Designed for professional translators. This software helps to manage large translation jobs. It can recognise phases that you have translated before, and shows you how they were translated last time. This can improve your consistency and speed.
Many languages and quite a few document types are supported. It comes complete with a good set of gadgets, unlike similar products that require "add-ons" to be bought at extra cost. It is fast, flexible and effective.
Like IBM's Translation Manager, this product comes with all the gadgets. The main advantage of Deja Vu is the excellent customer support that is provided free of charge. There are also some good discussion groups about the product.
Transit, Translator's Workbench, and SDLX all work well.
Translates text from one language to another. More advanced than simply translating word-for-word, the good packages take context and grammar into consideration. Very useful software to have.
Systran software offers one of the best quality translations. You have to copy and paste into the "Personal" version, but the "Professional" package is much more flexible. With the Pro version, you can translate documents and HTML files while maintaining their original layout. Another useful feature of the Pro version is the user definable dictionary of words and expressions that can be used to override the default meanings. People who do a lot of translations will know just how useful that is! Attractive prices, good quality translations and the SYSTRAN name are what make this a popular product.
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Also available in the UK.
Their huge range make Ectaco the company to try for the harder to find languages and operating systems. Travellers often choose Ectaco software because it can be used on their palm and pocket computers. Their packages are translation dictionaries and language teachers rather than machine translation, but they are powerful enough to be useful.
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Also available at LingvoSoft
A toolbar for Microsoft Word/Outlook that allows easy translation between several popular languages leaving the formatting intact. Rather than buying the software users pay a small subscription fee.
Usually described as either average or below average. Poor translation quality is the most common complaint. The only obvious advantage of this software over other products is the price.
Also available in the UK or direct from the Transparent Language Store.
Generally considered a waste of money. Universal Translator 2000 would be my choice if I had not heard so many bad things about it. The feature list and price are both very impressive, but the product itself is usually described as "disappointing". Poor quality translations are the main complaint of users, but not the only complaint. I have not found anyone who likes this software!
Also available in the UK.
Babylon Pro is primarily a multilingual dictionary, but it's much more than that. It uses an extensive database of dictionaries, glossaries and conversion tools to provide translations and definitions of words and phrases in most popular languages. This makes it a useful tool for anyone! Babylon's writing aid features are particularly useful for those who want to write in English, but are not native speakers. 24 million users use Babylon to get instant translations. Click here to download Babylon for free!
Professional translators often claim an even higher productivity increase when they use speech recognition software. Let's face it - most people can talk faster than they type! For best results you need a fast computer with lots of memory, a good sound card and a fantastic microphone. Dragon NaturallySpeaking is most people's favourite voice recognition software. Try the US version or UK version.