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| Name | Wordfast Classic | MadCap Lingo |
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| Most helpful review | User friendly and good value for money. Been using Wordfast Classic for Word source texts since 2009. Has become an 'old friend'. Easy to use. I don't use full functionality, due to my limitations! Represents good value for money, compared with SDL Trados.14 out of 15 found this review helpful.
Read more reviews → | Great tool, would recommend to all my colleagues, must have for Flare translation Lingo is a must have tool for the proper translation of MadCap Flare resources. Lingo packages content from any of the programs in the MadPak Suite into a Lingo project which can be exported into XLIFF files so you can translate the files in the CAT tool of your choice. Then you simply import the XLIFF back into Lingo and you can export back to Flare.
Lingo makes the process go very smoothly. Updates and project alignment are also handled very efficiently. 1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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| Product description | THE BEST TRANSLATION MEMORY SOLUTION FOR MICROSOFT WORD
Wordfast Classic (WFC) integrates with Microsoft Word to create a powerful translation memory tool that is quick to learn and easy to use. Discover why thousands of freelance translators worldwide rely on Wordfast Classic as their TM tool of choice. | MadCap Lingo is a translation management solution designed to assist technical writers, documentation specialists and professional translators in the translation and localization process.
Improve translation efficiency with a streamlined workflow using built-in Translation Memory technology (TMX support), detailed reporting capabilities, and advanced translation features such as alignment, termbases and more.
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| Price | $460 | $599.00 US |
| File formats | Microsoft Word | Microsoft® Word™ documents (no local install required) PowerPoint files Adobe® InDesign® XLIFF files HTM and HTML ResX files and much more! |
| License type | 3-year license | Available as perpetual or time limited |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows XP, Mac OS 7, 8, 9, OSX 10.3.4 and higher , Windows 95, 98, ME, NT & 2000, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows 10, Windows 7 | Windows |
| System requirements | - MS Word (PC): MS Word 2000 and higher*
- MS Word (Mac): MS Word 2011 or 2019
| Intel Pentium 4 or better processor 4096 MB memory (RAM) 400 MB available hard drive space Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition 4.0 - |
| Compatibility | Requires Microsoft Word | Supports standard file formats XLIFF, DITA, HTML, TMX, and TBX. Also all MadCap filetypes, SDLXLIFF, TTX, TXML, .resx, .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx, .fm, .book, .mif, idml, .dita, .htm, .rtf, .txt. |
| Support and upgrades offered/included | Free upgrades for duration of license/Subscription, Installation support, Free technical support via support ticket center, Free community support | Free updates, but not upgrades, Free community support, Installation support |
| Support and tutorial links | Online support center | Product Overview
Tutorials |
| Free trial | Work in the demo version free forever. License required once you reach 500 translated sentences per translation memory. | No data |
| Languages supported | Wordfast Classic supports any language that is supported by Microsoft Word. This includes Eastern European, Cyrillic, Asian, Right-to-Left, and various other languages. | Left to Right and Right to Left |
