Originally written by Will Kelly on November 3, 2009 10:30 AM I have just been given a 200,000-word project and a CAT tool may be required for consistent terminology. Trados is prohibitively expensive, whereas Wordfast seems like a much cheaper option.

Will, with a project of this size, even the most expensive CAT tool should pay off several times in much higher productivity. Besides, you can often buy these tools for less than the list price (special offers, group buys, etc.).

Hynek

Originally written by Jonathan Ellis on November 3, 2009 5:14 PM Also, adding terminology on the fly is extremely easy with MemoQ - just highlight the word in the source and its translation in the target, press control Q - and the term is added to your term base.

Originally written by Derek Thornton on November 3, 2009 7:43 PM I found that the down side to adding terminology on-the-fly is that it does not guarantee consistency and the asker gave consistency of terminology as the main reason for using a CAT tool on this job.

Exactly the reason why when I develop dictionaries/glossaries that I run statistical cross checks of the term and its parts across the entire set of content to look for spelling variants, related terms, and terminology extensions which can be made from different word parts.  For MT, this allows for very rapid terminology build-up, terminology standardization/harmonization in looking at it from both source and target perspectives, and with a good and accurate translation coverage for all relevant words and terminology throughout the overall translation job.

Jeff

PS: Geocities closed down, so all of my translation technology articles and case studies are now uploaded to my LinkedIn profile (http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffallen) as well listed up in my LinguistList profile (http://linguistlist.org/people/personal/get-personal-page2.cfm?PersonID=22622).

Originally written by Hynek Palatin on November 4, 2009 8:31 AM Originally written by Will Kelly on November 3, 2009 10:30 AM I have just been given a 200,000-word project and a CAT tool may be required for consistent terminology. Trados is prohibitively expensive, whereas Wordfast seems like a much cheaper option. Will, with a project of this size, even the most expensive CAT tool should pay off several times in much higher productivity. Besides, you can often buy these tools for less than the list price (special offers, group buys, etc.). Hynek

Well, actually the official Czech SDL distributor sells Trados licenses at prices that are lower than the SDL price. For instance SDL Trados Studio Freelance Plus (two activations) are sold at CZK 9,700 (about € 390), VAT included. More info here: http://www.tradosy.cz/index.php/cenik-freelance