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| Name | Lilt | Wordfast Classic |
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| Most helpful review | Worst CAT tool I have ever tested This platform is not compatible with complex documents with tags, it is time-consuming and tedious to use, if you think consistency and typography is important in your work.
It is sometimes plainly absurd, why on earth would I like the cursor to jump to the end of the segment when I use a non-breaking space in the middle of a segment?
Be careful if you are asked to work on Lilt at half-price because it will take twice the time to work on it, while training their awful MT output and being super slow.
The "TM" does not populate perfect matches and is not case sensitive (really) you have to retype it with there predictive output which is not the same each time. Here it is for the consistency.
It's not easily compatible with basic QA check tools.
Oh, and if you delete a file, the TM gets deleted as well, because who needs to keep a TM after the file is translated, am I right ?21 out of 21 found this review helpful.
Read more reviews → | User friendly and good value for money. Been using Wordfast Classic for Word source texts since 2009. Has become an 'old friend'. Easy to use. I don't use full functionality, due to my limitations! Represents good value for money, compared with SDL Trados.14 out of 15 found this review helpful.
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| Product description | A CAT tool that learns the way you translate. Features predictive typing and the world's first commercial machine translation system that learns in real-time while you work. Based on Stanford research. Try it now for free. | THE BEST TRANSLATION MEMORY SOLUTION FOR MICROSOFT WORD
Wordfast Classic (WFC) integrates with Microsoft Word to create a powerful translation memory tool that is quick to learn and easy to use. Discover why thousands of freelance translators worldwide rely on Wordfast Classic as their TM tool of choice. |
| Price | Free Trial; Pro version coming in mid-2016 | $460 |
| File formats | MS Office 2007+, XLIFF, SDLXLIFF, TXT, HTML, XML, TXML, IDML | Microsoft Word |
| License type | Software as a service (subscription) | 3-year license |
| Operating system | MacOS, Linux, Windows | Windows 95, 98, ME, NT & 2000, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows 10, Windows 7, Linux, Windows XP, Mac OS 7, 8, 9, OSX 10.3.4 and higher |
| System requirements | A modern browser: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and/or Internet Explorer 11+ | - MS Word (PC): MS Word 2000 and higher*
- MS Word (Mac): MS Word 2011 or 2019
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| Compatibility | Runs in the browser | Requires Microsoft Word |
| Support and upgrades offered/included | Free updates, but not upgrades, Free technical support via support ticket center | Free upgrades for duration of license/Subscription, Installation support, Free technical support via support ticket center, Free community support |
| Support and tutorial links | http://lilt.com/ | Online support center |
| Free trial | Yes | Work in the demo version free forever. License required once you reach 500 translated sentences per translation memory. |
| Languages supported | English↔Spanish, English↔French, and English↔German | Wordfast Classic supports any language that is supported by Microsoft Word. This includes Eastern European, Cyrillic, Asian, Right-to-Left, and various other languages. |
