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Re: User manual: cell merging vis a vis translation
Subject:Re: User manual: cell merging vis a vis translation From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:37:17 -0800
If a phrase is actually repeated, they charge for every occurrence. If
it's multiple occurrences of a single snippet reused repeatedly, they
charge once.
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 8:00 AM, Wright, Lynne <Lynne -dot- Wright -at- kronos -dot- com> wrote:
> If the translators are using translation memories, then don't they translate a repeating phrase once, and that translation is automatically inserted wherever an instance occurs in the source doc? i.e. its an automated process, so it shouldn't significantly add to the time/cost of translation?
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