Pages in topic: [1 2 3 4 5] > | CafeTran is available to all ProZ.com paying members during Covid-19 pandemic Thread poster: Jared Tabor
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Dear members, If you are just getting into translation, or find yourself looking for a new CAT tool at the moment, you may want to consider CafeTran. CafeTran is an industrial-strength CAT tool that allows you to work with some of the most popular file formats (for example, if your client uses Trados files, you can probably use CafeTran for that work). Until now, an unlimited, floating license to CafeTran has been included in ProZ.com Plus membership subscriptions. Now,... See more Dear members, If you are just getting into translation, or find yourself looking for a new CAT tool at the moment, you may want to consider CafeTran. CafeTran is an industrial-strength CAT tool that allows you to work with some of the most popular file formats (for example, if your client uses Trados files, you can probably use CafeTran for that work). Until now, an unlimited, floating license to CafeTran has been included in ProZ.com Plus membership subscriptions. Now, and during the Covid-19 pandemic, CafeTran is available in its unlimited version to all ProZ.com paying members, regardless of membership level (i.e. both Standard and Plus memberships). Many thanks go out to Igor at CafeTran for agreeing to make this benefit available to all members. The ProZ.com site team hopes that access to this software will be of use to those who are looking for a CAT tool now. If you are a ProZ.com paying member and would like to activate the unlimited version of CafeTran Espresso: 1. Download CafeTran Espresso for your operating system at https://www.cafetran.com/ 2. After installation, launch the program and check the "ProZ.com services" box in the Other resources and services panel of the Dashboard. Close out the dashboard to go to the project view. 3. Towards the bottom of the program you will see connection options, including ProZ.com and TM-Town. Click on the tab for ProZ.com. In the login page that appears, sign in to your ProZ.com account. CafeTran will automatically "read" your membership level and activate your unlimited license. 4. And to start using CafeTran, click the navigation burger (i.e. ☰) and then select the option to close the dashboard. CafeTran has a comprehensive knowledgebase, and a great support community. To see tutorials, tips and tricks, and to get help with CafeTran, visit https://www.cafetran.com/#help Jared ▲ Collapse | | | Samuel Murray Netherlands Local time: 21:49 Member (2006) English to Afrikaans + ... And to start using it... | Apr 9, 2020 |
And to start using CafeTran, click the navigation burger (i.e. ☰) and then select the option to close the dashboard. | | | Chié_JP Japan Local time: 04:49 Member (2013) English to Japanese + ...
That is very kind of you but I could not help wondering what a CAT tool has to do with pandemic - someone can even see this as just taking chance to expand a product by using the tragic pandemic for your own benefit. | | | Marisa Cardon Argentina Local time: 16:49 Member (2010) English to Spanish
Chie. I wrote: That is very kind of you but I could not help wondering what a CAT tool has to do with pandemic - someone can even see this as just taking chance to expand a product by using the tragic pandemic for your own benefit. Maybe they are just trying to contribute in any way they can, and helping translators who cannot afford a CAT tool and who are maybe even working as volunteers in the translation of COVID-19 related documents. I myself am working as volunteer and who knows, maybe once this is over, I will add that to my CV. Is that the reason why I am doing it? No, I'm doing it because I care. So, until I am proven wrong, I like to think this is the reason why most people are trying to help nowadays. Of course, you can call me naïve... | |
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Thanks Samuel | Apr 9, 2020 |
Samuel Murray wrote: And to start using CafeTran, click the navigation burger (i.e. ☰) and then select the option to close the dashboard. Attention to detail! Thanks! I'll add that to my original post's instructions. Jared | | | You can't thrill everyone... | Apr 9, 2020 |
Hello Chie. I, Chie. I wrote: That is very kind of you but I could not help wondering what a CAT tool has to do with pandemic - someone can even see this as just taking chance to expand a product by using the tragic pandemic for your own benefit. The intention was not to thrill anyone, though I have received some happy replies to the email I sent out, so it looks like it may be of use to some. I understand the tendency to read sinister intentions into something like this (cue evil corporate laughter and the sound of thunder), but believe it or not, the ProZ.com site team is not thinking along those lines at the moment. The intention is to provide a bit of help those who may be looking for a CAT tool to use now, but who may not have immediate access to one for whatever reason. For example, there may be some who have been mostly practicing interpreting and are now needing to make a sudden shift into translating more, and having easy access to a CAT tool is one less thing to worry about. Likewise with those who are just now getting into translation. The freelancer summit being held yesterday, today, and tomorrow, is being offered in the same spirit, and so on with some other recent changes (see https://go.proz.com/covid for more of that). For those who have no need of these things, good on you! Jared | | |
Chie. I wrote: That is very kind of you but I could not help wondering what a CAT tool has to do with pandemic - someone can even see this as just taking chance to expand a product by using the tragic pandemic for your own benefit. I now feel very stupid for wasting 50 EUR more for buying a Plus membership, mostly to get access to CafeTran (still not used after four months), and now others will get it for free. I know there are other features for a Plus member, but I wasn't also able to download one of the glossaries for my language pair (my native lang. isn't there). So, now I know what (not) to do in December 2020. | | | Balasubramaniam L. India Local time: 01:19 Member (2006) English to Hindi + ... SITE LOCALIZER
I have successfully activated CafeTrans. I am new to this Cat tool. Hopefully it will serve me well with my translation career in the coming days. Stay safe and keep positive in these difficult times. | |
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CafeTran Espresso | Apr 10, 2020 |
Hello, The official CafeTran Espresso knowledge base, which includes articles about Getting Started, can be found at https://cafetran.freshdesk.com/support/solutions Samuel Murray wrote: And to start using CafeTran, click the navigation burger (i.e. ☰) and then select the option to close the dashboard. It is good to point out that some actions (like selecting secondary workflows, enabling multiple document projects, opening the Preferences directly from the Dashboard etc.) can be done via the Dashboard menu button (☰). That said, closing the Dashboard lets you access the main translation interface, but this is only marginally useful if no project is loaded. To wit, if you go to the Project menu > New, CafeTran asks whether you wish to close the current project… and returns to the Dashboard view The Dashboard is the first screen you see when you launch CafeTran. It is a drag and drop enabled interface that lets you organize some translation resources and create a new project or open existing ones. To create a new project from the Dashboard, simply set the source and target language and click the New button or drag and drop the source file onto the Dashboard. For multiple projects, enable the Multiple document project option in the Dashboard menu button (☰) before doing so. The Dashboard interface is further explained here. The main translation interface is further explained here. And an unofficial take (targeted at beginners) on quickly customizing CafeTran's interface to fit your needs (and aesthetics) can be found here.
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I've been thinking lately of renewing my default CAT tool (currently MemoQ, errr, 2013 R2). A newer contender on my computer is Trados 2019 (ufff) for agency reasons. It's been sitting there for many months, but I haven't been motivated enough yet to start learning about it and translating in it. I do make some progress though: I've set new shortcuts to suit my habits... This offer may be an opportunity to try Cafetran while it's on (time and motivation allowing). Therefore t... See more I've been thinking lately of renewing my default CAT tool (currently MemoQ, errr, 2013 R2). A newer contender on my computer is Trados 2019 (ufff) for agency reasons. It's been sitting there for many months, but I haven't been motivated enough yet to start learning about it and translating in it. I do make some progress though: I've set new shortcuts to suit my habits... This offer may be an opportunity to try Cafetran while it's on (time and motivation allowing). Therefore thanks for that. Philippe ▲ Collapse | | |
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Tom in London United Kingdom Local time: 20:49 Member (2008) Italian to English Very good but.... | Apr 10, 2020 |
Very good. But for how long will this free access last? I don't want to start working on some translation projects, using CafeTran, only to discover that the Coronavirus crisis is over and my free access has been terminated!
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I’m being bombarded with emails from my bank and my utility providers and my supermarket and my pension provider and every business under the sun telling me all the wonderful things they’re kindly doing to help me through the pandemic. Clearly some of these things do help some customers, but it doesn’t seem overly cynical to conclude that for the most part they’re actually doing these things to help their own business through the crisis. ProZ is now doing the same, and why n... See more I’m being bombarded with emails from my bank and my utility providers and my supermarket and my pension provider and every business under the sun telling me all the wonderful things they’re kindly doing to help me through the pandemic. Clearly some of these things do help some customers, but it doesn’t seem overly cynical to conclude that for the most part they’re actually doing these things to help their own business through the crisis. ProZ is now doing the same, and why not, with discounted membership and temporary free access to a CAT tool. The very nature of these offers makes it clear that they are primarily business decisions. (For example, there are free CAT tools out there already, so why not steer members in that direction? The Cafetrans deal is clearly designed to get people hooked for when payments kick in. And who ever needed temporary access to a CAT tool anyway?!) Sure, some will benefit from this, and there is nothing wrong these offers as a business decision, but it is a bit of a stretch to portray the motives as purely altruistic rather than commercial. If ProZ really wants something to shout about, how about doing something that won’t primarily benefit the business, something truly charitable, like making cash payments to members with no work?
[Edited at 2020-04-10 09:14 GMT] ▲ Collapse | | | Inna Iryskina Ukraine Local time: 22:49 Russian to Ukrainian + ... If logged in already... | Apr 10, 2020 |
Thank you for this great possibility! But if I have already connected my CafeTran to ProZ some time before, what should I do now to enable the unlimited version? | | | Pages in topic: [1 2 3 4 5] > | To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator: You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request » CafeTran is available to all ProZ.com paying members during Covid-19 pandemic CafeTran Espresso | You've never met a CAT tool this clever!
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