Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: Do you accept Memsource jobs?
Poster: Laure Trads
Post title: Thank you also Łukasz
[quote]Łukasz Gos-Furmankiewicz wrote:
My sympathies, Laure.
I try not to be too dismissive, but I don't go out of my way to incorporate custom or niche CATs for my agencies.
Perhaps if they had a good and proportionate reason to justify the added bother and paid proportionately higher fees, though I doubt the reason for using custom/niche CATs is to actually pay translators more. ;)
I wouldn't unduly discriminate against a simple, no-frills tool that were fit for the job. But asking me to do advanced text editing in a tool that had no advanced editing functions or made them too cumbersome to use, that would be a no-no.
So far, I've only used Memsource once, and even though I'm not going to bash it, I still have no intention of using it ever again if at all avoidable.
On a different note, it may be in our best interest as translators to rethink this approach in order not to turn SDL and Kilgray into Microsoft and Apple by avoiding agencies that don't use the most industry-standard tools. [/quote]
I completely agree that SDL and Kilgray should not become monopolies, forcing us to buy very expensive upgrades.
Topic: Do you accept Memsource jobs?
Poster: Laure Trads
Post title: Thank you also Łukasz
[quote]Łukasz Gos-Furmankiewicz wrote:
My sympathies, Laure.
I try not to be too dismissive, but I don't go out of my way to incorporate custom or niche CATs for my agencies.
Perhaps if they had a good and proportionate reason to justify the added bother and paid proportionately higher fees, though I doubt the reason for using custom/niche CATs is to actually pay translators more. ;)
I wouldn't unduly discriminate against a simple, no-frills tool that were fit for the job. But asking me to do advanced text editing in a tool that had no advanced editing functions or made them too cumbersome to use, that would be a no-no.
So far, I've only used Memsource once, and even though I'm not going to bash it, I still have no intention of using it ever again if at all avoidable.
On a different note, it may be in our best interest as translators to rethink this approach in order not to turn SDL and Kilgray into Microsoft and Apple by avoiding agencies that don't use the most industry-standard tools. [/quote]
I completely agree that SDL and Kilgray should not become monopolies, forcing us to buy very expensive upgrades.
