Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
From an undergraduate course given by Anthony Pym at the University of Melbourne: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyQOhfgRQAKbbcqQMKQ229uY72VldVtke
Recorded March 25, 2020 (the software will have changed since then)
In this introductory course, we just use a simple online TM suite. There is then a postgraduate course that teaches the more advanced suites.
Sometimes we teach MateCat and Wordfast Anywhere (smart students can pick up both quickly), then get students to compare and evaluate the two.
Tutorial activities:
1. Register in Matecat (Links to an external site.) (nothing bad happens).
2. Enter Matecat and set up a project named COVID. Indicate your languages (select "English US" as the SL - not any special kind of English). Under "TM and glossary" select "Create resource" then create a new TM called "COVID". Make sure this TM is marked "Active" when you translate.
3. Upload COVID C / Analyze / Translate.
4. Working in pairs or threes, translate COVID C into your favorite LOTE. (Since the problems will be technical rather than linguistic, you do not all need to share the same TL.) You can use an MT feed: click on the cog to find where to turn the MT feed off and on.
5. Export your translation of COVID C (Go to the download arrow at the top.)
6. Now upload COVID D and translate it into your favorite LOTE, using your “COVID” TM and an MT feed if available (You may have to activate your "COVID" TM - go to the cog to make sure the TM you created ("COVID") is active.
7. Export your translation of COVID D.
9. Export the file "Job TMX" (from under the same download arrow).
For groups who are going well
10. Open Wordfast Anywhere (Links to an external site.) and import the TMX file that you have just created in Matecat, To do this, go to "Wordfast Anywhere" (top left) / Setup TM & Glo / Translation Memories / Upload, and name it COVID. (Check that the language names in this new TM are the same as the ones you are going to translate between.)
11. Go to Project / New / put in the same language pairs as your project in Matecat. Your TM should come up immediately. Click on it to make it Active.
12. Go to your project. Click on the green + button and upload COVID E. Click Upload and Open
13. To start translating, double click in the first TT space. Your previous translation should appear. As you go through the segments, you should see proposals both from your TM and from the MT feed.
14. Export the translation (from under File) and the TMX file (from under Setup TM & Glo).
15. If you are bored and working on Chrome, try the Dictation tool in Matecat (under the cog / Advanced).
Evaluation activity
Working in twos or threes, please answer the following questions as briefly as possible: (This will probably have to be done after class)
For either WFA or Matecat, are your bi-texts being shared with the company that created the tool?
For either WFA or Matecat, how can you apply a spell-check to the segments while you post-edit?
For either WFA or Matecat, do your matches first come from the TM or from MT? Can you adjust this?
Does WFA have a better MT feed than Matecat?
What does TMX stand for?
Can the Dictation tool in Matecat work for languages other than English?
Which of the two TM tools do you prefer? Why?
From an undergraduate course given by Anthony Pym at the University of Melbourne: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyQOhfgRQAKbbcqQMKQ229uY72VldVtke
Recorded March 25, 2020 (the software will have changed since then)
In this introductory course, we just use a simple online TM suite. There is then a postgraduate course that teaches the more advanced suites.
Sometimes we teach MateCat and Wordfast Anywhere (smart students can pick up both quickly), then get students to compare and evaluate the two.
Tutorial activities:
1. Register in Matecat (Links to an external site.) (nothing bad happens).
2. Enter Matecat and set up a project named COVID. Indicate your languages (select "English US" as the SL - not any special kind of English). Under "TM and glossary" select "Create resource" then create a new TM called "COVID". Make sure this TM is marked "Active" when you translate.
3. Upload COVID C / Analyze / Translate.
4. Working in pairs or threes, translate COVID C into your favorite LOTE. (Since the problems will be technical rather than linguistic, you do not all need to share the same TL.) You can use an MT feed: click on the cog to find where to turn the MT feed off and on.
5. Export your translation of COVID C (Go to the download arrow at the top.)
6. Now upload COVID D and translate it into your favorite LOTE, using your “COVID” TM and an MT feed if available (You may have to activate your "COVID" TM - go to the cog to make sure the TM you created ("COVID") is active.
7. Export your translation of COVID D.
9. Export the file "Job TMX" (from under the same download arrow).
For groups who are going well
10. Open Wordfast Anywhere (Links to an external site.) and import the TMX file that you have just created in Matecat, To do this, go to "Wordfast Anywhere" (top left) / Setup TM & Glo / Translation Memories / Upload, and name it COVID. (Check that the language names in this new TM are the same as the ones you are going to translate between.)
11. Go to Project / New / put in the same language pairs as your project in Matecat. Your TM should come up immediately. Click on it to make it Active.
12. Go to your project. Click on the green + button and upload COVID E. Click Upload and Open
13. To start translating, double click in the first TT space. Your previous translation should appear. As you go through the segments, you should see proposals both from your TM and from the MT feed.
14. Export the translation (from under File) and the TMX file (from under Setup TM & Glo).
15. If you are bored and working on Chrome, try the Dictation tool in Matecat (under the cog / Advanced).
Evaluation activity
Working in twos or threes, please answer the following questions as briefly as possible: (This will probably have to be done after class)
For either WFA or Matecat, are your bi-texts being shared with the company that created the tool?
For either WFA or Matecat, how can you apply a spell-check to the segments while you post-edit?
For either WFA or Matecat, do your matches first come from the TM or from MT? Can you adjust this?
Does WFA have a better MT feed than Matecat?
What does TMX stand for?
Can the Dictation tool in Matecat work for languages other than English?
Which of the two TM tools do you prefer? Why?
