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| Name | Wordfast Pro 5 | MateCat |
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| Most helpful review | Huge time saver Wordfast Pro 5 is a standalone CAT tool that is compatible in my experience with Word, Powerpoint, InDesign and most other office software programs.
I work on a mac system and it is perfectly compatible.
I also need to use Trados for one client, but consistently use Wordfast Pro 5 for all others because of how easy and practical it is.
Highly recommended! And a training session to get you started is also highly recommended, to get the most out of it. 5 out of 5 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 | Wordfast Pro is the latest version of the standalone, multi-platform TM tool designed to address the needs of translators, language service providers and multinational corporations.
| 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 | $460 | free |
| File formats | Virtually any file format, including MS Office, Adobe InDesign, FrameMaker, PDF, HTML, XML, SDL Trados Xliff, MemoQ Xliff, and more | 70 file format supported. Read more here |
| License type | 3-year license | Perpetual, open source |
| Operating system | Windows, MacOS, Linux | MacOS, Linux, Other, Windows, Android, Apple iOS |
| System requirements | Minimum: Intel or AMD CPU-based computer manufactured after 2013, 4 GB of System Memory, and Screen Resolution of 1366 x 768 | Google Chrome 30, or higher (on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X) Safari 1.7, or higher (on Mac OS X) |
| Compatibility | *Install dependencies to run Wordfast on Linux OS typically ‘sudo apt install libconf2-4’ or ‘sudo apt-get install –f’ or ‘yum install libX*’" | 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 community support, N/A - Software is free, Free upgrades to all future versions, Free technical support via support ticket center |
| Support and tutorial links | Online support center | http://www.matecat.com/support/ |
| Free trial | Yes, 30 days of fully-functional trial available. Unlimited use of a demo version. | No data |
| Languages supported | All languages. | 90 languages are supported. Read more here |
