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Contextual Translation & TMS Guides
A translator needs to know what a sentence means in your product, not just what its words mean in a dictionary. Start with the brief, settle the terms, then decide how your team will review and reuse the result.
A clear path
from question
to finished work.
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Follow the steps in order, or open the guide that answers today's question.
Understand the language resources
A memory stores previous translations. A glossary names the preferred wording. A TMS connects the people, files and decisions. They solve different problems.
Give the job a useful brief
Explain the audience, product meaning and where the content will appear. A screenshot or a short example can answer a question that another paragraph of brand advice cannot.
Agree on what a reviewer should check
Treat an automated check as evidence to inspect, not permission to publish. Keep meaning, terminology and the finished layout in the review.
Keep reading
Contextual Translation: How to Give AI a Brief That Helps
Charge can mean a battery, payment or accusation. See how audience, product and usage context help people translate and review the right meaning.
Read the guide 7 min readTranslation Memory vs. TMS: What Your Team Actually Needs
Translation memory stores reusable wording. A TMS coordinates resources, work and review. Compare their roles and choose what your localization team needs.
Read the guide 5 min readHow to Build a Translation Glossary That Sticks
Agree on product wording, protect names, and make the glossary useful during translation and review. A practical guide to ownership, context, and exceptions.
Read the guide 3 min readHow to Keep Brand Voice in Translation
Reviewers cannot enforce brand voice, because each one only sees their own language. What to write down instead, and where tone has to change by market.
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A useful question
Do we need a TMS or just a translation memory?
A translation memory helps reuse previous wording. A TMS is useful when you also need to coordinate content, language resources, reviewers and delivery. Test both needs with a real project before choosing software.
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Keep Vitra TM, Vitra TB, glossary, style and context connected to the translation job and human review.
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