Likelihood to Recommend SDL Trados Studio is extremely well suited for expert CAT tool users. More novice users will have trouble getting up to speed. I have an office full of employees that constantly ask questions on how to do specific tasks, mainly because the task sequence is not obvious and is only uncovered by rote repetition of the same things. If you learn and apply the same techniques repeatedly, it becomes easier, but it seems the software was designed by software people, sometimes with little thought to the end users who have to figure it out. I don't know that professional training should be so necessary.
Read full review Transifex is great for when you have content you intend to 1) localize to multiple languages and 2) keep updated over time. It's probably not necessary for one-off projects that you expect to stand the test of time. It's also ideal for companies that intend to add more and more languages over time as business expands
Read full review Pros Xbench plugin works great. You can run Xbench on the whole project with one click. TM and TB management It is one of the most common CAT tool thus it is easy for translator assignments. Read full review Integrates with other tools - makes localizing more straightforward and less of a gargantuan project. Easy to add a new language to a project - When making the business decision to expand languages, we can provide decision-makers with accurate estimates before committing to a new language. Provides access to multiple translation companies - We get to evaluate and pick the 3rd party translators that work best for our use case. Read full review Cons Preview feature Accessing server-based TM often takes time. When connecting to server-based TM, I need to enter credentials twice every time. The first attempt always fails. Read full review Once you have a lot of resources in a project, ordering gets tricky because there's one long list of resources. I wish I could search for the resource when ordering. When you import your resources from another source, it will overwrite any changes you made to the translated article. For example, we stopped creating localized screenshots in our documentation because the images would be overwritten with the original English ones anytime we made updates. Read full review Usability Again, the list of functions is impressive but the way it is organized (not process-driven) and the fact that complex tasks should be close to basic tasks make the product suitable to hardcore users that have a lot of time to research the manuals and blogs. By the way, Nora Diaz is one of the most respectable users of this product. Her videos help a lot!
Read full review Support Rating We rarely had any issues with SDL safe for a few bugs that we fixed promptly in the upcoming service packs and updates.
Read full review Support has always been easy and fast. Anytime something has come up, we have gotten a quick response and had our issue resolved. Bugs don't seem to stick around for very long either. Seems like their Customer Success and Support groups are in great sync with each other, which always has a positive impact on the customer experience
Read full review Alternatives Considered memoQ is better quality and cheaper. Previously, Trados had a monopoly on the market but fortunately there are other adequate options available now at a lower cost.
Read full review Return on Investment Trados is used by many clients, so it helps me to get more jobs. Having one of the latest versions helps me a lot. I can, for example, import editable pdf documents and work on them within the Trados environment. It also helps me with files which need to be returned in bilingual format in Word. Read full review Fewer people needed - without Transifex, we would probably have to hire more staff to many just the localization projects. Meet business demand quickly - now that we are set up with our Transifex flow, adding a new language is relatively easy and we know exactly when to expect the final product to deliver to customers. Read full review ScreenShots Trados Studio Screenshots