Forum: XTM Cloud support
Topic: What is your opinion on XTM Cloud CAT tool?
Poster: Ricki Farn
Post title: The best thing about XTM...
...is that it permits you to download an XLIFF file to work on in an offline CAT tool. AFAIK, this feature is just there for anyone to use, whereas Smartling also has this feature but only as a marketing claim, they lock it so translators can't use it, and when you ask them about it they say that their UI is better so they won't let you access the export feature.
That said, XTM also appears to to offer a TM download along with the XLIFF download, but that doesn't really work, it only exports a few high matches, not the entire TM, so you can't use the concordance in your offline CAT, and still have to use the rudimentary concordance on XTM (which doesn't find much).
I think it's best to stay away from all online CATs for another several years until they have got their translator UI up to decent standards.
Topic: What is your opinion on XTM Cloud CAT tool?
Poster: Ricki Farn
Post title: The best thing about XTM...
...is that it permits you to download an XLIFF file to work on in an offline CAT tool. AFAIK, this feature is just there for anyone to use, whereas Smartling also has this feature but only as a marketing claim, they lock it so translators can't use it, and when you ask them about it they say that their UI is better so they won't let you access the export feature.
That said, XTM also appears to to offer a TM download along with the XLIFF download, but that doesn't really work, it only exports a few high matches, not the entire TM, so you can't use the concordance in your offline CAT, and still have to use the rudimentary concordance on XTM (which doesn't find much).
I think it's best to stay away from all online CATs for another several years until they have got their translator UI up to decent standards.