It will still be there when you switch to the next segment.
Clipboard respect between two segments. Will allow you to run search and replace automatically on each segment. Validation), which allows you to customize your tool for your needs. Use Word’s macros and create you own, but Wordfast goes one stepįurther by allowing you to integrate macros at specific times (like justīefore you open a segment, just after you opened the segment, or at segment Is a pretty useful tool for a translator working with technical documents. Trados gives you access to Multiterm only. You can consult any dictionary you normally use, right from Wordfast, Link to unlimited external dictionaries. Translation and can be an incredible time saver. Of settings) allows you to integrate the terminology seamlessly into your A simple shortcut commits your terms to the glossary (MultiTerm is a dictionary application, and too clumsy to be used as glossary.Ĭreating a Multiterm file from a glossary is a challenge at best, andĬan be. Most glossaries you can find on the net can be turned You don’t have to wait until theĮnd with crossed fingers, hoping that you didn’t mess up the tags.Įxtremely useful to keep with customer terminology while using your own Here are some of the features offeringĬan check terminology, spelling, tags, placeables (numbers, for instance),īookmarks… in real time. You can do with Trados workbench and not do with Wordfast. Trados costs over Euro 600, and each subsequent. (much less for translators based in less privileged countries). Wordfast costs Euro 170 for western based translators. (Ease of use, learning curve, reliability, support responsiveness…) However, Wordfast is not a mere clone for Trados,Īspects involved in choosing a professional tool:
Segmented files that look and behave just like Trados’ own segmentedįiles. There is a native compatibility between Wordfast and Trados whichĪllows a Wordfast user to work on virtually any Trados project and produce Is not the only choice, even when working with Trados files. However, despite what they would have you believe, Trados Just like a computer or a dentist chair, and from that angle at least,
Is not exactly cheap, but after all, it is a professional tool, an investment, Like me, decided to dispense with Trados and work with Wordfast. I am speaking here for a number of translators, who Since then, many things have changed and today's Trados is very different from Trados then. UPDATE: This article was written a few years ago, before SDL's acquisition of Trados.
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