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Running Wordfast on CrossOver Office
In this author's experience, Wordfast strikes a good balance between power, name recognition, and affordability. While Wordfast costs considerably less than Trados and SDLX (the purchase price includes three years of unlimited upgrades), it also has features such as support for tagged files and customizable glossaries, is quite “light” to download and run (500K zip file), and has an excellent online user support community, including direct e-mail support from Wordfast's developer, Yves Champollion. In addition, again, in my personal experience, a growing number of clients recognize Wordfast's name, and thus are more inclined to believe that Trados users and Wordfast users can collaborate on a project. If you're already running Linux and would like
to run Wordfast, your first step is to purchase
CrossOver Office (http://www.codeweavers.com
standard version US$39.95) , a great little program
that “brings Windows to Linux” by allowing you to
run many Windows apps on Linux (legally) with no
Windows license. Once CrossOver is installed, a
very easy process, you can install Microsoft Word/Office,
and then Wordfast. Once MSWord is installed, installing
Wordfast follows the same procedure as if the program
is running on Windows or Mac. Depending on your
cost for MSOffice and the currency in which you
operate, this could result in a TM system for under
$500 including the cost of MSOffice. Running Wordfast
on Linux requires some tweaking, and an understanding
of where CrossOver Office stores those mysterious
Windows files including your Wordfast template.
If you'd like to know more, I've set up some basic
information at: http://www.translatewrite.com/wflinux.html
where you will find an introduction, FAQ, and list
of tips for specific functions.
This article may
be freely reproduced or redistributed
for non-commercial use with attribution to the author Copyright 2005 by Corinne McKay
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