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Excelling MultiTerm vs. Glossary Converter
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Dominique Pivard
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Mar 21, 2013

The third most downloaded paid OpenExchange application is called Excelling MultiTerm. It's not cheap: 250 euros (Freelance version) or 1250 euros (Professional version).

The blurb on the vendor's site describes it as "an interface between MS Excel and SDL MultiTerm", which is "used to edit termbase data offline in Excel and import it back to MultiTerm." Isn't it something yo... See more
The third most downloaded paid OpenExchange application is called Excelling MultiTerm. It's not cheap: 250 euros (Freelance version) or 1250 euros (Professional version).

The blurb on the vendor's site describes it as "an interface between MS Excel and SDL MultiTerm", which is "used to edit termbase data offline in Excel and import it back to MultiTerm." Isn't it something you can do with the free Glossary Converter (second most downloaded of all OpenExchange apps)? Or am I missing something here?

Links to said apps on SDL's site:

Glossary Converter: http://www.translationzone.com/en/openexchange/AppDetails.aspx?appid=344
Excelling MultiTerm: http://www.translationzone.com/en/openexchange/AppDetails.aspx?appid=267 ▲ Collapse
 
Grzegorz Gryc
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In few words... Mar 21, 2013

Dominique Pivard wrote:

The third most downloaded paid OpenExchange application is called Excelling MultiTerm. It's not cheap: 250 euros (Freelance version) or 1250 euros (Professional version).

The blurb on the vendor's site describes it as "an interface between MS Excel and SDL MultiTerm", which is "used to edit termbase data offline in Excel and import it back to MultiTerm." Isn't it something you can do with the free Glossary Converter (second most downloaded of all OpenExchange apps)? Or am I missing something here?


In few words, the Glossary Converter output is simplified, Excelling exports all.

Cheers
GG
 
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Maybe review this page... Mar 21, 2013

http://www.kaleidoscope.at/English/Software/ExpertTools/excelling_features.php
 
Dominique Pivard
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Thanks! Mar 21, 2013

SDL Support wrote:
http://www.kaleidoscope.at/English/Software/ExpertTools/excelling_features.php

Thanks, Grzegorz & Paul, for shedding light on Excelling MultiTerm vs. Glossary Converter!
 


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