Definitions

• Word count increase : coefficient for multiplying the number of words in the foreign language, giving the number of French words in the target text.

• Target language : the language into which we translate the original text.

• Source language : the language in which the original text is written

• Mother tongue : the first language learnt, the culture in which the translator was brought up and into which they translate.

• Translation memory : a translation memory is a database which contains text segments and the corresponding text segments in another language. Translation memories are used to store translated segments, so that they can be reused at a later date.

• Target words : target language words.

• Proofreading : comparative revision of the target and sources texts by a translator of a similar or higher level than the initial translator.

• Target text : text written in the target language.

• Source text : text written in the source language.