Smartling

Avantages

I was able to translate thanks to this software, or rather to work with a company on the other side of the world, with their instructions. It was fun. Interactive. Smooth to use.

Inconvénients

nothing to say, it was great experience of work

Avantages

Smartling is really easy to use, even the first time I was working with it I did find all the options needed without spending hours to find out where all the buttons were. You can easily adjust your settings and preferences. Everything you need is there and easy to find.

Inconvénients

The MT is not really accurate and the price is quite high.

Avantages

The platform is easy to navigate and has a user-friendly interface. We were able to upload our content and manage translations without any issues. Smartling offers a variety of translation services, and the ones we used were machine translation and human translation. This allowed us to choose the option that best suited our needs and budget. I liked some of the features like smart match or the glossary which enabled us to have a brand identity that helped in adjusting the translated content to fit our own narrative.

Inconvénients

The machine translation offered by Smartling was not always accurate and required a lot of manual editing. This increased the time and effort required to complete the project. The pricing structure of translation services was not always transparent, and we ended up paying a very expensive bill, especially with the GDN function for our website.

Avantages

Smartling makes it very easy for companies to translate their website and manage multilingual updates to their content. It requires very little maintenance after setup for the client, and is simple and straightforward on the translator's side as well.

Inconvénients

Smartling doesn't require the use of some of the features that make it so powerful, such as visual context. For one of our clients, we are translating their website, and despite our best efforts, they will not share the visual context with us. Apart from the live updates, this is one of the most powerful features of the platform, and allows the translators to provide the best possible translation. Context matters, but is sadly not required.

Avantages

I like that we're able to upload all of our content with ease and pull the strings we need to authorize for translation. Overall ease of use.

Inconvénients

We wish it was less expensive. The price is pretty hefty and I know we'd prefer if it wasn't so high.

Avantages

Smartling has some great integration features for mobile app developers for very large organizations, but its cost-prohibitive and definitely not a "value".

Inconvénients

The translation editor is worst-in-class. Literally every other translation editor I have used (and I have used a lot of them) works more quickly, more efficiently, and with a simpler user interface than Smartling's. It requires sales/customer service people just to set up and the limitations show that they don't really care about the translation part. They only care about integrating with the apps and selling monthly software contracts.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à Smartling

Avantages

Smartling is quite easy to use, not very difficult to master.

Inconvénients

Very few advanced features, too slow to my liking...

Avantages

This software is relatively easy to use and don't require much training to get used to it.

Inconvénients

Their translation quality is actually really poor. Companies often make a mistake by thinking this is a localization tool but that's not the case. This tool is purely meant to translate your content and sometimes it's a purely literal translation from word a-to-z.

Avantages

The product compares to other CAT-tools and offers the possibility to see original language and goal language one next to the other. Keyborad shortcuts available

Inconvénients

Too many features and less intuitive than other products.

Avantages

It is easy to use. I was assigned this year a project via Smartling platform and even without experience at that tie I could learn how to use it in a couple of minutes.

Inconvénients

I was not able to see how the text I was translating would look like in the final document, I needed to send screenshots to the client in case of doubts.

Avantages

Positiv ist, dass es in einem Browser läuft und nur selten Aussetzer hat. Allerdings braucht man eine Internetverbindung und kann nie offline arbeiten.

Inconvénients

- Schlechte Segmentierung (oft Segmente mit > 600 Wörtern statt nach Einzelsätzen)- Nichterkennung bereits vorhandener 100%-Matches (Zeitverlust/mehrfache Kosten)- Benutzerfreundlichkeit beim Umgang mit Tags- Oft nicht funktionierende Vorschau der zu übersetzenden Texte für Kontext etc., insbesondere auch bei Teilaktualisierungen von Texten sehr problematisch- Schwieriges Einheitlichhalten des TM-Inhalts- Nur sehr langsame Terminologieänderungen im TM möglich (kaum tragbar)

Avantages

It's easy to use, it offers room for contact and questions, has a great AI and good quality translation matches

Inconvénients

I like every feature of this platform that I use daily

Avantages

First of all, I have only used Smartling for a handful of projects at the request of a couple of clients.
The software is extremely intuitive and easy to use, so if you are an absolute beginner Smartling might be a good starting point, rather than full-blown CAT tools such as SDL Trados or MemoQ.
Even though it is still a bit rudimentary at the moment, new features are constantly being added. The developers are in touch with translators and keep in touch through a newsletter.

Inconvénients

I find Smartling lacking important features for a professional translator, so you might want to wait until new features are added. For instance, the first time I used it didn't highlight spelling mistakes, but this functionality has now been added (among others, such as a multi-string editor).
The tag-handling functionality has also been improved.

Avantages

Speed ​​and ease of use, in addition to its unique feature, which is to download the entire content

Inconvénients

I did not find any downsides other than the high price, but compared to the results obtained, the price is considered almost suitable

Avantages

it works most of the time. Sometimes it doesn't and then it's hard to get any support at all.

Inconvénients

Smartling does not support this product as it should.