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translation memory

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A database that stores previously translated content to aid human translators, commonly abbreviated as TM.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, translation-studies

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Synonyms: TM

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11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: memòria de traducció — database that stores previously translated content
  • Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯記憶 /翻译记忆 (fānyì jìyì) — database that stores previously translated content
  • Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯內存 /翻译内存 (fānyì nèicún) — database that stores previously translated content
  • Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯記憶庫 /翻译记忆库 (fānyì jìyìkù) — database that stores previously translated content
  • Chinese Mandarin: 翻譯記憶體 /翻译记忆体 (fānyì jìyìtǐ) — database that stores previously translated content
  • Finnish: käännösmuisti — database that stores previously translated content
  • French: mémoire de traduction — database that stores previously translated content
  • Georgian: თარგმნითი მეხსიერება (targmniti mexsiereba) — database that stores previously translated content
  • Georgian: თარგმანების მონაცემთა ბაზა (targmanebis monacemta baza) — database that stores previously translated content
  • Russian: па́мять перево́дов (pámjatʹ perevódov) — database that stores previously translated content
  • Spanish: memoria de tradución — database that stores previously translated content