Translation Memory in CAT Tools

Although it often has automated quality controls, translation memory does not equate to a fully automated process. However, it does help the localization team work more quickly and cheaply.

There are degrees of matches. For instance, working with so-called fuzzy matches, where somewhere around 75% of the string is matched with a previously translated string in the translation memory, localization managers can price different types of strings based on their degree of matching. Fuzzy matches would be cheaper than strings with no match in the translation memory because they are already partially translated.