I’ve posted several times that there’s a lively discussion going on around TM ownership. This discussion exists mainly because agencies claim ownership to a TM when it’s the translator who purchased the CAT tool, learned how to use it, and generated the TM. Actually, they don’t claim ownership, but…
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6 Interesting Statistics About CAT Tools: Most Hated CAT Tool? Most Expensive CAT Tool?
ProZ surveyed translators about CAT tools. The results were quite interesting, and I’d like to comment on some of the charts and stats. (I only included data I found interesting and I thought was important. If you want to see all of the original data, please click here. The…
Understanding, Using, and Owning Translation Memory
All CAT tools can use translation memory—translation memory is the key characteristic of all CAT tools and a significant tool for increasing efficiency. There are tools that provide just the translation memory function (translation memory manager, translation memory tool). To continue the discussion in the last post, I’ll…
Why Should You Use CAT Tools?: The Advantages of Using CAT Tools
I realize that I haven’t written much about CAT tools so far. It’s a little late, but I will post a few basic things about them. Here, I’ll discuss what CAT tools are and why they’re useful. What is a CAT tool? CAT stands for computer-assisted translation…
Good Things to Know Before Purchasing Fluency Now
Since I released the Fluency Now discount code, many of you have taken an interest in it and asked some important questions. I realized there were many of those questions that I couldn’t answer right away, so I ended up asking Western Standard and having quite a lengthy discussion. I’ve…
CAT Tool Comparison: How Does Your CAT Tool Stack Up?
I found a place on ProZ.com that allows you to compare CAT tools. It’s a place with a collection of ratings and evaluations left by users of various CAT tools, and although it’s not very objective since it’s not one single user evaluating multiple CAT tools, it’s still the largest…
Five Simple Tips That Will Make Using Fluency Faster and Easier
Speed issue in Fluency If you’ve ever used Fluency for a long stretch of time, you have probably noticed the search function (Ctrl+D) gets slower at some point. Fluency itself isn’t a gigantic program, so it doesn’t take a long time to open or close, and it works pretty…
What Is Alignment and Why Should You Use It?
About alignment I think I’ve already explained alignment somewhere, but to briefly reiterate, alignment is the process of producing TM from two texts that are already complete (source and target text). To make an alignment project while using Fluency, you need to go to Translation Memories-> click on…
CAT Tools: What to Do When Agencies Force Their Selected CAT Tool
This is the last section on the CAT tool market, and I will talk about how to deal with agencies that force translators to use their selected CAT tool. I will assume that you already know why selecting your own CAT tool is important if you’ve read the previous…
CAT Tools: Introducing Fluency
In this post, I will introduce the CAT tool I use: Fluency. It’s been almost 5 years now since I started using Fluency, and there are still a lot of things that I am dissatisfied with. But I like the company’s work ethic and integrity. If problems arise or…
