Suitability Of Translation Of Various Types Of Documents - Fujitsu ATLAS V14 User Manual

Basics
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Suitability of Translation of Various Types of
Documents
Use of ATLAS for various documents and suitability of ATLAS translation is
summarized in the following table.
Use this table when planning translation projects.
Classification
Parts list
Operation
manual
readme
Function
manual
Instruction
manual
Presentation
material (OHP)
Thesis/technical
documents
Newspapers/
magazines
Patent
Contracts
Letters
E-mail
Advertising/pamphlets
[Symbols for Degree of Suitability]
◎ ： Well-suited
○ ： Suited
＊ ： Suited for J to E translation by ATLAS but requires attention for E to J translation.
△ ： Translation requires attention
× ： Not suitable for translation
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Usage Suitability of Translation
Translation Highly useful because of term level
replacement.
Scanning
Translation Highly useful because sentences explain
procedure and they are relatively short.
Scanning
Translation Highly useful because sentences
explaining functions are usually clear
Scanning
even though they are relatively long.
Translation Highly useful because sentences are
short though there are abbreviations.
Scanning
Translation Highly useful when sentences are short.
Scanning Highly useful.
Translation Not so applicable because there are
many current terms, mass media jargon
and also abbreviations.
Scanning Highly useful.
Translation Highly useful when sentences are short.
Scanning Highly useful.
Requires a lot of attention for
expressions unique to legal documents.
Requires a lot of attention because
feelings and special nuances need to be
conveyed.
Requires a lot of attention because
feelings and special nuances need to be
conveyed. Not so applicable because
there are many unique expressions and
abbreviations.
Not so suitable because there are many
expressions that appeal to personal
feelings and other literary and special
expressions.
Degree of suitability
Auto- Translation
translation memory
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