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What is Smartcat?

Smartcat combines translation automation technologies with communication capabilities to help users not only automate workflows but also find needed freelance specialists. Originally a product of ABBYY, Smartcat became an independent product, and company, in 2016.

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Smart purring CAT

Incentivized
Andre DumoulinView profile
Translator in Information Technology at CIAT (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I regularly use Smartcat for document translation, along with other CAT tools.

Pros

  • Segmentation.
  • Translation overall quality.
  • Customer service.
  • Pricing.

Cons

  • Freelancer payments.

Most Important Features

  • Extreme pricing flexibility or free use.
  • Fast upload and download of documents.
  • Easy creation of projects by language combination.
  • Existence of jobs offers.

Return on Investment

  • Perhaps 40% of our translations have been using Smartcat (out of approx. 100,000 words/month).
  • Easy to combine with another tool to improve results or have at least two options.
  • Improve the teaching and learning of translation techniques.

Other Software Used

MateCat, Memsource

Fantastic CAT tool for freelancers and small translation teams

Dmitry KornyukhovView profile
English-Russian Video Game Localization Specialist in Professional Services at Video Games Translator (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Project setup is super easy and straightforward. Literally takes seconds to create a project, assign TM and termbases and add team members.
  • As a project manager, I need to understand the progress of the project and where everyone on the team is. ABBYY SmartCAT makes it easy to track these things.
  • SmartCAT makes it incredibly easy to pay our translators which is much cheaper than handling payments via wire transfers.
  • Their CAT tool offers great collaborative features including the ability to assign segments and leave comments on strings so proofreaders could see them.

Cons

  • Performance has been an issue initially. Sometimes it takes longer for some things to load and it can be frustrating.
  • UI seems a bit confusing at times. For example, I don't understand why I need to have a translator's profile when I'm clearly a project manager.
  • Their support team can take a long time to reply which often crucial for urgent projects.

Return on Investment

  • Translation memories and CAT tool help us ensure maximum consistency in our translations which is always appreciated by clients.
  • Team collaboration made it easier for us to grow our business and take on bigger projects, which brings us more revenue.
  • Payment solution helps us save money on wire transfer fees which is always great when working with multiple freelancers.

Alternatives Considered

Memsource

Other Software Used

Memsource, SDL Trados Studio, Localize

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