Views, for working on multiple documents.

LiveDocs corpora with LiveAlign and existing translations.

Project templates and making efficient use of metadata.

Interoperability with Trados Studio and working with non-CAT-tool users.

Preview functions, including a PDF preview tool.

Advanced filtering/sorting (Mark All feature and Regex).

AppStore integration (new in Trados Studio 2021).

Advanced Display Filter (enhanced in Trados Studio 2021).

Adding files to projects on the fly and merging files in the Editor.

Specifically, the Trados Studio session will cover: Attendees won’t need to follow the steps on their computers in real time: a recording of the session will be available afterwards. The facilitators will highlight features in their respective tools, leaving ample time for questions. The training sessions on Trados Studio (facilitated by Emma Goldsmith) and memoQ (facilitated jointly by Kari Koonin and Hayley Smith) will focus on advanced productivity tips. The panel discussion will be followed by parallel training sessions on two mainstream tools and a free, open-source alternative.

Panel host Emma Goldsmith will chat with experienced CAT-tool users Tom Bell, Kari Koonin and John Rynne about strategies and best practices, pricing, machine translation (MT) integration, online platforms, Mac options, open-source tools and teamwork.

The survey responses have determined the choice of topics for this year’s panel and training.

Moreover, three-quarters of respondents rate their proficiency as advanced or intermediate. MET’s recent survey on CAT-tool use among its members confirms that translators are no longer deterred by the learning curve, despite the increasing technical sophistication of these tools. Today the benefits to freelance translators are a given: CAT tools are now widely considered indispensable to the trade. MET panel and training CAT tools: a look at the current landscapeįourteen years after MET organized its first panel discussion to identify the benefits of computer-assisted translation (CAT), we thought it was time to revisit the topic and look at the current CAT-tool landscape.

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