Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: CAT tools for a newbie Macbook
Poster: Wolfgang
Post title: There's no such thing
[quote]jajetta wrote:
Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some precious advice.
I’ve been working as a translator for the past 16 years and I’ve never purchased a CAT software, however, I’ve used it in the past (remotely with access from the agency I worked for).
I’ve just got a new position with an agency that requires Trados and I have to purchase it.
I have a Mac and I read that trados is not designed for it but there are ways around it.
My questions are the following:
Can I get trados for Mac?
Which package do you recommend?
Is it worth it/hard to use?
Thanks in advance for any help!
[/quote]
No such thing as Trados Studio for Mac. You have to go the Parallels or VMWare way to virtualize Windows on your Mac as I do as many Mac users do. Costs you a Windows licence + Parallels licence but is worth every cent.
- Studio Freelance 2021 (v 2022 is about to be released)
- Well, it's not sooo hard to learn or use, just have a look at those tutorials on YouTube and you can find a lot of help here on Proz. Just ask.
If it's worth is up to you to see.
FYI: there are other CAT tools you can process Studio files/packages (sdlxliff/sdlppx) with. You can import and export Studio packages and in my experience, as long as the agency can import your delivered files, there's no problems with agencies.
[Edited at 2022-04-05 07:42 GMT]
Topic: CAT tools for a newbie Macbook
Poster: Wolfgang
Post title: There's no such thing
[quote]jajetta wrote:
Hi everyone,
I’m looking for some precious advice.
I’ve been working as a translator for the past 16 years and I’ve never purchased a CAT software, however, I’ve used it in the past (remotely with access from the agency I worked for).
I’ve just got a new position with an agency that requires Trados and I have to purchase it.
I have a Mac and I read that trados is not designed for it but there are ways around it.
My questions are the following:
Can I get trados for Mac?
Which package do you recommend?
Is it worth it/hard to use?
Thanks in advance for any help!
[/quote]
No such thing as Trados Studio for Mac. You have to go the Parallels or VMWare way to virtualize Windows on your Mac as I do as many Mac users do. Costs you a Windows licence + Parallels licence but is worth every cent.
- Studio Freelance 2021 (v 2022 is about to be released)
- Well, it's not sooo hard to learn or use, just have a look at those tutorials on YouTube and you can find a lot of help here on Proz. Just ask.
If it's worth is up to you to see.
FYI: there are other CAT tools you can process Studio files/packages (sdlxliff/sdlppx) with. You can import and export Studio packages and in my experience, as long as the agency can import your delivered files, there's no problems with agencies.
[Edited at 2022-04-05 07:42 GMT]