Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: I have one CAT tool that I consider the best, but...
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: @José
[quote]José J. Martínez wrote:
Now if you as the client ask me for a transation, I will do it. ... If I am sent a document in Excel, I deliver it in Excel, if it is PowerPoint, I deliver it in PowerPoint. [/quote]
That is your decision, but it limits you to clients who want you to deliver the translation in the same format as the original.
If a client sends you a document in Excel, but want the translation back as PDF, would you refuse it? If the client sends you a PowerPoint file, but wants the translation back as a video file (and you know how to convert the translated PowerPoint file to a video), would you refuse to do it and/or charge extra, if it requires no additional effort for you?
If a client sends you a Word file or an Excel and wants you to deliver an SDXLIFF file or a TXML file, then I believe that that is the client's choice, and if you can easily deliver what the client wants, then you should feel free to do so. If you can't deliver an SDLXLIFF or TXML file despite the fact that that is the format that the client wants the translation in, then you should either convince the client to accept your translation your chosen format, or turn down the job.
A format is a format and a CAT is a CAT, but in many cases, a CAT is also a format.
[Edited at 2015-07-18 18:16 GMT]
Topic: I have one CAT tool that I consider the best, but...
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: @José
[quote]José J. Martínez wrote:
Now if you as the client ask me for a transation, I will do it. ... If I am sent a document in Excel, I deliver it in Excel, if it is PowerPoint, I deliver it in PowerPoint. [/quote]
That is your decision, but it limits you to clients who want you to deliver the translation in the same format as the original.
If a client sends you a document in Excel, but want the translation back as PDF, would you refuse it? If the client sends you a PowerPoint file, but wants the translation back as a video file (and you know how to convert the translated PowerPoint file to a video), would you refuse to do it and/or charge extra, if it requires no additional effort for you?
If a client sends you a Word file or an Excel and wants you to deliver an SDXLIFF file or a TXML file, then I believe that that is the client's choice, and if you can easily deliver what the client wants, then you should feel free to do so. If you can't deliver an SDLXLIFF or TXML file despite the fact that that is the format that the client wants the translation in, then you should either convince the client to accept your translation your chosen format, or turn down the job.
A format is a format and a CAT is a CAT, but in many cases, a CAT is also a format.
[Edited at 2015-07-18 18:16 GMT]
