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Julijulz
Canada
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Can anyone help me? I am looking for a translation software with the following attributes - I know, I know, it might not even exist!!
- Compatible with Mac
- Can be used by 3 translators that work from home (but for the same company)
- Compatible with InDesign
- Doesn't cost an arm and a leg
Thanks!
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Christine Lécluse-Voirin 
France
Local time: 04:14
 Member (2011)
English to French
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Hi,
Even if I do not have (for the moment) any operational CAT tool, I know that Wordfast runs on a Mac. I have downloaded the free version of Wordfast and it seems to work perfectly with my Word version (I am currently learning to use it).
In addition, its seens that Wordfast is working with InDesign as well (see bellow)
http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/wordfast@yahoogroups.com/8946345.html
but I never tried it (and it might not work with the free version).
Hope that helps
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John Di Rico
France
Local time: 04:14
 Member (2006)
French to English
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Julijulz
Canada
TOPIC STARTER | | Other than Wordfast | Jan 5 |
Merci beaucoup Christine - we currently work with Wordfast but are looking to switch.
It's fine for Word and Excel, but that's pretty much it... It doesn't always find requested segments even if we know they exist. Plus, we were never able to use it with inDesign (Wordfast crashes every single time) and were told it is impossible for all three translators to have access to the same terminology database from different locations.
Thanks though!
[Edited at 2012-01-05 14:51 GMT]
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Rodolfo Raya
Uruguay
Local time: 23:14
 Partial member (2008)
English to Spanish
| | Swordfish + RemoteTM | Jan 5 |
Hi,
You can use Swordfish to translate InDesign files on a Mac.
You can share a TM and terminology databases with your colleagues using MySQL on your own server or you can simply rent a personal RemoteTM database at 30 Euros per month (at 1 Euro a day, you should be able to afford the price).
Regards,
Rodolfo
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Julijulz
Canada
TOPIC STARTER | | Swordfish sounds promising! | Jan 5 |
Thank you so much, Rodolfo! I am looking into Swordfish as we speak - it is still early to tell, but it sounds very promising!
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Heinrich Pesch
Finland
Local time: 05:14
Member (2003)
Finnish to German
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and you can run any translation software on your mac. You need only a Windows XP emulator.
But I believe Wordfast Pro will handle Indesign without problems.
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Selcuk Akyuz
Turkey
Local time: 05:14
Member (2006)
English to Turkish
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So you did not hear about CafeTran?
- It works on Mac, Windows and Linux
- Supports InDesign INX and IDML files
- Costs only 80 Euro
http://www.cafetran.com/
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Julijulz
Canada
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I never heard of CafeTran - thanks, I will look into it!
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Alex Lago
Spain
Local time: 04:14
Member (2009)
English to Spanish
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| | You neeed to look at the different versions | Jan 7 |
Julijulz wrote:
Merci beaucoup Christine - we currently work with Wordfast but are looking to switch.
It's fine for Word and Excel, but that's pretty much it... It doesn't always find requested segments even if we know they exist. Plus, we were never able to use it with inDesign (Wordfast crashes every single time) and were told it is impossible for all three translators to have access to the same terminology database from different locations.
Thanks though!
[Edited at 2012-01-05 14:51 GMT] |
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There are three different versions of Wordfast by what you say I imagine you are using Wordfast Classic, Wordfast Anywhere is different to Classic and does allow collaboration of various translators, and with it being Internet based you can access it from any computer, plus it's free.
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Laurent KRAULAND
France
Local time: 04:14
Member (2007)
French to German
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would be XTM Cloud (web-based). It is not free, of course, but supports more formats than Wordfast Anywhere - nothing against WFA, it has helped me a lot and probably will help me in the future too.
http://www.xtm-intl.com/
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Julijulz
Canada
TOPIC STARTER |
Thank you very much, Laurent. XTM seems like another great option.
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Julijulz
Canada
TOPIC STARTER |
Alex Lago wrote:
Julijulz wrote:
Merci beaucoup Christine - we currently work with Wordfast but are looking to switch.
It's fine for Word and Excel, but that's pretty much it... It doesn't always find requested segments even if we know they exist. Plus, we were never able to use it with inDesign (Wordfast crashes every single time) and were told it is impossible for all three translators to have access to the same terminology database from different locations.
Thanks though!
[Edited at 2012-01-05 14:51 GMT] |
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There are three different versions of Wordfast by what you say I imagine you are using Wordfast Classic, Wordfast Anywhere is different to Classic and does allow collaboration of various translators, and with it being Internet based you can access it from any computer, plus it's free. |
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Thanks, but we actually work with Wordfast Pro and experienced problems with Wordfast Anywhere on a Mac environment.
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Agata Śliwińska
Poland
Local time: 04:14
Polish to English
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Hi Julijulz!
XTM Cloud will be suitable for your needs. It has all that you're looking for! You can test it for free for 30 days from www.xtm-intl.com/trial.
For more information, please join our Webinars. The schedule of the Introductory sessions, the PM and Translator trainings can be found at www.xtm-intl.com/demos. Everybody's invited!
Best regards,
Agata.
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Julijulz
Canada
TOPIC STARTER |
Thank you Agata - we will try it out!
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