MT
The advantages of MT include budget-friendly cost
and s_ _ _ _
speed
The translated bits of information are saved in the software's translation m _ _ _ _ _ or d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
memory or database
I cannot talk, but I always reply when spoken to. What am I?
echo
On the first day of school, Aalia was kidnapped. Police suspect three male teachers and question them. They were asked what they were doing at 8:00 am.
Mr Walter: I was driving to school and I was late. Mr Thomas: I was checking English exam papers. Mr Benjamin: I was reading the newspaper.
The police arrested the kidnapper. How did the police find the kidnapper?
Mr Thomas as he cannot be checking exam papers on the first day of school.
A major disadvantage that comes with MT is lack
of a _ _ _ _ _ _ _
accuracy
BONUS
200
What appears once in every minute, twice in every moment, but not once in thousand years?
M
After being chased for months, the most wanted criminal Gogo is finally condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
The 3rd room because if the lions haven't eaten in 3 years they're already dead.
Even if MT has significantly improved over the years, it will never be able to identify the n _ _ _ _ _ _ of each language.
nuances
CAT tools include t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, which helps translators keep lexical c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
terminology management / consistency
A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed for three nights and rode out on Friday. How is this possible?
His horse's name is Friday.
One winter day, there was a man standing in the middle of someone’s front yard. The person stayed there for several weeks without moving and the owner of the yard didn’t mind. Eventually the man left. Who was he?
snowman
The city where I grew up, which is surrounded by green hills and rivers, is famous for the museum that attracts thousands of tourists every year because of its unique collection of ancient art.
Men ulg‘aygan, atrofini yashil tepaliklar va daryolar o‘rab turgan bu shahar har yili qadimiy san’atning noyob to‘plami sabab minglab sayyohlarni jalb qiladigan muzeyi bilan mashhur.
Why is quality check (QA) used in CAT tools?
To find errors such as missing punctuation, inconsistent terms, or number mismatches.
To find errors such as missing punctuation, inconsistent terms, or number mismatches.
Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
a coffin
A wealthy family lived in a big circular house. They had a maid, a butler, and a gardener. The parents were going to a party, so they tucked the younger kids into bed and kissed them goodnight and said goodbye, and kissed the older kids goodnight. When the parents came home, all the kids were gone—they had been kidnapped. The authorities ask the butler, maid, and gardener what they were doing at the time of the kidnapping. The butler says he was organizing the library, the maid says she was dusting the corners, and the gardener says he was watering the plants. Who’s lying and actually kidnapped the kids?
The maid—she said she was dusting the corners, but the family lives in a circular house, so there are no corners.
BONUS
500
What is a 100% match and a fuzzy match in CAT tools?
100% match is A segment that exactly matches an entry in the translation memory.
fuzzy match is A translation memory suggestion that is similar but not identical to the source
Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, two letters there are, and two only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black blue and gray, I’m read from both ends, and the same either way. What am I?
eye
A California farmer owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner calls the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to buy. The farmer knows the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?
None—a pear tree doesn’t grow plums.