Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: Why are more and more agencies these days choosing memoQ or SDL Studio as their "preferred" tool?
Poster: Merab Dekano
Post title: Preferred tools
Agencies have clients who often are other agencies (new ones for sure, as they have not yet build solid end client base). If most of the time they receive Studio packages, they will pass it o to their service provider (us). This clearly means:
- they themselves need t have Studio licence.
- the chosen service provider needs to have Studio licence.
Now I know that you can deal with Studio packages with other CAT tools, but not everyone is willing to undergo the hassle.
Let's not dramatize; if an agency prefers a CAT tool, you are still free to use your own provided it's technically compatible. If the agencies asks you "do you work with Studio?", you don't, but you say you do, them unzip the thing, translate it, zip it back again and send it somehow in the "return package" format, bravo, nobody will arrest you for that.
I myself, without being any agencies at all, have Studio and DVX licences. I prefer DVX, but do use Studio when prompted by my clients. I see no problem, really.
Topic: Why are more and more agencies these days choosing memoQ or SDL Studio as their "preferred" tool?
Poster: Merab Dekano
Post title: Preferred tools
Agencies have clients who often are other agencies (new ones for sure, as they have not yet build solid end client base). If most of the time they receive Studio packages, they will pass it o to their service provider (us). This clearly means:
- they themselves need t have Studio licence.
- the chosen service provider needs to have Studio licence.
Now I know that you can deal with Studio packages with other CAT tools, but not everyone is willing to undergo the hassle.
Let's not dramatize; if an agency prefers a CAT tool, you are still free to use your own provided it's technically compatible. If the agencies asks you "do you work with Studio?", you don't, but you say you do, them unzip the thing, translate it, zip it back again and send it somehow in the "return package" format, bravo, nobody will arrest you for that.
I myself, without being any agencies at all, have Studio and DVX licences. I prefer DVX, but do use Studio when prompted by my clients. I see no problem, really.