[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/ILD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ata-ild-header-home.jpg” background_blend=”darken”][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=”Resources” subhead=”Tools” background_overlay_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.5)” admin_label=”header” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ title_font=”|800|||||||” title_text_color=”#7aa2b5″ subhead_font=”|700|||||||” subhead_text_color=”#ffffff” subhead_font_size=”25px” background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” background_image=”https:\/\/www.splash-demos.it\/ild\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ata-ild-header-home.jpg” z_index_tablet=”500″ custom_css_main_element=”padding: 100px 0px;”][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ specialty=”on” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ specialty_columns=”4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_column_inner type=”4_4″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”A selection of some useful free CAT tools” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ header_3_font=”|800|||||||” header_3_font_size=”20px” header_3_line_height=”1.5em” z_index_tablet=”500″]<\/p>\n
Here is a short selection of some useful free tools, including two translation memory tools, a tool for text alignment, and some tools useful for terminology management and translation QA. If you know of other useful tools to add, please let us know: we’ll add them when we update this page.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_column_inner type=”4_4″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Translation memory” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ header_3_font_size=”20px” header_3_line_height=”1.5em” z_index_tablet=”500″]<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”OmegaT” closed_toggle_text_color=”#154575″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#f2f2f2″ icon_color=”#bc9e5d” admin_label=”OmegaT” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ border_color_all=”#f2f2f2″ z_index_tablet=”500″]An open Source translation memory CAT tool<\/strong><\/p>\n “OmegaT is a free translation memory application written in Java. It is a tool intended for professional translators. It does not translate for you! (Software that does this is called “machine translation”, and you will have to look elsewhere for it.)”<\/em> Download<\/a> “Wordfast Anywhere … is made available to all translators (not just Wordfast users) for free. You can use WF Anywhere for work and production. Wordfast Anywhere offers unlimited private Translation Memory + private Terminology + optional public TM + optional Machine Translation.”<\/em><\/p>\n Access<\/a> YouAlign: A free online bitext alignment tool<\/strong> Access<\/a> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Xbench” closed_toggle_text_color=”#154575″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#f2f2f2″ icon_color=”#bc9e5d” admin_label=”Xbench” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ border_color_all=”#f2f2f2″ z_index_tablet=”500″]A terminology and translation QA tool<\/strong><\/p>\n “ApSIC Xbench is an integrated reference tool aimed to provide a clear and structured view of the terminology of any translation project.”<\/em><\/p>\n Download<\/a> “ChangeTracker is a freeware for tracking changes in bilingual documents. Compare translations in TTX, TMX, TXML, SDLXliff, MemoQ Xliff, XLZ, and tagged MS Word documents. Visualize the edits to speed up self-proofreading, streamline the linguistic quality assessment, and easily provide the evidence of TEP to stay compliant with the client and regulatory requirement.”<\/em><\/p>\n Download<\/a> “AntConc is a freeware, multiplatform tool for carrying out corpus linguistics research and data-driven learning. It runs on any computer running Microsoft Windows, Macintosh OS X, and Linux.”<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOmegaT works under Windows, MAC OS X, and Linux<\/p>\n
\nManual in Italian<\/a>
\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Wordfast Anywhere” closed_toggle_text_color=”#154575″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#f2f2f2″ icon_color=”#bc9e5d” admin_label=”Wordfast Anywhere” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ border_color_all=”#f2f2f2″ z_index_tablet=”500″]A free online version of Wordfast<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”YouAlign” closed_toggle_text_color=”#154575″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#f2f2f2″ icon_color=”#bc9e5d” admin_label=”YouAlign” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ border_color_all=”#f2f2f2″ z_index_tablet=”500″]A free online bitext alignment tool<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n“With YouAlign you can quickly and easily create bitexts from your archived documents. A YouAlign bitext contains a document and its translation aligned at the sentence level. YouAlign generates TMX files that can be loaded into your translation memory. YouAlign can also generate HTML files that you can publish on the Internet, or use with a full-text search engine to search for terminology and phraseology in context.”<\/em>
\nYou’ll find that in many instances YouAlign is a quicker and better choice than WinAlign.<\/p>\n
\n[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_column_inner type=”4_4″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Terminology and QA” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ header_3_font_size=”20px” header_3_line_height=”1.5em” z_index_tablet=”500″]<\/p>\nTerminology and QA<\/h3>\n
\nTutorial<\/a>
\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Change Tracker” closed_toggle_text_color=”#154575″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#f2f2f2″ icon_color=”#bc9e5d” admin_label=”Change Tracker” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ border_color_all=”#f2f2f2″ z_index_tablet=”500″]A Translation QA tool<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”AntConc” closed_toggle_text_color=”#154575″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#f2f2f2″ icon_color=”#bc9e5d” admin_label=”AntConc” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ border_color_all=”#f2f2f2″ z_index_tablet=”500″]A Concordance tool, useful, among other things, for term extraction<\/strong><\/p>\n