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Wordfast
Founded in 1999
Wordfast Anywhere
Wordfast Pro
Mission: To provide the most user-friendly and affordable TM solutions to fit any workflow
Goals
Localize updated English version into:FrenchDanishDutch JapaneseChinese
Create glossaries
Create TMs
Run ZH Ad words campaign
Terminology Extraction
Extracts terms from bilingual files, but the resulting glossary has too few terms
Terminology Extraction Process
1. Add a Stop Word List (from Trados)
2. Extract two monolingual glossaries
3. Compare and match
4. Do not speak the language? Do the back translation with Google Translate and then match the terms!
Terminology Extraction Process
Source Content
Extraction
Product Export Import Module• $69• Product
• Names• Descriptions• Meta tags
TranslationPre-
Processing
Wordfast Pro• €400• Excel import wizard
• Select content for translation
• Capture regular expressions
VendorManagement
Zoho CRM• $12 per month• Find vendors
• EN>FR• Attended Wordfast
training in the past
Translation
Wordfast Anywhere• Free• Outsourced to
EN>FR professional translator (paid)
• Document management
• Shared TM/glossary
Translation Post-
Processing
Wordfast Pro• Transcheck
• Punctuation• Numerical check• Terminology
consistency• Capitalization• Segment
expansion
Proofreading
Online proofreading• Error screenshot• Corrective action• Changes
• Prestashop back-office
• Wordfast Anywhere
Processes & Tools
Project Management - Zoho Project
TM Alignment - Site Sucker & ???
Glossary Creation – Tilde
Source Content Extraction - PEIM Plug-in
File Pre-Processing - Wordfast Pro
Translation & Editing - Wordfast Anywhere
File Post-Processing - Wordfast Pro
Target Content Update– PEIM
Review - Prestashop
Client Feedback
StrengthsExtract content, push to translatorFeedback on e-shop functionalityCorrective suggestions for source text errorsBetter conversion rates on French site (expected)
WeaknessesWordfast Anywhere difficult at firstLack of in-context preview of site during translation