Presentation for TriKonf Translation Conference 2015. There is life beyond commercial, locked CAT tools, and it is made possible by a free, open-source, cross-platform, industry standard compliant and very lightweight software. For more than 12 years a bunch of developers have been building OmegaT, the no. 1 alternative to commercial CAT tools. In this session you will be introduced to a different approach to computer-aided translation, and you will learn how to get started, from the installation steps to the usage of basic features, including fuzzy matching, translation memory, glossaries, dictionaries, and QA.

1. OmegaT
A free and open-source
approach to translation
Sergio Alasia, Qabiria
TriKonf Translation Conference – Freiburg – October 11th, 2015

3. Qabiria was established…

4. February
2008

5. and offers...

6. consulting

7. training

8. translation

9. and believes in...

10. improving
the productivity
creative use of
technology.
of language service providers by making

11. Henry Ford
1909

12. Credit:
David Jenkins

15. Have
you
become
CAT
food?

16. Why should I care?
Interoperability?

17. In 2004, the EC found that Microsoft
had abused its market power by
deliberately restricting
interoperability between Windows
servers and non-Microsoft servers.
By doing so, Microsoft
was able to protect its
dominant market
position.

19. History and diffusion

20. 13
30+
33
2 200
650 000
years of development
file types supported
languages (interface)
community members
total downloads

21. Downloads by country
Source: Sourceforge.net
(Excluding Java WebStart)

22. Based on

23. completely
open source

24. completely
open source
Publicly available
Peer reviewed
Free to use,
modify, and
distribute

25. cross-platform
Windows, Mac, Linux

26. extendable
through
plugins and scripts

27. Assisted translation features

28. Translation memory
Fuzzy matching
Autopropagation
Context and concordance search
Glossaries and dictionaries
Integrated machine translation

29. File filters

31. File
filters

32. Filter
options

34. Okapi Framework

35. Okapi Framework
Cross-platform, free, and
open-source set of
components and applications
that offer extensive support for
localizing and translating
documentation and software.

36. Okapi Framework
Filters Plugin for OmegaT to add
support for additional file formats
Rainbow launches various utilities related
to translation and localization tasks
Olifant for translation memory
management
CheckMate performs various quality
checks on bilingual translation files

37. Quality assurance

38. Integrated spell checker
LanguageTool
Tag validation
QA scripts

39. Advanced features

40. Collaborative translation
Project Manager
(Translator 1)
SVN or Git server
Translator 2 Translator 3
TM and glossary
Original text

41. More complete
search function
Search project files (source, target,
TMX, glossaries).
Search in chosen folder with
reference material, including PDFs.

42. Glossary auto-complete
Tokenizer and LanguageTool included in
installers
Tokenizer for glossary and dictionary
Improved usability

43. Compatibility

44. TMX memories
TBX and TXT glossaries
XLIFF and PO support
SRX segmentation standard not 100%
supported
Open standards

45. Compatibility with
other systems’
proprietary formats
is not guaranteed.
Warning!

46. Getting started

48. Interface

51. Support and troubleshooting

52. April
2012

53. SourceForge support (bug reports,
feature requests, documentation edits)
Community help atYahoo! Group
Support

54. 0. Identify the problem
1. Press F1 and search the online help
2. Read the PDF and/or printed documentation
3. Search the support section, FAQs, and Knowledge Base
4. Search any official support forums
5. Search any unofficial forums
6. Perform a general Google search
7. Leave a message in a public forum, or ask an expert
The 8-step rule

55. How to contribute

56. Donation
Help with localization
Spread the word
Test beta versions
Give feedback
Report bugs
Request new features
Write documentation
Become a developer

57. Thank you!

58. Sergio Alasia: salasia@qabiria.com
Twitter: @TaxiQab
Web: www.qabiria.com
Free Alternative
Any questions?

59. Home page:
www.omegat.org
Yahoo! Group:
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/OmegaT
ProZ support forum:
www.proz.com/forum/omegat_support-586.html
Useful references