Item: Phrase Localization Platform
Rating: 10
Author: Diana Cantor

Overall Satisfaction with Memsource

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I am a lecturer at Universidad del Rosario's diploma in Specialized translation. Memsource is part of the CAT tools module. My students love the program. They find it very useful and user-friendly. We translate general texts at the beginning of the module and technical text in the second half. The Academic Edition gives us all the features of the program, plus the option of assigning the PM role to some students. Therefore they can use it to prepare to be translators and project managers.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Create users with priorities
Clear analysis
Segmenting documents
Showing matches from TM and TB
QA

Cons

More management features like translators' availability or invoicing
Link to company website for quotes
OCR for PDF files

Most Important Features

Project manager role
MT
Splitting text
Analysis

Return on Investment

When used with students, they know the license is not as expensive as in other products
When used in a company, savings for repetitions and 101-100% matches and the time saved from splitting a text and working with more translators

Key Insights

Do you think Phrase Localization Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Phrase Localization Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did Phrase Localization Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Phrase Localization Platform go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Phrase Localization Platform again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Wordfast, Sonix, Adobe Acrobat DC, ABBYY FineReader

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited for technical texts, contracts, and general texts. Less appropriate as most cat tools for humanistic and artistic texts.

Using Memsource

Users and Roles

15 - They are postgraduate students (Academic License) or a combination of in-house and freelance translators (10 users corporate license)

Support Headcount Required

1 - Problem solving skills
Basic computer skills
Knowledge about translation, QA and post-editing

Business Processes Supported

Technical texts
Legal texts with technical annexes
Any text with defined terminology

Innovative Uses

We did not work on post-editing until we saw how good the results can be

Future Planned Uses

More post-editing
Localization

Likelihood to Renew

I use and manage an Academic edition (approx. 15 students) and the corporate license (10 users). In both cases, the features are easy to find, set and use. My students and my translators understand the dynamics of the platform easily and get used to them quickly.

Evaluating Memsource and Competitors

Products Replaced

Yes - Wordfast Pro 5 and Wordfast Server. The Server became inconvenient during the pandemic as it depended on a fixed IP. Both programs lacked management features and, by the time, also a machine translation feature.

Key Differentiators

Product Features
Product Usability
Prior Experience with the Product

I used a trial version because a colleague recommended it, and I found the program very user-friendly. The first benefit was being online and also having a desktop version. Then, as I discovered the features, I realized it had the ones I needed the most and not too many as in other programs that become overwhelming.

Evaluation Lessons Learned

I would need to consider the same features, plus the tool in relation to management features such as quoting, invoicing, and checking the translator's availability and current assignments.

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Memsource, my students favorite TMS!