{"id":46435,"date":"2017-11-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gengo.com\/uncategorized\/five-workbench-features-to-make-translation-easy\/"},"modified":"2019-10-23T17:07:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T08:07:13","slug":"five-workbench-features-to-make-translation-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gengo.com\/translator-product-updates\/five-workbench-features-to-make-translation-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Five workbench features to make translation easy"},"content":{"rendered":"At Gengo, our workbench works hard with our translators around-the-clock. We are committed to making sure our company\u2019s \u201cengine\u201d is running smoothly and efficiently at all times. In our last update<\/a>, we improved the comments section, site navigation, and mobile-responsiveness of the translator workbench.\u00a0Since then, we\u2019ve made improvements to some existing features, in addition to constantly enhancing our Translation Memory (TM) and validation systems. In this post, we also wish to highlight specific functions that will make translation more hassle-free for translators and customers alike:<\/span>\r\n

1. Comments made visual<\/h3>\r\nAs the saying goes, \u201cA picture is worth a thousand words.\u201d That\u2019s why we\u2019ve found a way for customers to upload images and multimedia attachments<\/a>, such as videos and audio files, to the comment section of the workbench. The ability to upload visual content adds more context, clarification, and a better idea of where and how translations are used. We recommend making the most of this feature to improve translation quality, particularly in the case of user reviews and product descriptions for ecommerce sites.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"translator<\/em>\r\n

2. Machine translation (MT) alert<\/h3>\r\nAnother addition to our workbench system\u2014machine translation detection. We\u2019ve built a tool that can detect machine translations to ensure fairness, translation quality, and customer satisfaction. We take pride in the skills and capabilities of our hardworking translator community and we believe they can provide high-quality translations like no machine can.\r\n

3. Job filters to stay organized<\/h3>\r\nJob filters serve as our translators\u2019 filing assistant particularly when working on bigger collections. These functions can help improve translator productivity by keeping jobs organized to promote better quality translations done in less time. Translators are able to filter jobs by category:\r\n