The Use of FTP in Translation Projects

For those who are not familiar with the term or the tool, FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. Perhaps for some the subject might be quite banal by now, given that it’s a very common tool, still it won’t hurt to give a brief explanation of what can be done with an FTP server.
As indicated by the term, an FTP is very useful when it comes to transferring large files. Many translators only know how to send documents through the traditional method of the attachment, i.e., attaching the document to the e-mail. However, we can’t always send documents this way, especially when they’re bigger than 10 MB. Generally, the transferring capacity of e-mail servers does not allow for attachments bigger than 10MB. Each e-mail server (Gmail, Hotmail, etc.) has a limit that cannot be exceeded. If a person exceeds these file-size limits, the e-mail won’t reach its recipient.