Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: What is the easiest-to-use tool for large Word documents with tables, figures and text boxes?
Poster: Heinrich Pesch
Post title: Not only software
Any software can only be as good as the hardware platform. Some translation software run on Windows, Mac and Linux (Wordfast, OmegaQ), but most others only on Windows. You should have at least two high-resolution monitors and an up-to-date Windows (7 or higher) system.
I found no problems with SDL Studio after version 2011 when reproduction of Word-formatting is concerned. Google Translate has improved very much the last couple of years.
Formatting problems are inevitable, if the target text is longer than the source (like in EN-DE), so no matter what you use you need to make manual adjustments of tables and text boxes after translation.
Good luck!
Topic: What is the easiest-to-use tool for large Word documents with tables, figures and text boxes?
Poster: Heinrich Pesch
Post title: Not only software
Any software can only be as good as the hardware platform. Some translation software run on Windows, Mac and Linux (Wordfast, OmegaQ), but most others only on Windows. You should have at least two high-resolution monitors and an up-to-date Windows (7 or higher) system.
I found no problems with SDL Studio after version 2011 when reproduction of Word-formatting is concerned. Google Translate has improved very much the last couple of years.
Formatting problems are inevitable, if the target text is longer than the source (like in EN-DE), so no matter what you use you need to make manual adjustments of tables and text boxes after translation.
Good luck!