{"id":8058,"date":"2022-09-01T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phrase.com\/?post_type=case-study&p=8058"},"modified":"2023-09-18T16:41:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:41:51","slug":"leipzig-university","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/phrase.com\/customers\/leipzig-university\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pros and Cons of Using Phrase at Leipzig University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n\n\t\n\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

Dr. Edgar Bohm, a translation technology lecturer at the Institute of Applied Linguistics and Translatology of Leipzig University<\/a>, used Phrase TMS in his courses over the summer semester. We spoke with him and he gave us a little more insight into his experiences.<\/p>\n

Dr. Bohm was initially introduced to Phrase TMS through a former student who started a translation agency and has been using Phrase TMS as the foundation of his business. Later, Dr. Bohm received a message from Phrase TMS saying that there was a program tailored to universities that could be used to train his students:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI answered the email and was surprised how fast I got a response. Licenses were no issue at all and they would be free of charge as long as we used them for seminar purposes only\u2014which was exactly what I intended to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n\t\n\t
\n\n\t\t
<\/span>

Leipzig University<\/h3>

At Leipzig University,<\/a> I wanted to make all course participants project managers, as that would allow them to see the full chain of tasks required to produce a translation. With Phrase, we found a solution that allows exactly that.<\/p>\n<\/p>

\"Leipzig<\/div>

Edgar Bohm<\/p>

Translation Technology Lecturer<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\t\n\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t

Academic<\/p>\n

Finding a unique solution<\/h2>\n

Dr. Bohm\u2019s plan for implementing the platform into his courses required the development of a specific solution in order to give the students the full experience. He wanted all participants of the courses to use the platform in a project manager role in order to display the full chain of tasks associated with the production of a translation.<\/span><\/p>\n

After a little brainstorming, we were able to find a solution that allowed the implementation to occur, while still maintaining a reasonable level of user accounts. With this solution, Dr. Bohm was able to set up the license for Leipzig University and proceed with organizing the course, and use Phrase TMS as an educational tool:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe created a project with a text and a translation memory we had prepared using a competitor\u2019s tool in an <\/span>earlier session. We did the analysis and prepared a cost estimate for our fictitious client. We then translated the text that I had prepared so that we could do some useful translation work on the one hand and use the imported translation memory on the other. Everything went very well; more than 20 course participants were very attentive and there were only a few questions. We managed to translate the text in time. We proceeded to quality assurance and then exported the text,\u201d he explains.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Bohm also asked his students to share their own findings about Phrase TMS. This is the feedback he received:<\/span><\/p>\n

Advantages<\/h2>\n