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| Name | Text United Translation Software | MadCap Lingo |
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| Most helpful review | Excellent online tool with a good team I am using this tool since 2009 on a daily basis. The big advantage is that you are working in real time with your client or the project manager. The tool is free to use for the translator. It is also very intuitive and I have never lost data. The tags are extremely easy to implement. You can also use the tool offline, of course. I highly recommend it for building a long term relationship (yes!) with a client. Once the system is running, it is a breeze to use.
Read more reviews → | Great tool, would recommend to all my colleagues, must have for Flare translation Lingo is a must have tool for the proper translation of MadCap Flare resources. Lingo packages content from any of the programs in the MadPak Suite into a Lingo project which can be exported into XLIFF files so you can translate the files in the CAT tool of your choice. Then you simply import the XLIFF back into Lingo and you can export back to Flare.
Lingo makes the process go very smoothly. Updates and project alignment are also handled very efficiently. 1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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| Product description | Assisted translations are a way to empower people handling translations in companies by leading them through transparent processes within software that is designed for in-house translation.
Years of working with translation led us to design Text United: a proven, industry-standard suite of tools for professionals and beginners. Today, in response to a growing demand, we’re taking translation to another level and introducing the first-ever translation process that brings your business directly to international customers.
We have built a first-of-its-kind translation platform, equipped with every tool a translator and his client may need, without the hassle of complex, agency-based workflows.
Our customers invite each other to the platform, take advantage of free services and have a strong sense of control over the translation of their content.
We take businesses abroad through a different approach to translation. Text United is powered by a cloud-based translation memory technology, which prevents translators from translating a sentence twice, gets workflows out of the way and focuses on what really matters: quality, controlled, international content. | MadCap Lingo is a translation management solution designed to assist technical writers, documentation specialists and professional translators in the translation and localization process.
Improve translation efficiency with a streamlined workflow using built-in Translation Memory technology (TMX support), detailed reporting capabilities, and advanced translation features such as alignment, termbases and more.
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| Price | FREE (for translators working for Text United, its partners or clients) | $599.00 US |
| File formats | doc, docx, xlsx, xml, mif, idml, vdx, odt, zip, pptx, html, resx, aspx, xliff | Microsoft® Word™ documents (no local install required) PowerPoint files Adobe® InDesign® XLIFF files HTM and HTML ResX files and much more! |
| License type | Available as desktop (perpetual) and online (Software as a Service) | Available as perpetual or time limited |
| Operating system | Windows | Windows |
| System requirements | Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 | Intel Pentium 4 or better processor 4096 MB memory (RAM) 400 MB available hard drive space Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition 4.0 - |
| Compatibility | Translation memory and termbase exchange (TMX and TBX&CSV format) | Supports standard file formats XLIFF, DITA, HTML, TMX, and TBX. Also all MadCap filetypes, SDLXLIFF, TTX, TXML, .resx, .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx, .fm, .book, .mif, idml, .dita, .htm, .rtf, .txt. |
| Support and upgrades offered/included | Free technical support via support ticket center, N/A - Software is free, , Free upgrades to all future versions, Free 14 day trial, Free community support, Free upgrades for duration of license/Subscription, Installation support | Installation support, Free updates, but not upgrades, Free community support |
| Support and tutorial links | https://www.textunited.com/en/VideoTutorials.aspx | Product Overview
Tutorials |
| Free trial | https://www.textunited.com | No data |
| Languages supported | All languages (Unicode) | Left to Right and Right to Left |
