Compare 5 Translation Machines

I hope my review will help you to translate.

Rita Apriliani Harsoyo

16611286

4SA04

Softskill: Penerjemahan Berbantuan Komputer

Compare 5 Machines Translation

1.     SYSTRAN

(+) In my opinion, systran is quite easy and simple to be used because of the free trial is really easy to find.  The free trial can be used for many letters, around 750 characters. It allows users to try it out. Besides free trial text, SYSTRAN also provides translation web page. When we open the link http://www.systransoft.com/, we scroll down and it will appear free the trial. It is very easy to use.

 (-) Systran is easy to use. Unfortunately, SYSTRAN cannot be used by translators who want to use it to English to Indonesian. Systran only provide global languages such as Arabic course, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish2.

 2. GINGER

(+) Ok, let’s take a look the strength of Ginger machine translation. When we open the link http://www.gingersoftware.com, we will immediately see the word DOWNLOAD. That means the machine translation is FREE to download. It is not even difficult. It really simplify a translator for download this application for free. This machine translation also available in our self phone such as apple and android. Wooooho!. I immediately download it for free. Thankyou Ginger!!!

When we click download, it will appear a pcture beside. It download automatically and the size of the application is not really big. Only about 800kb.

(The process of Installation). (p.s I think it is only finish for 800kb but undeniable it needs waiting for download again and installation). -_-

It can translate, define, find synonyms, or check your sentence. Wooow.

(-) Ummm I think it takes time to download ginger. Ginger cannot be used by a translator who is "need" machine translation as soon as possible. For use it, we also need the ‘sign-in’ whether it uses your google or facebook account or ‘sign up’ for your new ginger account.

3.  SDL

When we open the link http://www.freetranslation.com/, it will shows a picture above. Its free. It shows a words -à We support .doc(x), .ppt(x), .odt, .pdf & .txt (Maximum file size 5MB). It means SDL can translate your document also. What I really like from SDL, It includes many languages.  Oh ya, It also available in mobile app.

(-) Umm I think it is similar with google translation or only me who think it? Haha. But it helps translator who need machine translation quickly.

4. TRADOS

I hardly find the link for this machine translator but I have found http://www.translationzone.com/.

(+) From the link, I see a sentence “Translate faster and smarter while presenting a unified brand to the world. SDL Trados Studio is the complete translation environment for language professionals who want to edit, review and manage translation projects as well as corporate terminology. Deliver world-class localized content to support your global sales and marketing efforts with software trusted by over 200,000 translation professionals worldwide.”

(-) It is difficult to understand how this machine translation works.

5. WORDBEE

(+) In the first time, I like the appearance of this machine translation. It is cute. In the

above, we can see “3O DAYS FREE TRIAL”. Let’s look further. This machine translation can import from other transalation tools.Supports TMX, Excel, Open Office Calc,CSV, Align, Assist, TBX, and more and export to xliff or bilingual Word filesfor work in other tools.
to maintain your translation memories.

(-) For the free trial, we should request first.

source links:
1. http://www.systransoft.com
2. http://www.gingersoftware.com
3. http://www.sdl.com or http://www.freetranslation.com/
4. http://www.translationzone.com
5. http://www.wordbee.com