tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post3540827524882659377..comments2024-03-06T02:46:19.929+00:00Comments on Translation Tribulations: Why not now?Kevin Lossnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-85293097384771213952010-12-26T02:01:00.761+00:002010-12-26T02:01:00.761+00:00I found this site looking for answers regarding th...I found this site looking for answers regarding the Multiterm Extract license. Apparently I'm not the only one pissed off because SDL wants to let us pay extra for a relatively simple tool that should be basic to the very expensive package...Website translatorhttp://www.seo-translator.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-17581073450069895282009-08-18T22:43:45.039+01:002009-08-18T22:43:45.039+01:00@Nicolette: As you know, I'm a great fan of Dé...@Nicolette: As you know, I'm a great fan of Déjà Vu, and I owe much of the technical success of my business over the years to the versatility of Atril's software. However, under the current circumstances, I think that MemoQ is a more responsible recommendation, especially given Kilgray's vigorous pace of development.<br /><br />As for the Trados issues, I really can't say much at this point. When I saw what a clusterfuck SDL had made of their Studio 2009 upgrade I decided to ignore the whole mess until the smoke clears. That will be a while yet. I think for cost-effectiveness and decent server performance Kilgray's MemoQ solution is hard to beat right now. A 5-license server edition is something like 4K euros.Kevin Lossnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727800526216764023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-51345153830989781102009-08-18T20:17:18.789+01:002009-08-18T20:17:18.789+01:00Hi Kevin
I just discovered your wonderful blog. my...Hi Kevin<br />I just discovered your wonderful blog. my two colleagues and I (3 freelancers) have been suffering for years from trados. And it cost us dearly - thousands of euros, just to be able to work in a network and have simultenous acces to one memory. <br />Now I tried to pry some answers out of the german sales rep thomas in england, but of no avail. he is unable to explain freelance plus to us and told us that it woud not work for us.<br />so might i ask your opinion? there are mostly only 2 of us, our third partner currently lives in Switzerland. Just like you we are a small office and by no means an agency. We just want to access the same memory on the server and already purchased TRados' expensive software 5 years ago(and paid 14.000 DM then). <br />The next upgrade as a workgroup would cost almost 6000 Euros - after hard bargaining and a small discount of 25% for Multiterm which we already had purchsaed in 2003 as Mulitterm ix Server, which never worked. Not to mention TermExtract which never worked either and for which Trados declined an update.<br /><br />I am seriously considering Déjá Vu as an alternative which would also cost 5000 €, but without future update costs.<br /><br />Sorry, this comment is now a bit longer than I excepted but maybe you might be interested in this information. o, and waht with names etc. I have bben a client noch for 15 years, my colleagues each for 9 years. They never get our name right and ALWAYS - without exception - have trouble finding us in their database.<br /><br />I woudl be thrilled if you could give us a little hint on Trados.<br /><br />All the best from <br />Nicolette Quigley<br />Translate@gmx.de<br />www.dolmetscher-team.deNic und Manni in Indochinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16996846931015910045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155610.post-87565560849716291562009-05-01T19:21:00.000+01:002009-05-01T19:21:00.000+01:00I know this is a competitive post, but given the l...I know this is a competitive post, but given the last few comments I can not help myself!<br /><br />I worked at SDL for 9 years and it is a systemic issue - they just don;t listen like they should.<br /><br />I am now at Lionrbidge and I know we have not been much better, but we are putting our past behind us and we are going to release a new class of totally LIVE TM interaction in a few months. It will also be much cheaper that Trados for Freelancers and be delivered as a SaaS pay as you need it model. If nothing else the competition will be back int he market!nicholas mcmahonhttp://localization2dot0.lionbridge.comnoreply@blogger.com