The Best Free Software for Localization
[contextazon id=’1′] GoldenDict is an excellent free desktop software for everyone who would like to have all needed dictionaries and encyclopedias in one place for a quick research. The project, as the creators describe it, aims to create a feature-rich dictionary lookup program The set-up is simple and in addition […]
[contextazon id=’1′] FreeOCR is a free optical character recognition desktop software (OCR software) for Windows that supports scanning from most Twain scanners as well as processing PDFs, multi-page TIFF images and other popular image formats. FreeOCR exports the text content in plain text and can also export it directly into […]
[contextazon id=’1′] LanguageTool is a free open source proofÂ-reading software for English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and more than 20 other languages. It finds many errors that a simple spelling checker can not detect as well as grammar problems and is used in some CAT tools such as OmegaT. If […]
[contextazon id=’1′] tuxtrans, a Desktop GNU/Linux System developed for translators, is not only completely free (based on free software, open source) but is a truly complete system. It is an operating system with all needed software for the freelance translator or any other translator. Interesting article: Why you should use […]
[contextazon id=’1′] Heartsome Translation Studio 8.0 is the last CAT tool developed by Heartsome Technologies Ltd and is now open-source and available for free. Its ease-of-use, scalability, portability and stability places it among other industry-leading software but, since it is now available for free, at a much better performance-price ratio. […]
[contextazon id=’1′] LingoPad is a free multilingual dictionary for Windows and is available for private and commercial use. As a desktop application it has the advantage that no Internet connection is needed. The development of the software directly under Windows has stopped but it is still running perfectly fine with […]
[contextazon id=’1′] The free Heartsome TMX Editor is a powerful editor for all TM-based CAT programs. It offers many useful and convenient features in addition to the usual editing functions so that all maintenance tasks can be performed easily with a single tool. The Heartsome TMX Editor does not need […]
[contextazon id=’1′] With the free (Update: Only free for a Trial period now) Express Invoice software generating invoices, quotes and orders is easy and quick. Even setting up and scheduling recurring invoices is possible. And once the invoice is created you can print, email or fax it directly to your […]
[contextazon id=’1′] Xbench is a powerful free tool for Quality Assurance and Terminology Management from ApSIC. The free version 2.9 supports dozens of different CAT file formats but is unfortunately only available for Windows XP, Vista, or 7 and is Non-Unicode. So far we posted a lot of CAT tools […]
[contextazon id=’1′] Securely transfering large files with DropBox and CryptSync (only for Windows). Both applications are free, with DropBox being a popular cloud storage application and CryptSync an application to encrypt your confidential data before they are uploaded. At first we did hesitate to add DropBox as a means of […]
[contextazon id=’1′] Virtaal is yet another free translation (CAT: Computer Aided Translation) tool with Translation Memory (TM) for the desktop and was initially developed for software translation. It provides a very simple and minimalistic interface. The tool supports many file formats, including PO, Java .properties, OpenOffice, Mozilla, XLIFF, TMX, TBX, […]
[contextazon id=’1′] Across is another integrated CAT (Computer Aided Translation) tool for the desktop and is available as a free full “Personal Edition” for freelancers. Across supports more than 35 file formats and provides unlimited use of the translation memory and terminology modules. Note: Across is a very controversial CAT […]
[contextazon id=’1′] Poedit is a free tool to translate software, websites and apps which use Gettext PO files for localization. WordPress, PHP projects and Django for example use PO files and on Linux PO files are used for nearly everything. Poedit uses a very compact format for its editor so […]
[contextazon id=’1′] The free WebClipper for Evernote is a great addition which lets you browse the web and store everything noteworthy directly to Evernote. If you run a business then you probably use the web for numerous different things. You might read articles important for your business. You might schedule […]
[contextazon id=’1′] The free version of Evernote is an excellent tool for your project management. It is not only a tool to store just a few notes but rather a tool to store literally all your notes, ideas, schedules, project plans, to-do lists, etc. And it lets you create an […]
Update: Translate faster using QTranslate and Google GNMT in your Translation Software [contextazon id=’1′] QTranslate is a free desktop translator for Windows. This small utility translates text in any application that supports text selection. It also has the ability to speak text and perform a dictionary search. You can also […]
[contextazon id=’1′] The Free Language Translator is another desktop application using the Google translation tools to translate text between more than 30 languages. The tool can be used to translate text you type or paste directly into the editor or you can translate documents available in some of the more […]
Made with Lisp The Regex Coach is a free graphical application for Windows which can be used to experiment with (Perl-compatible) regular expressions interactively. It has the following features: [contextazon id=’1′] It shows whether a regular expression matches a particular target string. It can also show which parts of the […]
The free XLIFF Editor is a versatile open source translation editor using the XLIFF standard. It aims to provide translators with a quality editor for both documentation and software. It features tag protection and interactive Translation Memory. [contextazon id=’1′] Highlights: Versatile, can be used for both software and documentation Sentence […]
With the free Babylon Translator, you can quickly and easily translate any text on the screen with just a click on your mouse, no matter what application you are using. Babylon.com is a leading provider of language solutions with translations in 77 different languages. Babylon offers dictionaries, professional translation, language […]
Skype allows you to have a chat or online meeting with a partner or client which can be important if you can not wait for a reply to an email or if a real discussion is needed to clear up some issues for an important task. [contextazon id=’1′] Skype is […]
Olifant is a free TM Editor that makes up for the shortcomings of CAT programs which provide either a very basic, and hence inadequate memory-editing facility, or none at all. [contextazon id=’1′] As a TM Editor Olifant allows you to load or import translation memories in different formats (such as […]
Update: Lightning is now already integrated into Thunderbird Mozilla Lightning is a free calendar solution for the Thunderbird email client. You can easily add appointments and tasks and you can choose to be reminded by an alarm in case of important events. The calendar offers a daily, weekly and monthly […]
Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, safe, fast email client that’s easy to use. It has lots of great features including quick message search, customizable views, support for IMAP/POP, RSS support and more. Plus, the portable version leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on, so you […]
In some cases it is useful to have a good text editor at hand, to quickly buffer a text (e.g. copied from a website) without any formatting (font, bold, underline, color, etc.). Notepad++ is the best text editor I know. It is fast and requires very little resources. Notepad ++ […]