<s>
Fuzzy	B-Application
matching	I-Application
is	O
a	O
technique	O
used	O
in	O
computer-assisted	B-Application
translation	I-Application
as	O
a	O
special	O
case	O
of	O
record	B-General_Concept
linkage	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
when	O
the	O
translator	O
is	O
working	O
with	O
translation	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
(	O
TM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
approximate	B-Algorithm
string	I-Algorithm
matching	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
primary	O
function	O
is	O
to	O
assist	O
the	O
translator	O
by	O
speeding	O
up	O
the	O
translation	O
process	O
;	O
fuzzy	B-Application
matching	I-Application
is	O
not	O
designed	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
human	O
translator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
,	O
translation	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
tools	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
to	O
increase	O
productivity	O
and	O
make	O
the	O
whole	O
translation	O
process	O
faster	O
for	O
the	O
translator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
fuzzy	B-Application
matching	I-Application
began	O
to	O
take	O
off	O
as	O
a	O
prominent	O
feature	O
of	O
TM	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
despite	O
some	O
issues	O
concerning	O
the	O
extra	O
work	O
involved	O
in	O
editing	O
a	O
fuzzy	O
match	O
"	O
proposal	O
"	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
a	O
popular	O
subset	O
of	O
TM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
way	O
,	O
fuzzy	B-Application
matching	I-Application
can	O
speed	O
up	O
the	O
translation	O
process	O
and	O
lead	O
to	O
increased	O
productivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
fuzzy	B-Application
matching	I-Application
is	O
still	O
an	O
important	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
translator	O
's	O
tool-kit	O
.	O
</s>
