Definitions for "Translation Memory"
(translation memory system) A software tool for aiding human translators. A translator translates words and phrases from a source language into a target language (the translation). When those words and phrases re-appear in new source text, the previous translation is automatically offered to the translator, who can use it or modify it as necessary. If documentation is translated, significantly reduced translation costs can be obtained by ensuring that the source documentation conforms to a controlled vocabulary (or better, to a controlled language).
a collection of multilingual correspondences with optional control information stored with each correspondence
a data bank in which a source text and the corresponding target text are recorded in the form of translation units
an archive of existing translations, structured in such a way as to promote translation re-use