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Andrea Halbritter
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Learning curve Jan 4, 2015

Thank you, Samuel. I do not intend to pass the first hours on my own with my new CAT tool but with an experienced colleague... I think that's the best!
 
Madeleine Chevassus
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re: "learning curve" Jan 4, 2015

It seems to me - since I didn't learn that at school - that it is necessary to understand in depth what is a TM (translation memory) and why it is useful. (respectively what is a termbase / why it is useful).

Once you understand these notion, you can learn the details quite quickly.

I noticed that most trainings / webinars suppose you have already these notions; they spend most of the session telling you: click here or click there.

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It seems to me - since I didn't learn that at school - that it is necessary to understand in depth what is a TM (translation memory) and why it is useful. (respectively what is a termbase / why it is useful).

Once you understand these notion, you can learn the details quite quickly.

I noticed that most trainings / webinars suppose you have already these notions; they spend most of the session telling you: click here or click there.

Personal experience: to learn Multiterm (SDL must have termbase management tool), it was very complex and no training was available.
With a colleague, we asked for a "private Multiterm training" (3 hours) in French:
theory, examples, practical work. The trainer was excellent and helped us also for autosuggest.

Well for training I would recommend you to find a local French trainer familiar with the CAT tool you choose. This way, and because you don't plan to choose the very complex tool, your "learning curve would be minimized.

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Andrea Halbritter
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Thank you Jan 5, 2015

Thanks to everyone! I am starting to test different tools tomorrow!
 
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