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I would like to hear from anyone who has used Glossy
Thread poster: Edward Potter
Edward Potter
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Spain
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Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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Jul 26, 2003

I would like to hear from anyone who has used Glossy (http://www.foreignword.biz/software/glossy/) for translating web pages. How does it stack up against Trados or other CAT tools? It looks like a good tool from their web page.
 
Sonja Tomaskovic (X)
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Germany
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English to German
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No CAT tool Jul 28, 2003

Hi Edward,

as far as I know, Glossy is not a CAT tool, but a tool to build your own glossaries.

You can integrate it into Word and it will highlight any words or expression that can be found in a glossary. Unlike Trados or any other CAT tool, it will not suggest complete sentences or fuzzy matches.

I for one have not tested it as I am very satisfied with my current CAT tool and its glossary function (Wordfast).

Regards,

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Hi Edward,

as far as I know, Glossy is not a CAT tool, but a tool to build your own glossaries.

You can integrate it into Word and it will highlight any words or expression that can be found in a glossary. Unlike Trados or any other CAT tool, it will not suggest complete sentences or fuzzy matches.

I for one have not tested it as I am very satisfied with my current CAT tool and its glossary function (Wordfast).

Regards,

Sonja ▲ Collapse
 
Valérie Leduc
Valérie Leduc
Canada
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Member (2003)
English to French
A CAT tool indeed, but for HTML pages only Aug 11, 2003

Hi Edward,

I work with Glossy, but only the glossary function. I found it very useful, but it only offers a translation tool by segments for HTML pages, and since I work with Trados, I don't use this function.
If you're looking for a tool that will assist you in HTML translations ONLY, you can give it a try (they have a demo version, don't they?).

HTH
Valérie

Edward Potter wrote:

I would like to hear from anyone who has used Glossy (http://www.foreignword.biz/software/glossy/) for translating web pages. How does it stack up against Trados or other CAT tools? It looks like a good tool from their web page.


 
KatyaNicholas
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United States
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English to Russian
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a little problem with Glossy - I don't see its toolbar Aug 14, 2004

Edward Potter wrote:
It looks like a good tool from their web page.


Hello everyone! I find Glossy a very useful tool to translate webpages. Though something inexplicable has happened - the Glossy toolbar has dissappeared from my MS Word ;-( Does anyone, who uses the tool, know how to fix it?

Thanks a lot in advance,
Katya
 
MikeTrans
MikeTrans
Germany
Local time: 00:42
Italian to German
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Glossy tool Sep 17, 2004

I tryed out Glossy for a few hours, importing txt formatted terminology. It works good in highlighting all terms that are present in your translation work; you can then replace these terms on the fly. However, Glossy has problems recognizing longer terms (more than 4 words together), at least in the current version. If this is all you want, then look out for new version updates;
If Glossy would recognize large sentences instead of 2-4 words in a row, it could be considered as a CAT-Tool, ... See more
I tryed out Glossy for a few hours, importing txt formatted terminology. It works good in highlighting all terms that are present in your translation work; you can then replace these terms on the fly. However, Glossy has problems recognizing longer terms (more than 4 words together), at least in the current version. If this is all you want, then look out for new version updates;
If Glossy would recognize large sentences instead of 2-4 words in a row, it could be considered as a CAT-Tool, having some translation memory: the program is able to set a "similarity" value for term ricognition from 70-100%.

For serious translation work, I would rather prefer a low-budget CAT-tool like MetaTexis or Fusion. These programs have a good price/feature relation.
Hope that this will help you.

Mike ▲ Collapse
 


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