Technological advances enabled the creation of several tools and resources to save translators time, money, and headaches. As we have mentioned last week, Computer-assisted translation tools (or CAT Tools) help human translators and linguists to edit, manage and store translations, as well as to improve their productivity. That is why today we will mention to you some free CAT tools that can be downloaded or used for free to start working right now.
OmegaT is a free translation memory application that works on Windows, macOS, Linux, and more. It is a tool intended for professional translators that provides several professional features, such as fuzzy matching, match propagation, use of multiple translation memories, and user glossaries with recognition of inflected forms. OmegaT also supports more than 30 file formats.
Smartcat is an all-in-one translation platform that connects professional translators, language companies, and corporate entities. The free version offers features like unlimited users and projects, translation memory, terminology management, quality assurance, built-in industry dictionaries, and multistage workflows. Translators can showcase their specialties and be hired by companies from around the world.
MateCat is an online CAT tool that is free and easy to use. It can be used directly on the browser. It supports termbases and glossaries, as well as 72 file formats.
Poedit is a powerful and intuitive editor for translating interfaces that use gettext. Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It extracts translatable texts from source code and allows you to localize websites, apps, and WordPress themes and plugins much easier and quicker.
Wordfast is a powerful desktop, server, and web-based solution designed to meet the needs of individual translators, LSPs, corporations, and educational institutions worldwide. It runs on multiple platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.), and opens a wide variety of formats including complex desktop publishing formats.
Do you use CAT tools? Do you know any other free CAT Tool? Tell us what you think about them. Leave your comment and feel free to share this blog post with your colleagues.
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