The translation process must be considered an investment, and thus viewed over the long-term. Every project is part of a global whole and should not be looked at individually. Translation memories are part of the support tools used to maximize translation management from one project to the next. They allow for re-use and leverage of previous translations, identification of internal repetitions within documents, consistent use of terminology and much more. All these are factors that make it possible to reduce cost and lead times while simultaneously harmonizing quality.
In addition to standard translation tools, we conduct research and development to improve the integration of these tools into the general workflow and create new applications that maximize the process. Telelingua is, for example, the first company to have developed a system of centralized translation memories simultaneously available to many translators via the Internet.

Terminology management is a crucial phase in the translation process. It should be seen in the context of efficient long-term linguistic management. Our daily experience over more than 20 years in the language industry has led us to develop high-performance terminology management tools.
In order to guarantee the systematic use of terminology specific to each client, we have developed various tools that automate the process and quality control. Our tools allow:

• Automatic analysis of the documents to be translated and insertion of validated terminology from an approved database.
• Online access via the Internet to each client’s own terminology database.
• Verification that the translated file conforms to the translation memory.