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Across Scalable translation support software. They offer a free trial of the
personal version.
Alchemy Catalyst
Version 5.0 of this localization tool is now available, with a free trial
version available for download. They also offer a "lite" version for single
translators.
Crystal Translator For localization of reports generated by Crystal Reports with built-in
TM. Handles mirroring, page size localization, font replacement, truncated
texts detection and more.
Lernout and Hauspie
If you're looking for Globalink, here's who bought their products, including
PowerTranslator. They also acquired the Neocor Japanese Translation Software titles
Tsunami (English to Japanese) and Typhoon (Japanese to English).
Machine
Translation: An Introductory Guide
You can download this guide by Doug Arnold, book reviews editor for the Journal Machine Translation.
Available in HTML or PDF.
OmegaT OmegaT is a free translation memory application written in Java (which
means it should run on any platform which supports the Java Runtime
Environment).
RC-WinTrans Localization tool from Schaudin.com, formerly IBS Software.
TM Systems Localization software for film and television industry specialists,
allowing for digital closed captioning translation to be done on a Windows
machine. Other products in their family are designed to facilitate dubbing and
subtitling.
TRADOS
Translation tools, including Translator's Workbench, TagEditor, MultiTerm,
WinAlign, the S-Taggers, and T-Window for PowerPoint, all in one package.
Translation Memory eXchange
The purpose of TMX is to allow easier exchange of translation memory data between tools
and/or translation vendors with little or no loss of critical data during the process.
Here's the scoop on it.
Translation Research Group
Affiliated with Brigham Young University, this organization provides
information about language theory and language technology, particularly
relating to translation.
Wordfast
A shareware translation memory engine using a Microsoft Word template for
both PC and MAC. It also terminology and typography control. Direct
compatibility is maintained with Trados 2, 3 & 5, TMX and Translation
Manager TM's. Registration includes +Tools. Wordfast Office and access to the
Wordfast Very Large Translation Memory Project.
World Language Resources
More international software, featuring their own World Translator CD. They offer a free 60
page International Software Buyer's Guide.
Word Translator for Windows
Translation Experts Ltd. is providing demos of its update to the Speaking
Edition of their Word Translator software.
DicoMaker Shareware terminology management software tool for translators.
DicoMaker dictionaries are text files, not database files. Page also includes
links to some content (glossaries) and Microsoft Word macros.
Lingo Terminology software with a free download of the trial version.
Terminology Extractor Extract terms from documents, with statistics on frequencies and
sorting, even from multiple documents.
Terminotix
LogiTerm From a company specializing in the translation industry, LogiTerm is a
terminology tool. They also offer automatic text analysis and retrieval tools.
UniTerm
A German-interfaced terminology management system.
XTS Newly acquired from Xerox, Temis' software suite helps you create your
corporate terminology and to improve consistency and quality of documents.
Free
Budget Freeware budgeting software for translators, from a company
specializing in word count utilities.
Instant Text
A word processor add-on intended for transcriptionists, but useful for anyone who types
a lot of repetitive text. A clone of the functionality of AutoText in
Microsoft Word, but it also adds functions such as compiling glossaries (a
filtering function) and tries to second guess what you're going to type next
based on what you've typed in the past.
IntelliComplete Auto-completion software designed to increase your productivity in all
Windows applications. Multiple language library support included. They even
offer a free typing tutor for those of us who didn't pay attention in
school.
Logos
Word ToolBar
A free utility designed to allow access to Logos language services (dictionary,
wordtheque, conjugator and verba volant) directly from a Word document.
MetroLanguage
Technologies
Web-based interpreter management and scheduling software, using the web for
interactive scheduling and messaging.
Practicount
A word and line counting and invoicing program for
language professionals, it also includes the ability to count editing time
in Word and PowerPoint documents. Practiline Software also offers two
utilities: Match
Calculator, a free utility (beta version) to helps CAT users calculate
counts with multi-tier pricing structure for repetitions and fuzzy matches;
and PractiSearch, a utility that
will run an Internet search without needing to open a browser window.
PUDD Invoice Tracking Systems Professional Upbeat Database Designoffers a variety of Databases for managing, tracking,
and organizing business with a Microsoft Access Database Tracking System.
WebBudget
WebBudget allows you to accurately count all the translatable text in a single
Web page or
over an entire site.
Yamada Language Center
non-English Font Archive
A library of downloadable fonts for displaying non-roman characters. Provides a terrific
selection of just about any font you could want, from hieroglyphs to Klingon. All fonts
are downloadable from the Web and public domain.
All of these sites work on the same idea: feed it a
sentence, and it will try to identify the language based on an
algorithm.
¿Qué?
A commercial tool from Alis Technologies that allows you to enter either a text
or the URL of a Web site.
LangWitch Demo of a commercial language identifier from MorphoLogic.
Stochastic Language
Identifier This system won a language identification "bake-off" within a
statistical natural language processing course taken by the author in early
1996. Free source code (TAR file).
TextCat
Language Guesser A free demonstration language guesser, scripted in PERL. You can
download the source to include in your own application. Includes many links to
sites with source code.
Eidetica A commercial guesser that recognizes typical letter combinations of
about 70 languages.
A word of caution: Many machine translation engines try to represent
themselves as complete solutions, either by implication or omission. Please be
aware that these systems are designed to give a general idea of content for
non-native speakers. If you need a translation done for publication or if you're
planning to make a decision based on a translation, you should seek
out a professional human translator.
SysTran Translation Software
URL or plain text. They are also trying to sell their products, including
software and human translations. BabelFishis a variation of SysTran found on AltaVista.
Free Translation URL or plain text. Realistic claims about MT. Powered by Transparent
Language's Enterprise Translation Server.
InterTran A free service that neglects to add any disclaimer about the
limitations of MT.
Machine Translation
(MT) IBM's newest foray into the field. They have a lot of history in this
area, and write a very clear description of the technology's possibilities and
limitations.
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