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nurhussen
nurhussen
Local time: 18:31
amhara - angol
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Dec 10, 2020

Which software is best to translate text , if possible audio too, for personal use.I want to translate English into Amharic.
Thank you in advance for your help.
 
Jean Dimitriadis
Jean Dimitriadis  Identity Verified
angol - francia
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  Dec 10, 2020

As for all things in translation, it depends on the context.

"Best" is highly situational and best left for each professional to decide. Such decisions should not be taken lightly.

So what if I say CafeTran Espresso is the best translation software? For which reasons, for what, for whom? Not very helpful. Yet that would be my answer.

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Tom in London
Hans Lenting
expressisverbis
Stepan Konev
Tariq Jamal Nawab
 
Matthias Fadtke (X)
Matthias Fadtke (X)  Identity Verified
Németország
Local time: 17:31
spanyol - német
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Sticking to the common Dec 10, 2020

I have tried a few ones and actually I stick to Trados. Since I learned how to use it during my studies, I stick to it because I can rely on it, even though it is awfully expensive...

expressisverbis
 
Stephanie Busch
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Local time: 17:31
angol - német
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A few ProZ.com pages that may be helpful Dec 10, 2020

Software Applications forum - you can search for the term "audio" there:

https://www.proz.com/forum/software_applications-73.html

Checking the thread titles in the CAT Tools Technical Help forum (where you asked your question) can give you a few ideas:
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Software Applications forum - you can search for the term "audio" there:

https://www.proz.com/forum/software_applications-73.html

Checking the thread titles in the CAT Tools Technical Help forum (where you asked your question) can give you a few ideas:

https://www.proz.com/forum/cat_tools_technical_help-1.html

Software Comparison Tool:

https://www.proz.com/software-comparison-tool

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Tom in London
Tom in London
Egyesült Királyság
Local time: 16:31
Tag (2008 óta)
olasz - angol
Cafetran Dec 10, 2020

Jean Dimitriadis wrote:

As for all things in translation, it depends on the context.

"Best" is highly situational and best left for each professional to decide. Such decisions should not be taken lightly.

So what if I say CafeTran Espresso is the best translation software? For which reasons, for what, for whom? Not very helpful. Yet that would be my answer.


I agree. Having tried various CAT tools I decided to go with Cafetran because it's easy to use. The end product of all CAT tools is exactly the same thing (a translation of your document) but some make the process incredibly complicated and off-putting. CafeTran is user-friendly. You can get started with it immediately and then learn, over time, all the things you can do with it.

HOWEVER please note: there are many types of translation where a CAT tool will be of no use to you.

[Edited at 2020-12-10 11:05 GMT]

Jorge Payan
 
nurhussen
nurhussen
Local time: 18:31
amhara - angol
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TÉMAINDÍTÓ
Thank you very much. Dec 11, 2020

Tom in London wrote:

Jean Dimitriadis wrote:

As for all things in translation, it depends on the context.

"Best" is highly situational and best left for each professional to decide. Such decisions should not be taken lightly.

So what if I say CafeTran Espresso is the best translation software? For which reasons, for what, for whom? Not very helpful. Yet that would be my answer.


I agree. Having tried various CAT tools I decided to go with Cafetran because it's easy to use. The end product of all CAT tools is exactly the same thing (a translation of your document) but some make the process incredibly complicated and off-putting. CafeTran is user-friendly. You can get started with it immediately and then learn, over time, all the things you can do with it.

HOWEVER please note: there are many types of translation where a CAT tool will be of no use to you.

[Edited at 2020-12-10 11:05 GMT]


 
nurhussen
nurhussen
Local time: 18:31
amhara - angol
+ ...
TÉMAINDÍTÓ
Thank you very much Dec 11, 2020

Jean Dimitriadis wrote:

As for all things in translation, it depends on the context.

"Best" is highly situational and best left for each professional to decide. Such decisions should not be taken lightly.

So what if I say CafeTran Espresso is the best translation software? For which reasons, for what, for whom? Not very helpful. Yet that would be my answer.


 
jyuan_us
jyuan_us  Identity Verified
Egyesült Államok
Local time: 11:31
Tag (2005 óta)
angol - kínai
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Everybody is talking about CAT tools Dec 11, 2020

but I guess the OP was looking for advice about automated translation apps.

[Edited at 2020-12-11 21:30 GMT]
 
Milan Condak
Milan Condak  Identity Verified
Local time: 17:31
angol - cseh
MT or CAT Dec 12, 2020

nurhussen wrote:

Which software is best to translate text , if possible audio too, for personal use.I want to translate English into Amharic.
Thank you in advance for your help.


MT: I found Amharic language at Chinese web site NiuTrans

Amharic = Amharština (in Czech)

http://www.condak.cz/nove/2020-09/28/cs/00.html

http://www.condak.cz/nove/2020-09/28/cs/02.html

CAT for personal use: common OS = Windows; location = desktop without uploading and downloading data to server; text editor = free open source; CAT = free without a predefined language code list.

Text editor= OpenOffice, LibreOffice
CAT = Anaphraseus (TM is compatible with Wordfast Classic and Worfast Pro 3).
For profi translation = OmegaT with build-in text (translation) editor

For audio in English use some transcribe SW or service. Then you can translate the text.

Milan
www.condak.cz
 


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