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ADM |
Account Development
Manager |
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AM |
Account Manager |
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ASAP |
As Soon As Possible -
Anything between NOW and When you have a minute |
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BiDi |
Bi-directional text |
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BRIC |
Brazil, Russia, India and
China |
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CAT |
Computer Aided
Translation |
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CCJK |
Simplified Chinese,
Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean |
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CJK |
Chinese, Japanese and
Korean |
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CM |
Context Match |
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CMS |
Content Management System |
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COB |
Close of business |
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COB |
Close of Business (day) |
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CRC |
Client-Review Cycle |
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DBCS |
Double Byte Character Set |
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DNT |
Do Not Translate |
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DNU |
Do Not Use |
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DTD |
Document Type Definition |
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DTD |
Document Type Definition |
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DTP |
Desktop Publishing |
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EMEA |
Europe, Middle-East,
Africa |
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EOB |
End of Business |
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EOD |
End of Day |
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EOP |
End of Play |
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ETA |
Estimated Time of Arrival |
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FIGS |
French, Italian, German,
Spanish |
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FIGS+EE |
French, Italian, German
and Spanish, plus Eastern European Languages |
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FM |
Final Media |
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FP |
False Positive |
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G11N |
Globalization |
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GALA |
Globalization and
Localization Association |
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GILT |
Globalization,
Internationalization, Localization and Translation |
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GMS |
Globalization Management
System |
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GPM |
Global Project
Manager PM who oversees Local
PMs in multilingual projects |
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HB |
Handback
Delivery back to client/PM |
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HO |
Handoff
Delivery to translator |
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i18n |
Internationalization |
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ICE |
In-Context Exact (Match) |
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INI |
Windows Initialization
file |
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IPE |
International Project
Engineer |
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IPM |
International Project
Manager |
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JFIGS |
Japanese, French,
Italian, German and Spanish |
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JIRA |
Not an acronym: truncated "Gojira",
Japanese name for Godzilla. Issue tracking.
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L10n |
Localization |
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LC |
Language Consultant |
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LISA |
Localization Industry
Standards Association (Defunct) |
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LK |
Language Kit
The project Bible |
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LL |
Language Lead |
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LO |
Local Office |
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LPM |
Localization Project
Manager |
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LQA |
Language Quality
Assurance |
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LQE |
Language Quality
Evaluation |
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LQI |
Language Quality
Inspection |
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LRS |
Language Review Service |
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LS |
Language Specialist |
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LSO |
Linguistic Sign-Off |
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LSP |
Language Service Provider |
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LTRL |
Left-To-Right Language |
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MLV |
Multi-Language Vendor |
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MSA |
Master Service Agreement |
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MT |
Machine Translation |
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NDA |
Non-Disclosure Agreement |
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OLH |
Online Help |
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OXL |
Onsite External Linguist |
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PE |
Post-Editing |
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PIS |
Product Information Sheet |
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PM |
Project
Manager Your Boss |
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PM |
Perfect Match |
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PO |
Purchase Order |
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Q&A |
Questions and Answers |
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QA |
Quality Assurance |
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QSG |
Quick Start Guide |
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RCA |
Root-Cause Analysis |
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RID |
Resource ID |
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RLV |
Regional Language Vendor |
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RTLL |
Right-To-Left Language |
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RtR |
Review the Reviewer |
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SG |
Style Guide |
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SLA |
Service-Level Agreement |
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SLV |
Single-Language Vendor |
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SOB |
Start of business |
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SOW |
Statement of Work |
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SRX |
Segmentation Rule
eXchange |
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STD |
Save The Date |
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TAT |
Turnaround Time |
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TAUS |
Translation Automation
Users Society |
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TBA |
To Be Announced |
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TBC |
To Be Confirmed |
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TBD |
To Be Determined |
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TD |
Terminology Database |
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TenT |
Translation Environment Tools
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TEP |
Translation, Editing
& Proofreading |
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TM |
Translation Memory |
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TMI |
Too Much Information
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TMX |
Translation Memory
eXchange (format) |
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TP |
True Positive |
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TTX |
Trados Tag XML |
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TU |
Translation Unit |
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TWC |
Total Word Count |
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UA |
User Assistance |
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UE |
User Experience |
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UG |
User Guide |
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UI |
User Interface |
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UI |
User Interface |
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UM |
User Manual |
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UX |
User eXperience |
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VM |
Vendor Manager |
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WC |
Word Count |
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WIP |
Work In Progress
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WWC |
Weighted Word Count |
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XL |
External Linguist |
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XLIFF |
XML Localization
Interchange File Format |
