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| Name | Crowdin | Swordfish Translation Editor |
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| Most helpful review | | Works perfectly ! SDL Trados just ignores the Mac users. It is expensive, the updates are expensive, innovations are rare, the technical support is not responsive.
Swordfish is a multi-platform tool. It is relatively cheap, the updates are free. It is a rather new product. Innovations, improvements are coming in regularly. The technical support and the forum are super responsive. The TMX files are Trados compatible.
No more SDL Trados for me !!!!!11 out of 12 found this review helpful.
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| Product description | Crowdin is a cloud-based localization software for translators and companies.
Localize software, websites, games, help documentation, designs, and all your client will request with our 200+ integrations and supported 60+ file formats.
Improve your workflow, translation quality and consistency:
- Create or upload your existing Glossaries and Translation Memory.
- Setup QA checks to avoid some common mistakes.
- Preview source files right in Crowdin.
- Cooperate with other translators and proofreaders in a project with live translation updates and leave comments.
- No need to download or install anything. Use Crowdin online editor to work from any device with an easy-to-use interface.
| Swordfish III is an advanced CAT (Computer Aided Translation) tool based on XLIFF 1.2 open standard, designed for demanding professional translators.
Swordfish III supports exchanging TMX (Translation Memory eXchange), the vendor-neutral open XML standard for the exchange of Translation Memory (TM) data created by Computer Aided Translation (CAT) and localization tools, originally published by LISA (Localisation Industry Standards Association).
Swordfish includes a super fast Internal database server and integrated support for RemoteTM in its two editions: LAN Server and Web Server. You can also use third party database engines like Oracle 10g, MySQL 5.x and Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 for storing TM and terminology data |
| Price | Free for translators; paid plans start from $40 | Options starting at €70.00 |
| File formats | Supported 60+ file formats. | Abiword Adobe InDesign Interchange (INX) Adobe InDesign IDML (CS4/CS5) DITA Maps HTML Microsoft Office 2007/2010 Microsoft Visio 2007/2010 MIF (Maker Interchange Format) OpenOffice/StarOffice 1.x and |
| License type | Software as a service (subscription) | Perpetual |
| Operating system | Apple iOS, Windows, MacOS, Linux, Other, Android | Windows, Linux |
| System requirements | Any that supports a modern browser. | Java 1.6/1.7 from Sun Microsystems or Oracle on Linux/Windows. Java 1.6 from Apple on Mac OS X. WebKitGTK+ 1.2.x is required to run on Linux systems. |
| Compatibility | Cloud-based, compatible with all devices. | XLIFF Supported natively. Accepts version 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 Uncleaned RTF Accepts uncleaned (tagged) RTF produced by Trados or Wordfast and generates uncleaned RTF from regular RTF files. TTX Seamless |
| Support and upgrades offered/included | Free technical support via support ticket center | Free upgrades to all future versions |
| Support and tutorial links | https://support.crowdin.com/ | No data |
| Free trial | https://crowdin.com | No data |
| Languages supported | No data | No data |
