Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: Webtrans - your thoughts?
Poster: Michael J.W. Beijer
Post title: Kilgray's ‘WebTrans’?
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
Yesterday I was approached by agency with which I have never worked before. They asked me to translate a very small job (about 500 words) urgently, and to use Webtrans.
I replied that I have never used Webtrans and that given the smallness of the project, it would not be economic for me to purchase, install, and learn Webtrans in less than 24 hours.
They then told me that I wouldn't need to pay for it and that I could use the online version. Quote (the bad English is theirs, not mine): "You don’t have to pay for WebTrans. We’d give you a temporary licence and you could work on our server and it’s really simple software so one can learn it very fast how to use it."
This put me off even more and I did not proceed with the job.
However I am curious about Webtrans. Is it any good?
I am also suspicious about working online with an agency I don't know. What kind of data about me would they be able to access?
[Edited at 2016-06-17 08:50 GMT] [/quote]
I assume you mean WebTrans, by Kilgray (the people behind memoQ).
Although I have never used it myself (as I refuse to use online CAT tools), I think it is just a slightly simpler version of the desktop version of memoQ (which I love and use myself).
See: [url removed]
Topic: Webtrans - your thoughts?
Poster: Michael J.W. Beijer
Post title: Kilgray's ‘WebTrans’?
[quote]Tom in London wrote:
Yesterday I was approached by agency with which I have never worked before. They asked me to translate a very small job (about 500 words) urgently, and to use Webtrans.
I replied that I have never used Webtrans and that given the smallness of the project, it would not be economic for me to purchase, install, and learn Webtrans in less than 24 hours.
They then told me that I wouldn't need to pay for it and that I could use the online version. Quote (the bad English is theirs, not mine): "You don’t have to pay for WebTrans. We’d give you a temporary licence and you could work on our server and it’s really simple software so one can learn it very fast how to use it."
This put me off even more and I did not proceed with the job.
However I am curious about Webtrans. Is it any good?
I am also suspicious about working online with an agency I don't know. What kind of data about me would they be able to access?
[Edited at 2016-06-17 08:50 GMT] [/quote]
I assume you mean WebTrans, by Kilgray (the people behind memoQ).
Although I have never used it myself (as I refuse to use online CAT tools), I think it is just a slightly simpler version of the desktop version of memoQ (which I love and use myself).
See: [url removed]