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<title>Linguistic Issues in Authoring for Technology-Enabled Translation</title>
<shortdesc>For many corporations, growing international is almost a must. Obviously, human translators play a key role in this difficult venture. A range of computer tools aimed at expediting the translation process are now being used by translators. However, whether or not translation tools&#xD;are used, translators feel frustrated and blame technical&#xD;writers for their flaws. Authoring does not seem to be&#xD;done with translation in mind, and the linguistic issues to&#xD;be solved up front are sometimes countless. An efficient,&#xD;cost-effective, and high-quality translation requires the&#xD;right combination of ingredients, and proper authoring&#xD;will have a major impact on the entire process.</shortdesc>
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<p>For many corporations, growing international is almost a must. Obviously, human translators play a key role in this difficult venture. A range of computer tools aimed at expediting the translation process are now being used by translators. However, whether or not translation tools&#xD;are used, translators feel frustrated and blame technical&#xD;writers for their flaws. Authoring does not seem to be&#xD;done with translation in mind, and the linguistic issues to&#xD;be solved up front are sometimes countless. An efficient,&#xD;cost-effective, and high-quality translation requires the&#xD;right combination of ingredients, and proper authoring&#xD;will have a major impact on the entire process.</p>
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