Hynek Palatin Czech Republic Local time: 04:05 Member (2003) English to Czech + ...
Irony
Nov 26, 2009
Anna Haxen wrote:
Strange, isn't it, that the strongest opinions on CAT tools are generally harboured by those who don't use them.
Anna, if you are refering to my previous post, it was meant to be ironical. It was inspired by opinions I read in other CAT-related discussions here on ProZ.
To get back on topic: It's hard to say what is the "best" CAT tool without defining the criteria. Also, those of us who work mostly for agencies quite often don't have much choice, because some agencies require specific CAT tools.
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Ulf Samuelsson Mexico Local time: 21:05 Member (2007) English to Swedish + ...
Easy answer ... or not so easy
Nov 26, 2009
The best CAT tool to use is the one your client wants you to use. And if the client has no preference, then you are free to use the CAT tool that you feel is best for you. And that is often just a matter of personal preference.
Personally, I mainly use Wordfast Classic, as I prefer to work in Word and the handling of glossaries and Quality Control functions is unrivalled. Every time I switch to another tool, I find myself missing the blacklist and the quick adding and inserting of glossary terms.
Apart from Wordfast, I have worked with Across, Catalyst, DejaVu, Espresso, ForeignDesk, Helium, HITE, IIDS, LocStudio, Logoport, OmegaT, SDLX, Sisulizer, Sprint, Trados and WordFisher, so I have a bit of experience with various CAT tools.
I started with WordFisher, ten years ago, then switched to DejaVu, then to SDLX, then to Trados, and finally to Wordfast has been my main choice for the last few years. The others I mentioned I've only been using for certain clients, and many of them are their proprietary tools.
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esperantisto Belarus Local time: 05:05 Member (2006) English to Russian + ...
OmegaT
Nov 26, 2009
is the best. The second best is Anaphraseus, and the third best is Wordfast Classic. I think, it’s wise to have several tools at hand to serve different tasks.
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Laurent KRAULAND France Local time: 04:05 Member (2007) French to German + ...
Indeed
Nov 26, 2009
esperantisto wrote:
I think, it’s wise to have several tools at hand to serve different tasks.
And at least two or three of them, as some bizarre things may occur from time to time (a well-known and expensive tool can fail or show dysfunctions where a free software works like a charm).
[Edited at 2009-11-26 13:50 GMT]
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KSL Berlin Germany Local time: 04:05 German to English
Let us not forget...
Nov 26, 2009
... Google Translate, which is particularly well suited for those who object to the concept of intellectual property. That would be my next recommendation after Trados, and those who are particularly advanced in their approach to business can surely find a way to combine the two technologies.
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First, not to start another futile holy war, I think that the best CAT is the one you can handle the best) As for me I prefer a quite natural view of WF classic (with PlusTools and PlusToys when needed.). I didn't like cumbersome interfaces and tried Trados macroses in MS Word, but they didn't work alright for my PC.
Second, Google Translate is something that makes me think Google team had much leisure time and decided to monkey about some new 'features'.
Everything above is just IMO)
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It was inspired by opinions I read in other CAT-related discussions here on ProZ.
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