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From Chaos to Clarity: Taming Crooked Tables in Translation

While working for ProZ Pro Bono and participating in the give-and-take that volunteering in a group of like-minded generous professionals...

Struggles with Crowdin: A Volunteer Translator’s Perspective

As a volunteer for ProZ Pro Bono, I get to use Crowdin for my volunteer translations. To say that getting to know the tool hasn’t been...

Across, a CAT tool developed for the needs of agencies and clients

I’ve previously written about three translator-centred tools, different in their conception but aiming to make the translators’ lives...

Transit NXT: An Old-School CAT Tool with Surprising Benefits

After having given you some basic information on the two leading CAT tools in my experience, I’d like to give you some information on one...

Passolo Demystified: A Deep Dive into Software Localization Tools

Localisation software Passolo by RWS (formerly SDL) is another tool that is free to use for the translator, but only with packages...

Phrase TMS: The Translator's Dilemma of Control vs. Convenience

We have seen that CAT tools have been developed with different objectives in mind, leading to a difference in the use of the program by...

Trados's biggest competitor, MemoQ

Last week, we had a quick dip into the world of Trados. The comments ignited and a lot of you seemed incensed that I had started with...

Decoding Trados Studio: Features, Flaws, and Fixes

Trados Studio is one of the most loved and hated computer assisted translation tools on the market. I started to work with Trados when it...

Comparing CAT Tools

Hello everyone! I’m a bit of a geek, so I’m going to try and introduce you to some of the computer assisted translation tools that are...