Reposting as Stephen may not be subscribed to "dev" list On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 12:47 AM, Guy Waterval <waterval....@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Stephen, > > 2013/7/31 Stephen Reader <stephen.rea...@t-online.de> > > > Dear, brave Developers, > > > > One: Thanks. > > Two: My 'day job' is translating (art texts). To date, I haven't looked > > into Computer Aided Translation, since my field does not involve the > masses > > of repetitions and variations (as in scientific texts, surveys, legal...) > > that these programmes are best at facilitating; but am now testing > > Metatexis (developer/proprietor: Hermann Bruns; > http://www.metatexis.com/). > > The programme has been praised for its owner's commitment and background > as > > a translator himself; it does look useful. He's also correspondablei with > > in person. But so far, it only works in MS Word (and its MS fellows in > Pro > > edition and higher). It's also more affordable than - as yet - > better-known > > programmes such as Trados. Might this be an interesting field for you to > > explore and ultimately make OO and, at least, Metatexis, compatible, > maybe > > in collaboration with Hermann Bruns? > > > > I've been using OO and on a MacBook, NeoOffice (are you two arms of one > > developer team?), since MS introduced fees - high fees - for any but > > 'private/home' use of Word etc; but have had to return to my old MS Word > to > > test the translation programme. Compatibility with OO and /or NeoOffice > > would be a boon. > > > > The CAT tool we actually have available for AOO is the "Anaphraseus" > extension. This extension has recently be adapted for AOO 4.0. > Anaphraseus allows you to make translations directly in Writer with/without > the help of a translator machine in the background (Google or MS > translator). A translation memory TM is generated during the > translation process. > You can also create glossaries for special technical domains. Anaphraseus > is the "little sister" of Wordfast which is used by translators working > with MS Word. Wordfast has more functions but is not free (400 Euros). > > Be careful with the file to download. You have to download* > Anaphraseus_2.04.124b.oxt*, which is not announced as the latest version > but as a daily snapshot of the 17.07.2013. This version is OK for AOO > 3.4.1, AOO 4.0 and Libreoffice. The other versions are not OK for AOO 4.0. > http://sourceforge.net/projects/anaphraseus/files/Daily%20Snapshot/ > > Regards > -- > gw > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK Success is falling nine times and getting up ten." -- Jon Bon Jovi
