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OmegaT. Open Source CAT Tool. Patrícia Azeredo Ivone Ferreira IT for Translation 2009/2010. What is OmegaT?. CAT tool written in Java programming language Open source software Designed for professional translators http://www.omegat.org/en/omegat.html. System Requirements.
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OmegaT Open Source CAT Tool Patrícia Azeredo Ivone Ferreira IT for Translation 2009/2010
What is OmegaT? • CAT tool written in Java programming language • Open source software • Designed for professional translators • http://www.omegat.org/en/omegat.html
System Requirements • Any system with JRE (Java Runtime Environment) – included in OmegaT • Runs with Windows (98 onwards), Mac OS X and Linux
Supported Files • Word, Powerpoint, Excel - after conversion into OpenOffice documents [http://pt.openoffice.org/] • OpenDocument (ODF), OpenOffice • Plain Text, HTML, XHTML, XLIFF • Microsoft Office 2007 XML, etc.
Features • Fuzzy matching • Simultaneous processing of multi-file projects • Allows different file formats in one project • Simultaneous use of several TMs
Features • External glossaries • Tag validation • Compatible with TM applications (TMX) • Segmenting in sentences or paragraphs
“Flaws” • No alignment function • No project analysis (no word count)
http://www.omegat.org/ • http://leuce.com/tempfile/omegat_intro.swf • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waW8nXGyUBU