A typical workflow when translating with TM tools includes the following steps:
- Selection of the TM and Terminology Database to be used for translation
- Conversion or import of the source language text into the format used by the TM tool
- Analysis of the source language text on the basis of the TM to be used
- Pretranslation of the text, if analysis shows a sufficient number of exact matches
- Translation of the text using the lookup feature of the TM and saving translations into the TM
- Saving source and target language pairs of technical terms in the terminological database throughout the translation process
- Exporting the finished translation from the TM tool and recreating the original file format
- Proofreading and other quality assurance procedures