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NEC TM Data Project (Completed)

National European Center Translation Memory Data (NEC TM DATA)

 

NEC-TM was a project that lastest from 01/09/2018 to 28/02/2020 with Grant Agreement Number: INEA/CEF/ICT/A2017/1565776 and was led by Pangeanic. 

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Project Objectives

 

The project successfully achieved its main objectives:

  1. Organized national bilingual assets as open data for machine learning

  2. Lowered translation costs at national and cross-member state levels

  3. Centralized language assets using the NEC TM database

  4. Promoted data sharing and flow between public administrations and translation professionals 

 

Technical Implementation

 

The project was built on a robust technical foundation:

  1. Based on ElasticSearch and the ActivaTM server

  2. Provided a centralized translation memory (TM) server independent of specific CAT tools

  3. Allowed storage and retrieval of bilingual assets through API calls

  4. Enabled simultaneous access and translation by multiple users with different CAT tools

 

 

Role of ActivaTM Server

 

The ActivaTM server played a central role in the NEC TM Data project:


  1. Served as the basis for the NEC TM database (a fork of ActivaTM)

  2. Provided a centralized, CAT-tool-independent TM server

  3. Enabled efficient data sharing, TM matching, retrieval, and domain categorization

  4. Allowed storing and retrieving bilingual assets via API calls

  5. Supported simultaneous access by translators using different CAT tools

  6. Helped member states centralize language assets from translation contracts

  7. Provided fuzzy matching analysis for new translation contracts

  8. Allowed online connectivity to national NEC TM servers

  9. Enabled domain-specific categorization of translation data

 

 

Key Features

 

The project successfully implemented:



  1. Fuzzy matching analysis for new translation contracts

  2. Online connectivity to national NEC TM servers

  3. Domain categorization of translation data

  4. Connection to eTranslation and ELRC (European Language Resource Coordination) 

 

 

Project Consortium

 

The project brought together key players in the field:




  1. Pangeanic

  2. Tilde

  3. Ciklopea

  4. Secretary of State for Digital Progress (SEAD) of Spain

 

 

Outcomes

 

The NEC TM Data project achieved significant results:




  1. Improved data-sharing practices using open standards in translation contracts

  2. Better utilization of translated data generated in public contracts

  3. Increased volumes of parallel data available to the European Commission

  4. Enhanced support for translators working on public sector texts

 

The NEC TM Data project successfully facilitated progress towards a single digital market by acting as a meeting point for European data gathering efforts and promoting the free flow of data between public administrations and translation professionals.