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    MateCat

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMateCat is an enterprise-level, online CAT tool that aims to make post-editing and outsourcing easy. MateCat is a free, open source software released under the LGPL license. The user can download the code and build a customized version of MateCat from GitHub.

    $0

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    TransPerfect GlobalLink

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AGlobalLink AI is a machine translation version of the GlobalLink product, from TransPerfect company Translations.com.N/A
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    MateCatTransPerfect GlobalLink
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    MateCatTransPerfect GlobalLink
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    User Testimonials
    MateCatTransPerfect GlobalLink
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    Its wide range of supported file formats is great. Whether I'm working with complex documents, spreadsheets, presentations, or even code files, MateCat handles them effortlessly, maintaining formatting and structure while offering a hassle-free translation experience. The integration of machine translation is great, providing a valuable tool for quickly producing drafts that can then be refined through human expertise. The flexible post-editing options and customizable quality assurance checks ensure that the final output meets the highest linguistic and professional standards.
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    TransPerfect
    It's effective for translating technical content, but there are faster, more intuitive, and visually cleaner tools that are out there. It's a bit clunky and requires too many different steps for different things in my opinion.
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    Pros
    Translated
    • Project organization
    • Timeline management
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    TransPerfect
    • The glossary is good to work with
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    Cons
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    • Translation filters
    • Interface
    • Usability
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    TransPerfect
    • Slow, bugs and errors aren't uncommon, logs you out suddenly, sometimes doesn't save what you've worked on even if you commit/save strings
    • No shortcut-available, you have to mouse-click a lot, makes work less intuitive
    • Confusing interface
    • Not sure if it's the tasks' setup once they're sent to linguists, but sometimes almost exact matches don't show up automatically. You have to search bits of a sentence to hopefully find an exact match that had been translated before, but for some reason didn't show as a suggestion. That takes up a huge amount of time.
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    Translated
    What truly sets MateCat apart is its commitment to being accessible to all, thanks to its open-source nature. This remarkable feature not only empowers freelance translators like myself but also serves as a testament to the software's dedication to fostering a global community of linguists.
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    TransPerfect
    It's the slowest of them all and the design/interface/usability is a little 1990. I also don't feel as confident that it will save my work to the cloud like the others do, because it has logged me out suddenly and didn't save the last strings I had worked on, even if I had committed them and saved them.
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    TransPerfect
    • Positive: Helps with content consistency (using the same terms/phrase matches throughout the years)
    • Positive: Good glossary building for repeated, technical terms and names
    • Negative: I feel it slows work down rather than speeding it up, which is the idea behind using a CAT tool
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