This is amazing. Google launched its free web-based translation tool, Google trasnlator toolkit. You can use this service with only your Gmail account. It sounds like it would be easy to use it like using other Google services such as Gmail, Docs or Photos. Like I said, this is a translator toolkit not machine translation service like Google translation. Yes, yes, seeing is believing. Check out the following URL:
http://translate.google.com/toolkit/
Most people are not familier with CAT (computer-assisted translation) and MT (machine translation). A big difference between them is who translate it. CAT is performed by a translator using translation tools that help translators to translate easier, faster and more accurate. Machine translation is translation which is done by translation engine. Google translator toolkit is web-based application like other Google products and it provides a strong sharing feature with other users on the net. It also uses TM (translation memory) and term database. Currently the TM should be TMS 1.0 or later verion to be uploaded and Google provides up to 50 MB per upload. Google also provides up to 1 MB for translation and term files. Like I mentioned at the begining of this article, this service is currently free but Google has a plan to charge users whose translation exceeds high-volume thresholds.
Google translator toolkit supports following file formats:
HTML
Plain text (.txt)
Microsoft Word (.doc)
Rich-text (.rtf)
Open Office (.odt)
Wikipedia™
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Workflow
The workflow on Google translator toolkit is pretty much same with other CAT tools and simple. You can upload TM, glossaries and files to translate on Google translator toolkit. You can share these meterials with others if you want. Then translate the file and download the translated file. Check out the following screenshot:
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