A translation memory (TM) is a database of human translations. As you translate new sentences, we automatically search all available translation memories for previous translations similar to your new sentence. If such sentences exist, we rank and then show them to you. Comparing your translation to previous human translations improves consistency and saves you time: you can reuse previous translations or adjust them to create new, more contextually appropriate translations. When you finish translating documents in Google
Translator Toolkit, we save your translations to a translation memory so you or other translators can avoid duplicating work.
By default, we save your translations to a shared, publicly searchable translation memory. By contributing your translations to this public translation memory, you help other users bring content more quickly into your language.
Primary translation memories
Some translators, may not want to save their translations to a publicly searchable translation memory. In such cases, you can associate a translation memory with a translation by following these steps:
1. When creating a new translation, click
Sharing.
