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| Name | Swordfish Translation Editor | Trados Studio 2021 |
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| Most helpful review | Works perfectly ! SDL Trados just ignores the Mac users. It is expensive, the updates are expensive, innovations are rare, the technical support is not responsive.
Swordfish is a multi-platform tool. It is relatively cheap, the updates are free. It is a rather new product. Innovations, improvements are coming in regularly. The technical support and the forum are super responsive. The TMX files are Trados compatible.
No more SDL Trados for me !!!!!11 out of 12 found this review helpful.
Read more reviews → | No. More than 3 stars Does not rate more than 3 stars. The desktop software itself remains much the same with all of us known Princeton's. The purported have changer Live is a disappointment. If it's half baked, full of bugs, and less than it's promise. First off, you cannot convey your existing projects to online. Second, it is not like you can work off of any device. Third, the naming convention for the folders is not self explanatory. To summarize, a lot of work will be required to make it truly usable.17 out of 19 found this review helpful.
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| Product description | Swordfish III is an advanced CAT (Computer Aided Translation) tool based on XLIFF 1.2 open standard, designed for demanding professional translators.
Swordfish III supports exchanging TMX (Translation Memory eXchange), the vendor-neutral open XML standard for the exchange of Translation Memory (TM) data created by Computer Aided Translation (CAT) and localization tools, originally published by LISA (Localisation Industry Standards Association).
Swordfish includes a super fast Internal database server and integrated support for RemoteTM in its two editions: LAN Server and Web Server. You can also use third party database engines like Oracle 10g, MySQL 5.x and Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 for storing TM and terminology data | The complete translation environment for professional translators
Trados Studio is a complete translation environment for editing, reviewing, and managing translation projects either offline on the desktop tool or online in the cloud. Studio offers several core technologies to support you as you translate – translation memories (TMs) are the key component and other functionality includes termbases for managing terminology and machine translation (MT) to speed up the translation process. In addition to the core components, there are many features to help increase your productivity and ensure your consistency.
Trados Studio 2021 is the ground-breaking, dynamic translation solution offering true flexibility for busy translators and project managers. Work on the Studio desktop app on your PC or laptop for maximum productivity, plus keep projects moving when you're away from your desk using Trados Studio's cloud capabilities - Studio's new cloud companion that works seamlessly across PC, mobile, and tablet.
Studio 2021's new, powerful features and enhancements will ensure everyone in your team achieves their full potential.
The future way of working is here. The future of translation software is Studio 2021.
Discover what's new in Trados Studio 2021
Flexibility to work wherever you are
The dynamic combination and flexibility offered by Studio 2021 and it's cloud capabilities will benefit everyone — from individual translators through to project managers running large teams.
Higher quality translations can be delivered faster as you can:
Translate, review and manage work on the Studio 2021 desktop app when you're in the office
Move to the cloud when it suits to control your projects on any device, such as a tablet, using the new cloud capabilities or the new mobile app.
Designed to raise your productivity
When under pressure to deliver increasing volumes of translations within short timeframes, it's essential to find ways to be more productive.
Studio 2021 offers many enhancements to help you work smarter, speed up your translation process, and increase your productivity, including:
Improved automation and quality assurance (QA) with the ability to customize your recognition settings for Placeables such as dates, times, currencies, and measurements
More powerful search with an upgrade to the Advanced Display Filter
Enhanced Translation Quality Assessment (TQA) interface.
Personalize your Studio for increased functionality
It's now easier than ever to personalize your Studio. You can access the RWS AppStore directly from Studio 2021 making it faster and easier to find, manage, update, and remove apps with fewer clicks.
Apps are used by thousands of our customers to customize and extend the functionality of Studio to:
Improve and automate your translation, review, or terminology processes
Connect to third-party machine translation providers
Fine-tune your verification checks to enhance the quality of your translations.
Choose peace of mind. Choose Trados.
With RWS, we will always:
Keep you ahead through innovation — Together Studio 2021 and it's new cloud capabilities represent another leap forward in CAT tool innovation from RWS. This is part of our ongoing commitment to keep our users ahead of the curve
Keep you up-to-date with free events and training — From live webinars to local roadshows and in-person training, our community always has access to knowledge to help them succeed in their roles
Keep you supported through global communities — Online or face-to-face, our global community connects the right people, in the right language, when it matters most. Wherever you are you can always raise questions, find answers, and discuss and share ideas with the world’s largest translation software community. |
| Price | Options starting at €70.00 | Trados Studio 2021 Freelance - Ideal for freelance translators (€695/$845/£595/¥100,000) |
| File formats | Abiword Adobe InDesign Interchange (INX) Adobe InDesign IDML (CS4/CS5) DITA Maps HTML Microsoft Office 2007/2010 Microsoft Visio 2007/2010 MIF (Maker Interchange Format) OpenOffice/StarOffice 1.x and | Work with any file format and any project. View list. |
| License type | Perpetual | Available as desktop (perpetual) and online (Software as a Service) |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows | Windows |
| System requirements | Java 1.6/1.7 from Sun Microsystems or Oracle on Linux/Windows. Java 1.6 from Apple on Mac OS X. WebKitGTK+ 1.2.x is required to run on Linux systems. | No data |
| Compatibility | XLIFF Supported natively. Accepts version 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 Uncleaned RTF Accepts uncleaned (tagged) RTF produced by Trados or Wordfast and generates uncleaned RTF from regular RTF files. TTX Seamless | Open standard file formats XLIFF, TMX, TBX & OLIF, interoperability with other CAT tools and an app store making it possible to integrate with any workflow. |
| Support and upgrades offered/included | Free upgrades to all future versions | Paid support available for unlimited specialist support and free upgrades, Free online community help from RWS employees, Free installation and licensing support |
| Support and tutorial links | No data | Support available here. |
| Free trial | No data | No data |
| Languages supported | No data | Virtually any language combination that is also supported by Microsoft Windows. View list. |
