Poll: How much do you spend on CAT tools and their upgrades annually in USD? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "How much do you spend on CAT tools and their upgrades annually in USD?".
This poll was originally submitted by Zhoudan. View the poll results »
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| www.proz.com/polls/8515 comments | Feb 7, 2010 |
Wordfast classic is around $300 and it is for life!
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Sebastian Witte 
Germany
Local time: 23:54
Member (2004)
English to German
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| www.proz.com/polls/8515 comments | Feb 7, 2010 |
It woulda been much more interesting to learn about individual amounts spent below $ 500. It really makes a huge difference whether you spend USD 220 a year for an SDL support contract like I do or upgrade only every three years, paying, say, that amount, which after all is just USD 73 a year.
Other than that, I would like to know what the roughly 6 % spending more than $ 500 a year actually do with the money. Do they buy newer versions of the same CAT tool instead of upgrading... See more It woulda been much more interesting to learn about individual amounts spent below $ 500. It really makes a huge difference whether you spend USD 220 a year for an SDL support contract like I do or upgrade only every three years, paying, say, that amount, which after all is just USD 73 a year.
Other than that, I would like to know what the roughly 6 % spending more than $ 500 a year actually do with the money. Do they buy newer versions of the same CAT tool instead of upgrading for much less? What is that good for? ▲ Collapse
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Michael Harris
Germany
Local time: 23:54
Member (2006)
German to English
| www.proz.com/polls/8515 comments | Feb 7, 2010 |
Never touch a running system!!
I only upgrade when absolutely necessary and I nver want to be the first one to try out new software, irrelevant if Trados 2009 or Across 5.
I will have to upgrade to Trados 2009 soon, but that is also only a small amount. Trados support contrac twas the biggest waste of money I had invested!!
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| www.proz.com/polls/8515 comments | Feb 7, 2010 |
Where's the "nothing" button? I have had a CAT program (DejaVu) since 1999, and I have used it just about every working day since then (i.e. almost 300 days a year, every year). I paid the full price for it then, and I have only once paid an upgrade fee (about 6 years ago). Otherwise I have never been asked to pay anything to Atril.
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| www.proz.com/polls/8515 comments | Feb 7, 2010 |
I spent about 700 euros this year, and therefore voted 500-900, but I don't intend to spend that (or anything for that matter) every year. As somebofdy else said, I only update when absolutely necessary.
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Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 18:54
Portuguese to English
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| www.proz.com/polls/8515 comments | Feb 7, 2010 |
None - I do not use CAT tools.
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Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 14:54
English to German
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In memoriam | www.proz.com/polls/8515 comments | Feb 8, 2010 |
None. I have been working with Idiom and SDLX for years now - the Lite versions. Works beautifully and I never paid a cent.
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| www.proz.com/polls/8515 comments | Feb 8, 2010 |
None. I bought Trados about 6 years ago but haven't used it very much because the work I do is quite nuanced and I don't translate the same word the same way every time.
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