<s>
Collaborative	B-Protocol
translation	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
translation	O
technique	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
created	O
or	O
enabled	O
by	O
modern	O
translation	O
technology	O
where	O
multiple	O
participants	O
can	O
collaborate	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
document	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
generally	O
sharing	O
a	O
computer-assisted	B-Application
translation	I-Application
interface	O
that	O
includes	O
tools	O
for	O
collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collaborative	B-Protocol
translation	I-Protocol
should	O
not	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
crowdsourcing	O
:	O
the	O
two	O
are	O
very	O
different	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
techniques	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collaborative	B-Protocol
translation	I-Protocol
techniques	O
are	O
frequently	O
confused	O
with	O
crowdsourcing	O
techniques	O
,	O
even	O
by	O
managers	O
who	O
work	O
in	O
translation	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collaborative	B-Protocol
translation	I-Protocol
refers	O
to	O
the	O
technique	O
of	O
having	O
multiple	O
translation	O
participants	O
with	O
varying	O
tasks	O
participate	O
simultaneously	O
in	O
a	O
collaborative	O
workspace	O
with	O
shared	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
new	O
technique	O
made	O
possible	O
by	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purpose	O
of	O
collaborative	B-Protocol
translation	I-Protocol
is	O
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
total	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
translation	O
lifecycle	O
,	O
improve	O
communications	O
,	O
particularly	O
between	O
translator	O
and	O
non-translator	O
participants	O
,	O
and	O
eliminate	O
many	O
management	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parsing	O
a	O
document	O
,	O
in	O
itself	O
,	O
is	O
not	O
collaborative	B-Protocol
translation	I-Protocol
,	O
because	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
real	O
collaboration	O
happening	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
when	O
those	O
ten	O
individuals	O
use	O
collaborative	B-Protocol
translation	I-Protocol
technology	O
to	O
work	O
and	O
communicate	O
simultaneously	O
amongst	O
themselves	O
and	O
with	O
other	O
collaborators	O
like	O
subject	O
matter	O
experts	O
,	O
managers	O
,	O
proofreaders	O
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
it	O
becomes	O
collaborative	B-Protocol
translation	I-Protocol
(	O
that	O
included	O
a	O
crowdsourcing	O
phase	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
revolutionized	O
the	O
translation	O
industry	O
and	O
introduced	O
collaborative	B-Protocol
translation	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Managers	O
,	O
translators	O
,	O
and	O
proofreaders	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
had	O
traditional	O
CAT	B-Application
tools	I-Application
installed	O
on	O
their	O
desktops	O
,	O
could	O
now	O
login	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
system	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
sharing	O
translation	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
resources	O
in	O
real-time	O
and	O
collaborating	O
via	O
communication	O
features	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
workspace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
by	O
allowing	O
all	O
the	O
participants	O
to	O
share	O
resources	O
and	O
work	O
simultaneously	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
,	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
workspace	O
,	O
the	O
lifecycle	O
was	O
shortened	O
and	O
quality	O
increased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
Translation	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
systems	I-Protocol
can	O
split	O
even	O
a	O
single	O
source	O
file	O
into	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
translation	O
bundles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combining	O
simultaneous	O
translation	O
workflows	O
with	O
collaborative	B-Protocol
translation	I-Protocol
helps	O
limit	O
the	O
time	O
required	O
to	O
translate	O
high	O
volume	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
