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What's your favorite non-CAT software?
Thread poster: Rita Translator
Rita Translator
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Germany
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German to English
Sep 15, 2016

I'm just curious about what software you all are using (besides CAT tools) that you find helpful. Examples might be Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Translation Office 3000, etc.

So what's the non-CAT software you can't live without as a professional translator?


 
Jo Macdonald
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ABBYY FineReader 12 Professional Sep 15, 2016

Great for converting PDFs into Word and well worth the price.

Thunderbird is great for mail, keeping track of jobs and the calendar, free too.


 
Toon Theuwis (X)
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Belgium
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definitely my internet browser Sep 15, 2016

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Rita Translator
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Germany
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German to English
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ha! Sep 15, 2016

Toon Theuwis wrote:

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That's cheating

Or if you're going to stick with that answer -- which one and why?


 
Toon Theuwis (X)
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Safari is my favourite Sep 15, 2016

(Mac)

 
Sheila Wilson
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Two Sep 15, 2016

Abbyy Finereader as it does things I couldn't otherwise do.

PerfectIt as it makes what I do best so much easier and quicker, and it spots inconsistencies that I would probably miss (me being only human and all that).


 
Mark
Mark
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Italian to English
Thanks for the info Sep 15, 2016

Sheila Wilson wrote:

PerfectIt as it makes what I do best so much easier and quicker
And it apparently can be used to resolve some issues with undefined abbreviations for free:

http://www.intelligentediting.com/products-pricing/abbreviation-list/


 
Lianne van de Ven
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Chrome & Google Apps for Work Sep 15, 2016

TO3000, XBench, ChangeTracker and IntelliWebSearch all the time.
Xplorer2 Ultimate is my file browser on Windows (file browswer but also great to search for files and content).
(but Spotlight on my macbook is the best).

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Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
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Iceni Infix! Sep 15, 2016

Does wonders with (non-scanned) PDF files. You can basically export all text as XML and then import it after translation in any CAT tool. With some clicking and dragging for adjustments after import, and if you have appropriate fonts (or, ideally, the exact same fonts), you produce a fully translated, nice-looking final target PDF.

 
Fiona Grace Peterson
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Italy
Local time: 19:23
Italian to English
Dragon Naturally Speaking Sep 15, 2016

My Dragon speech recognition software: it has its quirks, but overall it is truly a marvellous invention, especially on those days when my fingers just don't seem to want to behave!! (I am not a gifted typist)

 
Gerard de Noord
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France
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English to Dutch
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IntelliWebSearch Sep 15, 2016

I use IntelliWebSearch all day long.

 
Armorel Young
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German to English
Copernic Desktop Search Sep 15, 2016

For locating files in which I have used or encountered a word on previous occasions, or for finding files by searching for a word that they contain.

 
Tom in London
Tom in London
United Kingdom
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Italian to English
Mac Dictation Sep 15, 2016

The Dictation software that comes as part of OSX. It has changed my life (as a translator).

 
Jan Truper
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Germany
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Member (2016)
English to German
ControllerMate (for Mac only) Sep 15, 2016

https://www.orderedbytes.com/controllermate/

Everybody who has a Mac might want to check this out.
It's kind of hard to describe what it does, but it gives me absolute control over all shortcuts and allows me to automate various tasks. It has saved me countless hours and is one of the main reasons why I don't suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome yet.
To take real advant
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https://www.orderedbytes.com/controllermate/

Everybody who has a Mac might want to check this out.
It's kind of hard to describe what it does, but it gives me absolute control over all shortcuts and allows me to automate various tasks. It has saved me countless hours and is one of the main reasons why I don't suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome yet.
To take real advantage of it, you also need a hardware tool like this: http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-keyboards-keypads/razer-nostromo
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Arianne Farah
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Canada
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English to French
Antidote Sep 15, 2016

It's French spellchecker, grammar-checker, style-checker, etc. It throws up false positives, but it still always catches things I'm missed. Also great for transforming thousands of numbers e.g. 1,000,000.00 to the French style (1 000 000,00) all in one go, hunting down double spaces and spaces before commas, periods, etc. Basically it's like grammarly but in French<... See more
It's French spellchecker, grammar-checker, style-checker, etc. It throws up false positives, but it still always catches things I'm missed. Also great for transforming thousands of numbers e.g. 1,000,000.00 to the French style (1 000 000,00) all in one go, hunting down double spaces and spaces before commas, periods, etc. Basically it's like grammarly but in French

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