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Trados support Why nobody talks about Trados 2024? meh Hmm. I paid the money to upgrade to their latest
version (like I do every time they release a
so-called new version), and, as usual, went back
to translating in CafeTran after a few days o
Michael Beijer Dec 14
Apple/Mac operating systems Buying a new (refurbished) Mac – which one? One-man shows often produce the best software I recently realised that a significant amount of
my preferred software is created by individual
developers. To the best of my knowledge, each
program is the work of a single person, and I<
Michael Beijer Nov 18
Apple/Mac operating systems Buying a new (refurbished) Mac – which one? not sure about exact relationship with Proz.com [quote]Mario Chávez wrote: ...about things
such as free support or that a product is a
one-man show. Thanks for confirming that CafeTrans
Espresso is the property of Proz.com. It seems
Michael Beijer Nov 18
Apple/Mac operating systems Buying a new (refurbished) Mac – which one? CafeTran = our industry's best kept secret [quote]Mario Chávez wrote: It seems that
CafeTran Espresso is a one-man operation. I've
read that it offers free support, which I consider
a fatal weakness that has already doomed Atri
Michael Beijer Nov 17
Translation in the UK Accountant recommendation - VAT my recommendation [quote]Ali YANDIK wrote: We are looking for an
accountant in the UK for our VAT returns. Can
you please recommend an accountant who can
understand the needs of a translation busines
Michael Beijer Nov 10
MemoQ support MemoQ slowing down with time? Try CafeTran for a breath of fresh air After spending (wasting) loads of money on memoQ
(too slow!!!) and Trados Studio (too buggy!!!),
they both pissed me off so much I am back on
CafeTran, which is lightning-fast.
Michael Beijer Nov 2
MemoQ support How can I best use MemoQ's termbase functionality for only using existing termbases for searches? hmm [quote]Fredrik Pettersson wrote: Thanks
Michael. Do you mean that it will work with the
free version of Xbench? Would there be any major
benefits using the paid version of Xbench for th
Michael Beijer Oct 27
MemoQ support How can I best use MemoQ's termbase functionality for only using existing termbases for searches? Export the individual termbases from memoQ and create a project in Xbench [quote]Fredrik Pettersson wrote: How can I best
use MemoQ's termbase functionality for only using
existing termbases for searches? I have 12
different termbases for different sub-dom
Michael Beijer Oct 26
Windows operating systems Share your translation-related AutoHotkey scripts and here is my (not to) little AutoHotkey script! https://beijer.bot/ Hi res:
https://beijer.bot/Beijer.bot_2024-10-21.png ev
erything in Beijer.bot with a "🔊" can be voice
activated (using Talon Voice
/https://talonvoice
Michael Beijer Oct 21
Trados support Can Trados Studio 2011 open Transit PPF packages? Translating Transit PPF packages in CafeTran See:
https://cafetran.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/a
rticles/6000186095-translation-of-ppf-packages
Michael Beijer Oct 17
CafeTran support today Cafe Tran is not working and I'm in a middle of a project. My license is from ProZ Plus Member possible solution Did you remember to click this button in the
Dashboard while starting your project?
Michael Beijer Oct 5
General technical issues Is there a "confirm all" in MemoQ? You can also do it manually... Incidentally, you can also click the first segment
number in the grid (with your left mouse button),
then scroll all the way to the bottom of the grid,
click shift, and click the very last
Michael Beijer Sep 23
Translator resources Are translators still using physical dictionaries? try a specialist second-hand bookshop [quote]sdvplatt wrote: I am curious. I am
trying to sell some old bilingual specialist
dictionaries/glossaries. Maybe I need somewhere
where translators specifically go? Ebay is not<
Michael Beijer Sep 23
CafeTran support Upgraded to 12.1.5, now client says return package (Trados) shows files as "unspecified" https://cafetran.freshdesk.com/support/tickets [quote]Shunryu Garvey wrote: Hi all-- Have
been translating dozens multi-file Trados packages
for about 6 months using CafeTran with no
problems. Then last week upgraded to 12.1.5
Michael Beijer Sep 18
CafeTran support How to get a preview of a project with multiple Office documents free and works well https://products.groupdocs.app/merger/docx Michael Beijer Sep 17
CafeTran support CafeTran .tmx cleaning/maintenance tips & tools (useful for cleaning Studio-generated TMs) Try increasing the amount of RAM CafeTran can use [quote]Péter Tófalvi wrote: [quote]Michael
Beijer wrote: I just posted the following on
the Déjà Vu mailing list ("
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dejavu-l/conve
rsation
Michael Beijer Sep 10
MemoQ support How do I open an SDL Trados Studio project file in MemoQ? puzzling [quote]Stepan Konev wrote: You can't do that
with a Trados project file. You can only import a
Trados package or an sdlxliff file. [/quote] If
you really know what you are doing, I t
Michael Beijer Sep 5
Office applications Ms Word macro to merge all documents in a folder (recursive) this works very well (= free) https://products.groupdocs.app/merger/docx Michael Beijer Aug 26
ProZ.com: Translator Coop New ProZ site being developed. Members are invited to give feedback on the prototype. Yes please, I'd like the link too! [quote]Henry Dotterer wrote: A new ProZ site is
being built. Key features of the planned new
site: * An updated design / look-and-feel *
A new menu (a "megamenu") that is hopefull
Michael Beijer Aug 20
MemoQ support How many APIs are available for MemoQ Translator Pro and for what areas? however, RWS does have a pretty cool new ‘AI Assistant’ in Trados Studio 2024 [quote]Mario Chávez wrote: By contrast, RWS
Trados Studio does not have a native API for
generative AI-assisted MT that leverages current
resources (termbases and translation memories)
Michael Beijer Jul 21
Speech recognition Is OpenAI’s Whisper better than Dragon? How to activate the real 'mixed mode' in Talon! Hi everyone! I feel pretty stupid that I only
figured this out recently, but "mixed mode" is
actually not what I thought it was all this time.
I always assumed it had something to do with<
Michael Beijer Jul 21
Speech recognition Talon Voice (tips & tricks) Hi everyone, Since I post frequently about
Talon*, I thought I would create a special post
dedicated to my journey learning to use it in my
work as a translator. My latest discovery
Michael Beijer Jul 21
Trados support Are there shortcuts to insert Termbase terms into the translation editor in Trados? Ctrl+Shift+L Try Ctrl+Shift+L, this will show a little list of
terms (fro various sources) that you can
insert. Or, start typing the first letter of
the term (to access auto-complete). Michael
Michael Beijer Jul 18
Trados support Where can I download MT Enhanced Plugin for Trados Studio? how do you get Google Translate to work in Trados Studio 2024? Perhaps a stupid question but how do you get
Google Translate to work in Trados Studio
2024? Michael
Michael Beijer Jul 17
MemoQ support DeepL plug-in suddenly not working in memoQ backup plan I recommend having a look at this little gem: GT4T
can provide you with multiple MT translations in a
little pop-up dialogue via a keyboard shortcut, or
just replace any selected text with
Michael Beijer Jul 13
TM-Town Is TM-Town Legit? A brief history of TM-Town A while back, TM-Town was created and caused a bit
of a stir. It was a cool idea. Pretty soon, Proz
bought it, and soon afterwards it became a
Proz.com product. Proz also hired its develop
Michael Beijer Jul 13
Trados support Back to the future! Testing deepTranslation’s amazing set of plugins for SDL Studio 2017) see also: https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-po
rtfolio/trados-studio/f/studio/51825/term-recognit
ion-does-not-work-in-certain-termbases-after-lates
t-update
Michael Beijer Jul 13
Trados support Multiterm Multilingual export :-) You could also try this:
https://wasaty.pl/blog/2011/02/27/how-to-export-mu
ltilingual-multiterm-glossary/
Michael Beijer Jul 10
MemoQ support MemoQ 10.6 extremely slow compared to 9.8? [UPDATE: Solved elsewhere; server issue] 8GB is at the lower limits of what I would recommend for a program like memoQ [quote]Rebecca Capowski wrote: I just
downloaded 10.6 for a client who requested use of
this particular version for a project. I've used
9.8 for several projects with no issue. I'm
Michael Beijer Jul 4
MemoQ support MemoQ support - still good (or alive)? Are you sure that the memoQ website doesn't have an SSL certificate? [quote]Alex Reckless wrote: [quote]Thomas T.
Frost wrote: [quote]Alex Reckless wrote: So
Viktor from memoq finally got back to
me. "Thank you for your message. Once the
Michael Beijer Jul 4
MemoQ support MemoQ support - still good (or alive)? Yes, it is a bit confusing as they recently changed things. [quote]Alex Reckless wrote: [quote]Thomas T.
Frost wrote: As I said, you can keep using the
software in perpetuity once you have paid an
initial licence, which comes with a one-year<
Michael Beijer Jul 3
MemoQ support MemoQ support - still good (or alive)? agree: https://helpcenter.memoq.com/hc/en-us/requests/new = best way to get an answer fast [quote]Thomas T. Frost wrote: As I said, you
can keep using the software in perpetuity once you
have paid an initial licence, which comes with a
one-year support and upgrade subscriptio
Michael Beijer Jul 3
MemoQ support MemoQ support - still good (or alive)? If you keep your support/maintenance subscription up to date, it's only around on €172/year. [quote]Alex Reckless wrote: Hi everyone, I'm
bringing this topic back from the dead, as the
main agency I work for has taken the *****
decision to move absolutely all clients and all
Michael Beijer Jul 2
Speech recognition How to drastically speed up dictation with Talon into memoQ and the new Notepad on Win11 I definitely need to retain Autocomplete! [quote]James McVay wrote: I'm a long time user
of Dragon SR and memoQ. I found early on that SR
and Autocomplete aren't compatible. If you're
dictating entire sentences, what do you nee
Michael Beijer Jun 28
Trados support Trados 2024 vs 2022 no real changes as far as I can see either [quote]Wojciech_Mat wrote: Is it just me or
from what I've seen the only visible difference
between Studio 2024 and Studio 2022 is that now
the AI plugin is an integral part of the soft
Michael Beijer Jun 28
Scams 11,000 words EN-DE, wow! The English is also terrible The quality of the English is also highly suspect.
Beware, definitely a scammer.
Michael Beijer Jun 28
Trados support Trados Professional vs. Trados freelance Latest difference between Trados Studio Express, Starter, Freelance, Workgroup and Professional The latest difference between Trados Studio
Express, Starter, Freelance, Workgroup and
Professional (Trados Studio 2017 and above) can be
found
here: https://gateway.sdl.com/communi
Michael Beijer Jun 28
Speech recognition How to drastically speed up dictation with Talon into memoQ and the new Notepad on Win11 Hi Soonthon! [quote]Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.) wrote: This
solution seems to be a workaround for users of
Talon, a voice recognition software. It's
interesting that the issue affects both Notepad
Michael Beijer Jun 25
Speech recognition Is OpenAI’s Whisper better than Dragon? ha ha [quote]Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
wrote: Regarding your question about OpenAI vs.
Dragon for translation services: I don't have
definitive information to compare OpenAI and
Dragon's
Michael Beijer Jun 25
Speech recognition Is OpenAI’s Whisper better than Dragon? tip to drastically speed up dictation with Talon into memoQ and the new Notepad on Win11 See:
https://www.proz.com/forum/speech_recognition/3681
44-how_to_drastically_speed_up_dictation_with_talo
n_into_memoq_and_the_new_notepad_on_win11.html
Michael Beijer Jun 24
Speech recognition How to drastically speed up dictation with Talon into memoQ and the new Notepad on Win11 Hi everyone (and especially Dan Lucas)! I don't
know if you have noticed it yet, but dictating
into the latest version of Notepad on Win11 is
excruciatingly slow. And there is a similar
Michael Beijer Jun 24
CafeTran support Super Cool: Using Whispering's voice recognition with CafeTran Espresso teaching Talon difficult words by adding them to your "additional_words.csv" file [quote]Hans Lenting wrote: I have this idea: I
will use wildcards for the words that Whispering
doesn't recognize: I will create a glossary of
Dutch place names to represent these unrec
Michael Beijer Jun 24
CafeTran support Super Cool: Using Whispering's voice recognition with CafeTran Espresso We're spoilt for choice these days It's pretty fantastic that these days we have
several different free apps for dictating in
multiple languages, whereas only a year or two ago
we were stuck with pretty much only Dragon, an
Michael Beijer Jun 23
Speech recognition Using ‘Whispering’ (free app on GitHub) to dictate flawlessly in multiple languages! 🤗🤭🫢🫣🤫🤔🫡! [quote]Hans Lenting wrote: Thank you, Michael,
for mentioning Whispering. It's indeed very nice:
https://www.proz.com/forum/cafetran_support/368120
-using_whisperings_voice_recognition_
Michael Beijer Jun 23
Speech recognition Using ‘Whispering’ (free app on GitHub) to dictate flawlessly in multiple languages! Yes, Whisper asks you to enter your OpenAI API key [quote]James McVay wrote: Do you know if it
uses an API for OpenAI's Whisper? I've dictated
into the ChatGPT app on my mobile phone quite a
bit and been happy with the speech recognitio
Michael Beijer Jun 22
Speech recognition Is OpenAI’s Whisper better than Dragon? I've got a new toy (‘Whispering’)! [quote]Dan Lucas wrote: [quote]Michael Beijer
wrote: I only discovered its existence today, but
so far it seems to work really well. Can't say
that I see much difference with the previ
Michael Beijer Jun 22
Speech recognition Using ‘Whispering’ (free app on GitHub) to dictate flawlessly in multiple languages! Hi everyone! About a month ago, I made a quick
video called, ‘How to dictate in multiple
languages using Talon (Dragon replacement)’,
which I posted on LinkedIn and on my new blog<
Michael Beijer Jun 22
Internet for translators How to position the text cursor automatically in the Search field of Wikipedia's landing page? Alt-Shift-F [quote]Hans Lenting wrote: How to have the text
cursor automatically positioned in the Search
field of Wikipedia's landing page? (Safari
17.5 on macOS 14.5)

[Edited at 202
Michael Beijer Jun 22
CafeTran support Dragon Speaking 15 in CafeTran Talon [quote]Hans Lenting wrote: Did you see
this? https://cafetran.freshdesk.com/support/so
lutions/folders/6000225250 Not sure about DNS.
See Michael Beijer’s messages at Proz about
Michael Beijer Jun 14
Hardware All modern laptop keyboards are garbage (no physical touchpad buttons or proper navigation cluster) meh [quote]Hans Lenting
wrote: https://www.megadealmedia.nl/home/51-tec
h-toetsenbord-tablet-rgb/ [/quote] Hmm, ziet er
vrij goedkoop uit. Helaas, een goed externe
toetsenbord met to
Michael Beijer Jun 8


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