tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post1368799312096049211..comments2024-03-06T02:46:19.929+00:00Comments on Translation Tribulations: What DVX users are saying about MemoQKevin Lossnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-39395411806772806142010-02-07T19:51:11.027+00:002010-02-07T19:51:11.027+00:00Definitely the Pro version. "Standard" i...Definitely the Pro version. "Standard" is a hamstrung waste of time for a translator working to earn a living. It's really more suited to students and dabblers.<br /><br />Check the <a href="http://www.kilgray.com" rel="nofollow">Kilgray web site</a> for the current list of features. I haven't updated my knowledge yet, and there have been a number of important changes.Kevin Lossnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-82343765222508230182010-02-07T19:32:00.502+00:002010-02-07T19:32:00.502+00:00Hello,
I was reading your comments about MemoQ bec...Hello,<br />I was reading your comments about MemoQ because I signed up for the free webinar tomorrow, Monday and wanted to know more about it.<br />I am a freelance translator and I don't work in a team. I work solo on 99% of my projects. Would you recommend standard or pro? Does the standard allow users to create an unlimited number of TMs and term bases, and do the translation memories really pick up words already translated in the past?<br />Thanks for your advice in advance!ques2008http://www.francais-anglais.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-78896118698325592082009-09-16T16:59:04.145+01:002009-09-16T16:59:04.145+01:00Carl wrote:
> Rather than letting rip about
&g...Carl wrote:<br />> Rather than letting rip about <br />> Atril here, I think it would be<br />> better for you to get in touch <br />> with them directly <br /><br />Been there, done that through various channels. After many months of asking I managed to get an API manual from Daniel, and from time to time I have an interesting exchange with a developer or other employee. But ultimately it leads to nothing. When Atril's Community Manager Loek van Kooten buys a MemoQ license you know the situation isn't pretty. Loek is an excellent communicator and has summarized and communicated user concerns directly to Atril for some time. Most of us have done so in one way or another, and Atril employees have always been an active part of the dejavu-l list. Really, Atril is by no means short of information regarding its users' concerns. And I'm sure at least some of my extremely long, detailed conversation with PowerLing got back to them.<br /><br />Atril has been a great team in the past with a superb product. In some respects it still beats MQ hands down, especially with regard to performance with large TMs. The hierarchical classification system which is used in match selection is one of a number of powerful features not offered by MQ (which has other powerful features not offered by DVX). Which package is "best" at the moment is really a matter of how one works.<br /><br />As the feature sets converge in usefulness, however, the real issues are support and ongoing development. Atril was once simply legendary in this regard. Since you've only been using DVX since last December (if I remember correctly), you haven't experienced all the broken promises of releases announced, then never made available. DVX is super software. It is worth paying for upgrades or add-ons to it. But for whatever reason, our Spanish friends choose to leave the money on the table and let us worry about our future competitiveness.<br /><br />> What's the use of all the <br />> aggro if they're not listening?<br /><br />Very simple. Make potential users aware of what is happening on the market. Many people need what CAT tools offer, and many SDL customers are looking for real alternatives with real support. Discussing these problems openly is not intended as an attack against Atril, a company which will always have my gratitude for its past contributions. The intent is to help other freelancers make informed decisions. I am just as critical about Kilgray and MemoQ when I think things are not as they should be. It just doesn't look that way, because for the most part they are getting the things that matter to me right.Kevin Lossnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-39296631391842827822009-09-16T15:49:20.202+01:002009-09-16T15:49:20.202+01:00Hi Kevin,
Rather than letting rip about Atril her...Hi Kevin,<br /><br />Rather than letting rip about Atril here, I think it would be better for you to get in touch with them directly - even by phone - and tell them your opinion, which seems to be shared by lots of DVX users right now. What a shame Atril's success with DVX's going to pot!<br /><br />I get the messages people put on the dejavu-l forum every day (and have written the odd one myself every now and again, including a critical one about PowerLing), but I really wonder whether all this is getting through to Atril - after all, they're the ones who ought to be reading them attentively and then responding.<br /><br />What's the use of all the aggro if they're not listening?<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Carl<br /><br />Amper Translation Service<br />Fürstenfeldbruck<br /><br />www.ampertrans.deCarl Carterhttp://www.ampertrans.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-37803163892403413572009-09-16T11:29:08.926+01:002009-09-16T11:29:08.926+01:00@Sonja: I followed MQ for a year before it improve...@Sonja: I followed MQ for a year before it improved to the point that I could do serious work with it. A number of DVX users became enthused about it before version 3.5, but when I looked at it there were simply too many features missing for me to work with anything close to the efficient workflows in DVX. Version 3.5 was the first that was really worth my time. And I was quite surprised to discover that I was a bit more productive with it in many cases and had wonderful overviews of complex projects with many files. The latest version (3.6) adds a few more nice thing, but the killer app I am waiting for is 4.x. If Kilgray keeps its promises to deliver certain features by the end of the year, then any remaining gaps with DVX that I care about will be closed. In certain areas, such as server technology for agencies and companies, Kilgray is way ahead of Atril.Kevin Lossnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-77753777996622067412009-09-16T10:36:59.059+01:002009-09-16T10:36:59.059+01:00It seems that all units are gone now.
As with man...It seems that all units are gone now.<br /><br />As with many other CAT software, MemoQ doesn't run on Linux so I can't even try it. The last time I did (which was when I still had a Windows computer, about two or three years ago) I was really disappointed by MemoQ.Sonjanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-91865099972458663622009-09-16T10:00:30.170+01:002009-09-16T10:00:30.170+01:00I've been with Atril since DV3 and I bought Me...I've been with Atril since DV3 and I bought MemoQ through a Proz group buy in June because the price made it worth getting just to experiment with. I wanted to see how it coped with Finnish case endings in the term base. The answer is extremely well and I now use MemoQ for all my Finnish-English jobs. For Swedish I am sticking with DVX because at the moment its autoassemble is still better and faster, and switching from DVX's single memory for everything approach to MemoQ's separate memories for different clients would be a pain.<br /><br />It's so disappointing that Atril aren't coming up with upgrades and seizing their chance to grab market share from Trados.Kate Lamberthttp://www.katelambert.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-18580030897622095722009-09-16T02:26:28.142+01:002009-09-16T02:26:28.142+01:00However, it bugs me when MemoQ send out uninformat...However, it bugs me when MemoQ send out uninformative emails with an SDL-type look, including the unrealistic, racially inclusive stock photography.<br /><br />I always respond with a "Cut out the marketing, and go heavy on the usable info" email. <br /><br />I hope other users will join me in trying to maintain proper discipline in this regard. Otherwise, I fear that things will eventually slide the way of Trados and DV.Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04229724488178529402noreply@blogger.com