Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: How to deal with 2 different source files?
Poster: Daithi
Post title: Comparator
[quote]VIP9N wrote:
[quote]Daithi wrote:
...How would you deal with this issue?... [/quote]
Hi, Daithi!
For the task that you described I would use Abbyy Comparator.
However, the idea of your client to mimic 100% the source document with the provided word-file using styles sounds kinda weird to me. As a translator, I have to translate, that is my task. Precise layout or applying translation to hundreds different further purposes is not the responsibility of a translator. Much less to modify further the translated document.
If your current job is a one-time task, you may contact me through my proz email by sending word and pdf files to be compared. I will do it for free, and you will see whether result is satisfying for you. If this client intends to send you such jobs in the future, then, you better buy a tool, which you will find the most suitable for this purpose.
Good luck [/quote]
I was browsing the internet and came across Abbyy Comparator and Finereader. It said Comparator was not for sale in my region. But by watching videos, Finereader seemed to do the same, and more, I think.
Thank you for offering to help. I'm actually not the translator but asking for family member. It is not a once off, but a steady supply and I think the price is stated before the job. So technically, you are paid for the entire job, not hourly or per word.
Topic: How to deal with 2 different source files?
Poster: Daithi
Post title: Comparator
[quote]VIP9N wrote:
[quote]Daithi wrote:
...How would you deal with this issue?... [/quote]
Hi, Daithi!
For the task that you described I would use Abbyy Comparator.
However, the idea of your client to mimic 100% the source document with the provided word-file using styles sounds kinda weird to me. As a translator, I have to translate, that is my task. Precise layout or applying translation to hundreds different further purposes is not the responsibility of a translator. Much less to modify further the translated document.
If your current job is a one-time task, you may contact me through my proz email by sending word and pdf files to be compared. I will do it for free, and you will see whether result is satisfying for you. If this client intends to send you such jobs in the future, then, you better buy a tool, which you will find the most suitable for this purpose.
Good luck [/quote]
I was browsing the internet and came across Abbyy Comparator and Finereader. It said Comparator was not for sale in my region. But by watching videos, Finereader seemed to do the same, and more, I think.
Thank you for offering to help. I'm actually not the translator but asking for family member. It is not a once off, but a steady supply and I think the price is stated before the job. So technically, you are paid for the entire job, not hourly or per word.