Poll: How often do you update your CAT tools?
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "How often do you update your CAT tools?".

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Philippe Etienne
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When agency customers require me to use the new version and I don't have to upgrade my Windows XP and/or hardware.

I currently use Trados 2007 and MemoQ 3.6 (my default CAT tool is MemoQ).
I will switch shortly to MemoQ 4.2 because I am losing job opportunities (a few tens of thousands of words so far) with an agency customer that upgraded to 4.2 some time ago. Up to now I was able to dodge the upgrade and get work from other customers, but the need is pressing.

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When agency customers require me to use the new version and I don't have to upgrade my Windows XP and/or hardware.

I currently use Trados 2007 and MemoQ 3.6 (my default CAT tool is MemoQ).
I will switch shortly to MemoQ 4.2 because I am losing job opportunities (a few tens of thousands of words so far) with an agency customer that upgraded to 4.2 some time ago. Up to now I was able to dodge the upgrade and get work from other customers, but the need is pressing.

None of my customers has required Trados 2009 yet, so I stay with 2007.

I don't feel I lose much productivity not being up-to-date with these tools anyway, even though sometimes some killer features are really worth the upgrade.

As a matter of fact, I don't think I have ever upgraded without knowing beforehand that the investment would be worth it, ie that I would lose jobs if I didn't or that I would seriously increase my productivity.

Have a good weekend,
Philippe
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Alexander Kondorsky
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I'm 100% satisfied with Wordfast classic which is no longer updated.

 
neilmac
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I am anti-updating, being of the old-school "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" philosophy.
I use an old version of WF basic. It is simple to use and helps out me organise my texts better. I hate the new version though, which seems to be trying to emulate other TM programs...

I don't like Trados because of the price, apparent market hegemony and what I feel is its unnecessary complexity, although several of my colleagues use it quite happily.

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I am anti-updating, being of the old-school "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" philosophy.
I use an old version of WF basic. It is simple to use and helps out me organise my texts better. I hate the new version though, which seems to be trying to emulate other TM programs...

I don't like Trados because of the price, apparent market hegemony and what I feel is its unnecessary complexity, although several of my colleagues use it quite happily.

My experience with other systems is limited. I am currently working with a client who uses Deja Vu, and I find it a tremendous waste of time (takes me about twice as long to translate with it as it would in WF) and I have serious doubts about the final quality of their "finished" texts as viewing the original texts in their context is often too time-consuming or difficult and I don't know what my drafts will look like by the time their "reviewers" are done with them.

We recently tried out Windows 7 OS, and after 3 days sent it back to the shop and changed to a MAC, because of incompatibilities with SW we already use. Office 2007 is a similar case in point...

I feel that "updates" are often rushed out without thorough testing for marketing purposes...

I also hate it when my webmail providers introduce "new features" which inevitably mean it takes me forever to find things that were fine as they were...
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Anthony Baldwin
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free Jul 24, 2010

I use OmegaT (http://www.omegat.org), which is Free, and updated frequently.
Great stuff!


 
Yasmin Moslem
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Whenever there is a new update (Free) Jul 24, 2010

Alexander Kondorsky wrote:

I'm 100% satisfied with Wordfast classic which is no longer updated.



Wordfast Classic 5.90z1 has been just released. You can download and install the latest version of Wordfast Classic available at:
http://www.wordfast.net/index.php?whichpage=downloadpage

Wordfast Pro 2.4.0.1 has been just released. You can download and install the latest version of Wordfast Professional available at:
http://www.wordfast.com/store_download.html

All Wordfast updates are FREE during the license validity. We highly recommend updating "whenever there is a new (public) update" as Wordfast updates usually include improvements useful for real-world of translators.

Keeping the use of an older version should be for a clear reason. In such case, this reason should be reported to Wordfast either through the Yahoo groups or the contact form.


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Best regards,
Yasmin Moslem

Wordfast Support Team
www.wordfast.com | www.wordfast.net


 
Stanislaw Czech, MCIL CL
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Other Jul 24, 2010

I have impression that this poll confuses update and upgrade.

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Nicole Schnell
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When it is outdated. Jul 24, 2010

Something I would like to mention:

Uprades should be discussed with your clients and regular editors beforehand. I once experienced a nasty situation when an editor sent back the proofread file in a newer version than delivered. Ah, the surprise! Neither the client's PM nor I could open the file. We just had to spend hours to download and to install new software in the middle of a rush job. Ouch...


 
Michael Harris
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Never touch a running computer Jul 24, 2010

but ...

I have downloaded trados 2009, but it has been archived until I "really" need it. Otherwise, Across patches are regular and I dont use any other CAT´s


 
Lesley Clarke
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Re. Wordfast updates Jul 25, 2010

I am still unhappy because when my old laptop had to be replaced, I was only able to get the latest version of wordfast, and it is not half as good as the older version. I wrote to wordfast, Yasmin Moslem, in fact, but she was not able to solve the problem or give me access to the version I used to have. I really don't understand why wordfast bothered to upgrade.

 
Kristyna Marrero
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What version of Wordfast are you looking for? Jul 26, 2010

Hi Lesley,

Please let me know what version of Wordfast you are trying to access and I will help you.

Sincerely,

Kristyna


 


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