E-services translation utilizing machine translation and translation memory

A method for translating data from a source language to a target language, comprising:

• inputting source data for translation;
• searching via a processor a database for a source string similar to the inputted source data, said source string having a corresponding translated target string, said database comprising matching strings of source data and strings of target data and unmatched strings of source data and strings of target data;
• outputting said corresponding translated target string, if said source data string similar to said inputted source data string is found, for subsequent review by a translator;
• machine translating said inputted source data if said source data string similar to said inputted source data string is not found, said machine translating producing a target string, wherein said machine translating uses units of data smaller than a sentence;
• searching via said processor said database for a target string matching the target string produced by said machine translating;
• sending said matching target string for subsequent review by said translator if said matching target string is found;
• and
• sending said machine translated target string for subsequent review by said translator if a match for said machine translated target string is not found in said database.

A system for translating data from a source language to a target language, comprising:

• a device to input source language data to be translated;
• a translation database comprising source language string and target language strings;
• a translation source connected to a network;
• and,
• machine translator that translates said input source language data into a target language string;
• a portal for searching said translation database for a target string matching the target language string produced by said machine translating, and sending said matching target language string for subsequent review by said translation source if said matching target string from said translation database is found, and sending said machine translated target string from said machine translator for subsequent review by said translation source if said matching target string from said translation database is not found in said translation database.