Mellel and CAT software

ptram · Post by **ptram** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:35 am

Hi to all,

CAT software, or memory translations, are software used to avoid re-translating recurring text in subsequent documents. For example, if you write a manual for version 1.0 software, you probably don't need to trasnalte more than 20% of the total text for version 1.5. The CAT software compares the two documents, and let you work only on the changed text.

On the Mac, I only know Wordfast, that only worked on Ms Office (before Ms removed the VBA language). It doesn't work with NeoOffice or Mellel. So, as far as I know, there is currently no CAT software for the Mac.

If someone knows an alternative solution, I'd be very happy to know.

Paolo

ptram · Post by **ptram** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:48 am

I give myself a first answer: OmegaT, multiplatform and free.
http://www.omegat.org/omegat/omegat_en/omegat.html

Paolo

rwg · Post by **rwg** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:06 am

There are also AppleTrans (free) and Heartsome (commercial), not that I have tried using them.

You might also like to check out the MacLingua mailing list:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MacLingua/

Rolf

ptram · Post by **ptram** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:27 pm

Thank you very much, Rolf. Very interesting links.
Paolo