Comparison among 5 main CAT TOOLS available on the market, which one fits best your needs? (SDL Trados, MemoQ, Wordfast-Pro5, CafeTran, DejaVu)

Through this hands-on course you will learn about general differences or similarities among main CAT TOOLS available on the market.
This will help you decide which one of those might fit best your needs.
The 5 CAT TOOLS compared are the following: SDL Trados, MemoQ, Wordfast-Pro5, CafeTran, DejaVu

This course is aimed at Freelance Professional Translators and Project Managers who need to manage any kind of CAT TOOL available on the market.
Nowadays there is a wide choice of CAT TOOLs to choose from and professionals who are working in the translation industry should be able to manage most of them, if not all of them!

Attendees will learn how to bild up Projects with any of those CAT TOOLS and how to manage their TMs and Glossaries
Almost each CAT TOOL generates its own TM format, making things difficult when we want to exchange those TMs with someone else who is not using the same CAT TOOL as we do.

Basic knowledge of Windows
No specific knowledge of CAT TOOLs is needed

- Create and Manage Translation Projects
- Create and Manage TMs with each of them
- Create and Manage TermBases
- How to interact among all of them: SDL Trados, MemoQ, Wordfast-Pro5, CafeTran, DejaVu

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72 hours before the webinar takes place, you will receive an invitation to join the session. Please, click the registration link or button provided in the invitation email and complete the registration form.

For PC-based Users:

• Required: Windows Vista – Windows 10
• Required: Google Chrome v39 or later; Mozilla Firefox v34 or later; Internet Explorer v8 or later (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
• Required software: GoToWebinar desktop app; JavaScript enabled
• NOT required: Microphone - attendees can communicate with the trainer through incorporated chat.

• Internet Connection Required: 1 Mbps or better (broadband recommended)
• Recommended: 2GB or more of RAM (recommended)


For Mac®-based Users:

• Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) – 10.11 (El Capitan)
• Required: Microsoft Edge; Apple Safari v6 or later
• Required software: GoToWebinar desktop app; JavaScript enabled
• NOT required: Microphone - attendees can communicate with the trainer through incorporated chat.

• Internet Connection Required: 1 Mbps or better (broadband recommended)
• Recommended: 2GB or more of RAM (recommended)

Join from Android

• Operating system: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or later
• Internet connection: 3G connection or better (WiFi recommended for VoIP audio)
• Software: Free GoToWebinar App from the Google Play Store



Recommendations

• For the visual section of the training course, we recommend that you have a 64kbps link. This means using an ISDN line or Broadband. Wireless connection is NOT recommended.
• For the audio section of the training course, we recommend that you have a headset or speakers.
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 Paolo Sebastiani    View feedback | View all courses

Bio: Paolo Sebastiani is an English-Italian, French-Italian and German-Italian Professional Translator with over 20 years of experience in Italy and abroad. He obtained his first University degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Urbino in 1991 and his second University degree in Political Studies, at the same University in the year 2000. He founded his Translation Agency, Eurolingua, in 1994 and since then has been working as translator, interpreter and Cat-Tool official Trainer. He has organized many in-person training courses about Wordfast, SDL Trados and Atril Dejavu in different Italian towns and as a ProZ.com Professional Trainer, has run many Wordfast-PRO, Wordfast-Classic and Wordfast-Anywhere training sessions for progressive knowledge acquisition with excellent feedbacks. Paolo lives in Rimini, Italy