Translation Tools and Other Resources for Portuguese Translation

Translation Memory Tools and Computer Aided Translation (CAT)

Deja Vu CAT System
CAT system combining TM (translation memory) and EBMT resources, this translation tool may be used to provide more productivity and consistency in Portuguese translation.

SDL TRADOS CAT Suite
Trados and their translation tools are the industry leaders for CAT tools, and they are widely adopted by Portuguese translators (both Brazilian Portuguese translators and Portuguese translators from Portugal).

MetaTexis Translation
Partially working with TRADOS / Wordfast documents, this translation memory tool offers WYSIWYG and is adopted by some European Portuguese translators.

Wordfast Translation
One of the leading CAT tools in the market, Wordfast offers an open format compatible with Trados and other CAT tools. It works with several software formats such as MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel), XML, etc. This CAT suite is highly adopted between Portuguese translators.

Anycount (translation word count)
Automatically count words, characters, lines, etc. in several formats such as .DOC, .RTF, .WPD, .XLS, .PPT, .PPS, .HTM, .XML, .MIF, .CSV, .PDF, etc., even in zipped files.

CATCount (translation word count)
A freeware tool for word counting made available to Portuguese translation industry professionals for free.

dtSearch Publishing
Instantly search vast amounts of data of text across computers, network, Internet or Intranets.

fxManager Translation Management
Management tool for Portuguese translators, supporting invoicing, job tracking, word counting, reports, and other daily duties of a Portuguese translation business.

Multitrans Translation Tools
Multilingual Asset Management based in translation memory, slightly adopted by European Portuguese translators.

Horizon
Windows application to visualize the files send for translation supporting navigation through directory structure and source/target comparison. It is used by a few Portuguese translators and Portuguese translation agencies providing localization services.

Multilizer
Designed for companies working with localization of software and documents.

Visual Localize
Industry building utilities, automation, machine & plant engineering,Software (e.g. construction, insurance, CAD/ CAM, chemical analysis, MES, etc.), Databases, Web pages, CMS systems (e.g. TYPO3).

Lingobit Localizer
Lingobit Technologies was founded in 1997 in St. Petersburg, Russia by Sergey Markov and two of his colleagues.

iLocalize
iLocalize is an application designed to help developers localize their applications. iLocalize handles multiple languages in the same project, offers custom glossaries and has features to help localization.

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Project Management and Quality Control for Portuguese Translators and Agencies

Projetex 2006 - Project Management Software for Translation Agencies
Projetex tremendously simplifies task of corporate and freelance workflow management, data and files sharing within translation agency and provides multiple benefits for each team member.

Translation Office 3000
Translation Office 3000 is accounting and marketing tool, built for the translation industry, and used by freelance translators worldwide. New features of version 7 include the built-in AnyCount Engine, which enables users to produce wordcounts or counts in other volume units automatically.

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Support and Knowledge Sources for Portuguese Translators

Official Trados support
Trados support is confusing and below average for most. Nonetheless, the Trados tool is still considered as the most relevant CAT around.

Trados support forum at proz
The best Trados support forum around. Relevant advice by real people.

Déjà Vu mailing list
Déjà Vu newsgroups

Wordfast mailing lists
Mailing lists are peer-to-peer groups, forums for Wordfast users.