YOOsource
YOOsource is a hosted easy-to-use translation infrastructure ideally suited for translating dynamic content, such as support articles, call center logs, web content and user generated content.
It has all the components comprised in the traditional translation tools but its main focus being usability, anybody can pick up a translation job and get to work without the need for up-front training.
Since it comes with open API’s it can be easily integrated in your own Enterprise application.
YOOsource offers:
- Translation memory function: all translations are saved in a central repository (TM) for future re-use.
- Glossary function: client specific terminology lists can be uploaded offering term recognition functionality
- Machine Translation: the MT engine of your choice including commercial MT systems as well as open source MT solutions can be used to speed up the translation cycle.
- Translation editing environment: user friendly translation work space for quick editing of MT pretranslated text or translating from scratch.
Benefits
- Volume: get much larger volumes of content translated than what is physically possible in conventional supply chains.
- Speed: the MT service is practically real-time, while the editing cycle can reach productivity levels that are ten times higher than conventional translation.
- Collaboration: everyone can register as a potential editor, creating an ideal platform for collaboration between internal professionals and external communities.
- Ease of use: the interface for editing is very intuitive, no training is needed and the platform is fully web-based.
- Easy to manage: project managers and content owners get transparent projects overviews.
- Integration: YOOsource connects with your enterprise application through web services.
- Best MT: YOOsource offers direct access to several MT engines and many language pairs. Users can easily test which MT engine works best on their domains and required language combinations.
- Low cost: no upfront investments or commitments in software licences.
