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Software Localization Tools

This document summarizes various software localization tools, translation suites, content management systems, and miscellaneous tools. The localization tools allow extracting and editing translatable text from files like EXE/DLL, RC, and .NET for Windows applications. Translation suites provide integrated environments for translation projects, often using Microsoft Word. Content management systems help manage multilingual web content and documents. Miscellaneous tools include open source tools for tasks like terminology management and file format conversion.

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Software Localization Tools

This document summarizes various software localization tools, translation suites, content management systems, and miscellaneous tools. The localization tools allow extracting and editing translatable text from files like EXE/DLL, RC, and .NET for Windows applications. Translation suites provide integrated environments for translation projects, often using Microsoft Word. Content management systems help manage multilingual web content and documents. Miscellaneous tools include open source tools for tasks like terminology management and file format conversion.

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Software Localization Tools

appTranslator (http://www.apptranslator.com)
A localization tool for Windows EXE/DLL files.
By: appTranslator (Belgium); Platform: Windows;

Catalyst (www.alchemysoftware.ie)
A localization tool for Windows EXE/DLL, RC, MFC, Visual Basic, .NET, Java,
XML, etc.
By: Alchemy Software (Ireland); Platform: Windows; XLIFF support;

Language Studio (ls.atia.com)


A localization tool for Windows RC, MFC, Visual Basic, MS Visual Studio projects
(DSW, DSP and VBG, VBP files), InstalShield files, .NET, etc.
By: Atia (Bulgaria); Platform: Windows;

Multilizer (www.multilizer.com)
A localization tool for Windows (EXE/DLL), RC, .NET, ResX, Visual Basic, Delphi,
Java, XML, databases, Palm, Symbian, etc.
By: Multilizer Inc. (Finland); Platform: Windows; XLIFF support;

Localizer (www.lingobit.com)
A localization tool for Windows EXE/DLL, RC, MFC, Visual Basic, etc.
By: Lingobit (Russia); Platform: Windows;

Passolo (www.passolo.com)
A localization tool for Windows EXE/DLL, RC, MFC, Visual Basic, .NET, Java,
XML, etc.
By: Pass Engineering (Germany); Platform: Windows; XLIFF support;

PowerGlot (www.powerglot.com)
A localization tool for Macintosh applications.
By: Florent Pillet (France); Platform: Macintosh;

RapidTranslation (www.rapidtranslation.net)
Localization tools to work directly on compiled application. It includes workflow,
editor, and other components. The "Tiny" edition can be downloaded freely.
By: RapidSolution Software (Germany); Platform: Windows;

RC-WinTrans (www.schaudin.com)
A localization tool for Windows EXE/DLL, RC, MFC, Visual Basic, .NET, Java, etc.
By: Schaudin.com (Germany); Platform: Windows;

ResxEditor (http://www.peoplewords.com/download/ResxEditor.aspx)
Editor for .NET ResX files.
By: PeopleWords (France); Platform: .NET v2.0;

SDLInsight (www.sdl.com)
A localization tool for Windows EXE/DLL, .NET, etc.
By: SDL International (UK); Platform: Windows;
Sisulizer (www.sisulizer.com)
A localization tools for C++, Windows application, VB, XML, Java, PO, etc.
By: Sisulizer Ltd (Finland); Platform: Windows; XLIFF and TMX support.

StringDB (http://www.swbox.com)
A tool and component to extract strings and create multilingual UI for .NET
applications.
By: SWBOX (UK); Platform: Windows, etc.

Visual Localize (www.visloc.com)


A localization tool for Windows EXE/DLL, .NET Binary, Access DB, XML, etc.
By: Applied Information Technology (Germany); Platform: Windows;

Translation Suites

across (www.across.net)
Set of translation tools.
By: Nero AG (Germany); Platform: Windows;

Déjà-Vu (www.atril.com)
Set of tools for translation projects.
By: Atril (Spain); Platform: Windows;

MemoQ (www.kilgray.com)
Integrated translation environment for mostly document-type formats.
By: Kilgray (Hungary); Platform: .NET

MetaTexis (www.metatexis.com)
Translation workbench, using Word for the main editor.
By: Herman Bruns (Germany); Platform: Windows;

MultiTrans (www.multicorpora.ca)
Translation workbench using with full-text corpus technology, an approach
different from "traditional" translation memory. Integrated in Word.
By: MultiCorpa (Canada); Platform: Windows;

OmegaT (www.omegat.org)
An open-source project for a translation editor supporting various file type and
TMX.
By: Keith Godfrey and the OmegaT SourceForge.net team; Platform: Java;

SDLX (www.sdl.com)
Set of tools for translation projects.
By: SDL International (UK); Platform: Windows;

Transit (www.star-transit.com)
Set of tools for translation projects.
By: Star Language Technology & Solutions (Switzerland); Platform: Windows;

Translator's Workbench (www.trados.com)


Translation workbench, using Word for the main editor.
By: Trados (Germany); Platform: Windows;

Wordfast (www.wordfast.net)
Translation workbench, using Word for the main editor.
By: Champollion and Partners (France); Platform: Windows and Macintosh;

Heartsome Translation Suite (www.heartsome.net)


A software bundle of three professional translation editing tools: XLIFF
Translation Editor, TMX Editor and Dictionary (TBX) Editor.
By: Heartsome (Singapore); Platform: Java;

Content Management Systems

WorldServer (www.idiominc.com)
Same kind of product as GlobalSight Ambassador, but the product information is
not easily accessible.
By: Idiom (USA); Server platform: Unix, Linux, Windows (NT, 2K, XP); J2EE
application;

Ambassador (www.globalsight.com)
Globalization content management for Web sites and other types of document
repositories.
By: GlobalSight; Server platform: Solaris, Windows 2K, HP-UX, Linux;

Heartsome Content Manager (www.heartsome.net)


Content repository in the form of a XML content management Web service.
Supports a multi-lingual XML-based search engine.
By: Heartsome (Singapore); Platform: multiple;

AuthorIT (www.author-it.com)
The Language Manager module of the AuthorIT allows you to interface between
AuthorIt repository and the translators.
By: AuthorIT (New Zealand); Platform: Windows;

Miscellaneous

ENLASO Localization Tools (www.translate.com)


A set of tools providing various functionalities useful during localization
projects: text extraction, encoding conversion, XLIFF and TMX utilities, and
much more.
By ENLASO Corporation (USA); Platform: Windows; Note: These tools are now
being ported to the Okapi Framework.

ErrorSpy (http://www.dog-gmbh.de/)
A quality assurance software to assist the work of the translation reviser.
By DOG GmbH (Germany); Platform: Windows.
G11NToolKit (g11ntoolkit.sourceforge.net)
An open-source set of globalization tools.
Platform: Java.

GlobalConvert (www.linguanet.de)
A "pivot" tool to read and write various file format (TMX, CSV, Trados TXT,
Excel, MultiTerm, and many more).
By: LinguaNet (Germany); Platform: Windows;

Okapi Framework (okapi.sourceforge.net)


An open-source framework providing interface specifications as well as
components and applications
By: Okapi Framework team; Platform: .NET;

Project/Translation (www.project-open.com)
An open-source based Translation Project Management system. It is Web-based
and features functionalities to manage customers, projects, providers, finance
etc.
By: Project/Open (Spain); Platform: Web client.

Quintilian (www.terminologymatters.com)
A tool to search/compare terminology in RTF segmented files.
By Terminology Matters; Platform: Windows (MS Office);

Tramigo (www.avral.com)
A localization tool for Flash MX compiled files (SWF).
By: Avral (New-Zealand); Platform: Windows;

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