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| Name | Wordfast Pro 3 | MateCat |
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| Most helpful review | Quite good, especially for the young translator I started with the demo version of this tool and later on bought the licence. It's quite easy to use and has the basic functionalities needed by a young translator. Compared to other CAT tools, there are a lot of improvements to make. It is however worth its price.
It is a good entry level tool for those new to the translation industry, especially its demo version. Unlike other cat tools, you can import and export TMs even with the demo version. The only limitation is the size of the TM.
Wordfast still has a long way to go in order to match other CAT tools. You will soon feel the need to buy other CAT tools: Trados which seems to be the most used by agencies, MemoQ which a good number of freelancers enjoy, Deja V, etc.
NB: for those living in developing economies (Africa, India, etc.), you don't need to buy Wordfast through Proz TGB. A 50% discount is offered through their website. On TGB, you only have 40% discount, and will wait for weeks for the buy to close.21 out of 22 found this review helpful.
Read more reviews → | A very promising CAT tool It is an outstanding CAT tool, I have worked with SDL, Fluency, OmegaT and other CAT tools and in most cases this one allows me to work faster using a much better quality automatic translation as a base for my work, I still have to learn more about it, but so far, even if it lacks of many features, looks like a very promising CAT tool.18 out of 18 found this review helpful.
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| Product description | THE #1 TRANSLATION MEMORY SOFTWARE FOR ANY PLATFORM
Wordfast Pro (WFP) is a standalone, multiplatform TM tool designed to change the landscape for every stakeholder in the translation process, from project manager to freelance translator | MateCat is an enterprise-level, online CAT tool designed to make post-editing and outsourcing easy and to provide a complete set of features to manage and monitor translation projects.
Thanks to the integration of the largest collaborative translation memory and the best machine translation, you will always get from 10% to 20% more matches than with any other CAT tool and translate faster than ever.
MateCat is the only CAT tool that empowers you to accept all translation projects, even when your translators are busy or you do not cover one of the language pairs required by your client. Use Matecat to outsource your extra projects in one click and keep full control by monitoring real-time progress and translation quality in your dashboard.
You can use it for free at www.matecat.com |
| Price | €400 | free |
| File formats | MS Word MS Excel MS Powerpoint HTML XML ASP/JSP/Java INX (InDesign) MIF (FrameMaker TTX PDF | 70 file format supported. Read more here |
| License type | 3-year license | Perpetual, open source |
| Operating system | Mac OS X 10.4 and higher, Linux, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 | Apple iOS, MacOS, Linux, Other, Windows, Android |
| System requirements | No data | Google Chrome 30, or higher (on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X) Safari 1.7, or higher (on Mac OS X) |
| Compatibility | No data | Supports for open standard file formats: XLIFF, TMX. Open API to connect to external applications (e.g. translation management systems) and machine translation systems. |
| Support and upgrades offered/included | Free upgrades for duration of license/Subscription | Free technical support via support ticket center, Free community support, N/A - Software is free, Free upgrades to all future versions |
| Support and tutorial links | No data | http://www.matecat.com/support/ |
| Free trial | No data | No data |
| Languages supported | Wordfast Pro supports any language that is supported by Microsoft Word. This includes Eastern European, Cyrillic, Asian, Right-to-Left, and various other languages. | 90 languages are supported. Read more here |
