my favourite CAT tool to be copulated up by you, or by anybody else for that matter.
I shall fight on the beaches, I shall fight on the landing grounds, I shall fight in the fields and in the streets, I shall fight in the hills; I shall never surrender (thanks, Winston)
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Lenting: Should I use the DGT as a new user? No, I don't think that you should use the DGT when you start using CafeTran right away.
Wrong advice. The DGT is a treasure, even if you don't do any EU BS. There are three ways to use it:
As a TMX file. Disadvantage: It eats RAM. Before the two other possibilities showed up, I did and could use it, though
As an indexed database (unfortunately called Total Recall), not imported into RAM, superfast (see screenshot below). This is the use people tend to forget, though it's very useful.
CT's unique feature that reduces the database into a TMX file that can be used for the Automatic Workflow and Auto Assemble, and only shows segments with the terms you need for the current document
Andras Farkas (http://farkastranslations.com/eu_translation_memories.php) provides ready-to-use DGT TMs.
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Help, I'm totally new to CAT tools. How should I store my terminology?
When you have no or little experience with CAT tools, I'd advice you to save your terminology in glossaries.
These glossaries are plain text files with a simple structure:
Here TAB stands for the tab character that can be entered by pressing the TAB key on your keyboard.
By default, CafeTran will search the glossary from left to right. You can change this behaviour via the context menu of the glossary pane:
Should I use the DGT as a new user?
No, I don't think that you should use the DGT when you start using CafeTran right away. It's a little complicate to prepare the files for CafeTran and you'll need a fast computer with enough RAM memory.
What's it with this Total Recall, do I really need it?
No, as a new user of CafeTran you'll probably don't need it. I advise you to first work with memories (TMX files): Keep It Simple!
When after a couple of years you've aggregated loads of TMX files, you can consider to start using Total Recall.