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Basics

Use of ATLAS for various documents and suitability of ATLAS translation is 
summarized in the following table.

 

Use this table when planning translation projects.

[Symbols for Degree of Suitability]

Classification

Usage

Suitability of Translation

Degree of suitability

Auto-

translation

Translation 

memory

Man

ual

Parts list

Translation

Highly useful because of term level 

replacement.

○

◎

Scanning

－

Operation 

manual

 

readme

Translation

Highly useful because sentences explain 

procedure and they are relatively short.

○

◎

Scanning

－

Function 

manual

 

Instruction 

manual

Translation

Highly useful because sentences 

explaining functions are usually clear 

even though they are relatively long.

○

◎

Scanning

－

Presentation 

material (OHP)

Translation

Highly useful because sentences are 

short though there are abbreviations.

   ○

＊

○

Scanning

－

Thesis/technical 

documents

Translation

Highly useful when sentences are short.

△

○

Scanning

Highly useful.

○

－

Newspapers/

magazines

Translation

Not so applicable because there are 

many current terms, mass media jargon 

and also abbreviations.

△

△

Scanning

Highly useful.

○

－

Patent

Translation

Highly useful when sentences are short.

△

△

Scanning

Highly useful.

○

－

Contracts

Requires a lot of attention for 

expressions unique to legal documents.

△

△

Letters

Requires a lot of attention because 

feelings and special nuances need to be 

conveyed.

△

△

E-mail

Requires a lot of attention because 

feelings and special nuances need to be 

conveyed. Not so applicable because 

there are many unique expressions and 

abbreviations.

△

△

Advertising/pamphlets

Not so suitable because there are many 

expressions that appeal to personal 

feelings and other literary and special 

expressions.

×

×

◎ ： Well-suited

○ ： Suited

＊ ： Suited for J to E translation by ATLAS but requires attention for E to J translation.

△ ： Translation requires attention

× ： Not suitable for translation