Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: I have one CAT tool that I consider the best, but...
Poster: Tony M
Post title: Ah yes, but...
[quote]José J. Martínez wrote:
So Tony, there might be the option to use WF instead of the OTHER Tool?... I will try replying all the offers that ask for it and tell them that I use WF Pro and I can deliver a TN in .txml or .TMX. [/quote]
Ah yes, but it's more complicated than that! Agencies using Trados tend to send out 'packages' of translation documents containing all sorts of weird and wonderful file formats, and it's not always easy sorting out WHICH file is the one you need; so you also need to ask them to supply you with JUST the .DOC (or whatever) file; I have one customer who exports me a 2-column (FR / EN) file from their CAT tool, which I then play around with and translate in W/f; they don't actually care, as they then re-create a fresh TM from my uncleaned translation.
[quote]But, WF also has ads in Proz. [/quote]
Ah yes, but I'm not just talking about adverts — I believe one of the major CAT publishers actually has a stake in ProZ.com in terms of actual shares... and don't forget that they in turn also have some kind of a connection with Microsoft... so all is not necessarily as it seems...
Topic: I have one CAT tool that I consider the best, but...
Poster: Tony M
Post title: Ah yes, but...
[quote]José J. Martínez wrote:
So Tony, there might be the option to use WF instead of the OTHER Tool?... I will try replying all the offers that ask for it and tell them that I use WF Pro and I can deliver a TN in .txml or .TMX. [/quote]
Ah yes, but it's more complicated than that! Agencies using Trados tend to send out 'packages' of translation documents containing all sorts of weird and wonderful file formats, and it's not always easy sorting out WHICH file is the one you need; so you also need to ask them to supply you with JUST the .DOC (or whatever) file; I have one customer who exports me a 2-column (FR / EN) file from their CAT tool, which I then play around with and translate in W/f; they don't actually care, as they then re-create a fresh TM from my uncleaned translation.
[quote]But, WF also has ads in Proz. [/quote]
Ah yes, but I'm not just talking about adverts — I believe one of the major CAT publishers actually has a stake in ProZ.com in terms of actual shares... and don't forget that they in turn also have some kind of a connection with Microsoft... so all is not necessarily as it seems...