Dr. Tom's Independent Software Reviewspresents:Comparative Reviews(Software) Localization Tools Comparison Chart |
| ATRIL |
CypreSoft |
MultiCorpora |
Multilizer |
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| Dèjà Vu 3.0.32
|
Trans Suite 2000 1.4.2 |
MultiTrans Pro 3.051.44 |
MULTILIZER 5.1.34 Multiplatform |
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| Type | Translation Memory |
Translation Memory |
Translation Memory and full-text multilingual
corpus |
Software Localizer |
| Translator Assistance Tools
|
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| Spell Checker | Yes |
Yes |
Yes through MS Word |
No |
| Thesaurus | Yes |
No |
Yes through MS Word |
No |
| Glossary / Dictionaries | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Terminology Database | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| MT Interface | No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| supported File Types
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| DLL, EXE | No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| RC | Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| MS Visual Studio & .NET | No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| C/C++ | Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Java | Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Symbian and Palm | No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Databases & Oracle Forms | MS
Access |
MS Access |
No |
Yes |
| RTF (Win Help) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| RTF (Text) | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| TXT | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| DOC | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| FrameMaker and SGML | Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Ventura | Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| HTML, XML | Yes |
Yes |
in development |
Yes |
| Software Leveraging |
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| Fuzzy Matching | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Concordance | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Perfect Matching | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Help/Doc Leveraging |
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| Fuzzy Matching | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Concordance | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Perfect Matching | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Paragraph based | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Software Engineering & Testing
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| Pseudo Translate Expert | No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Validate Expert | No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| General Variables |
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| Protection Mode | Dongle |
Machine spec. PIN |
Dongle |
License Key |
| TMX-Import | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| simultaneous data base access over LAN | Yes |
Yes |
Yes, Terminology |
Yes |
| price in € (most featured license) | € 990 |
€ 595 |
€ 2219 |
starting at € 3295 |
| price in US$ (most featured license) | $ 2219 |
starting at $ 3295 |
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| system requirements | Pentium II and 64 MB RAM |
Pentium II and 64 MB RAM |
Pentium 200 and 32 MB RAM |
? |
| editor | internal |
internal |
external |
internal |
| source and target in tables? | Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| display of concordance | color |
percentage (rollover) |
Yes |
No |
| target preview | No |
No |
Yes |
Limited |
| technical support | within 48 h, competent |
within 48 h, competent |
within 48 h, competent |
within 48h, competent |
| support free/costly | free livelong |
free livelong |
one-year free after-sales support
|
free livelong? |
| printed documentation | available |
missing: -- |
very brief: - |
brief and old: - |
| help/pdf docu | good, includes a tutorial, doc instead
of pdf: + |
good but only basic tutorials:
+ |
brief incl. tutorial: + |
very good: ++ |
| learning the software: classes available? | Yes, check web site! |
yes: 149 € per trainee and day
plus trainer expenses |
Yes: Web-based individual training
starts at $99 for 90 minutes. |
? |
| package includes | CD-ROM, printed manual, dongle |
CD-ROM |
CD-ROM, printed manual, dongle |
CD-ROM, printed manual |
| software ergonometry | + |
+ |
++ |
+ |
| handling of large tmx databases | ++ |
++ |
++ |
+ |
| time to learn | easy to learn |
easy to learn |
easy to learn |
easy to learn |
| linking external dictionaries | No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| direct translate from Excel | Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| direct translate from PowerPoint | Yes |
Yes |
In testing. Planned for commercial
release 1Q 2003 |
No |
| Link to MT | No |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Network Version? | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| TM management | good |
good |
OK |
basic |
| alignment: file types | all supported file types |
all supported file types |
all supported file types |
all program code formats |
| time to establish a new project | fast |
fast |
fast |
fast |
| project wizard? | No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| integration with speech recognition software | good |
good |
Yes through MS Word |
No |
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