[Freecats-Dev] Re: TM migration

[Dave Simons]

> In fact a translation agency does not care which CAT program you use,
> provided it is interoperable with Trados

Ah, if only...
The problem is it's a bit like persuading a customer to take .rtf instead 
of .doc. Some just say "nope".
And as Henri or I will tell you, .tmx and Trados or Wordfast (we never did 
get to decide which was to blame) appear to have interpretation differences 
when it comes to .tmx.

> If this is the case, there is no problem. Otherwise translators would be
> forced to use Trados and no other CAT program.

Indeed. I just don't work for that kind of agency but others' livelihoods 
might depend on it.

> Moreover, I think Julien successfully imported a Trados-based TM into
> WordFast, which means WordFast can export its own TMs into a Trados
> compatible format, which also means, we can ask them how we should proceed
> to get such an intermediate format in-between Trados and FreeCats.

I've never had any trouble importing Trados memories directly into 
Wordfast, but I think exports are limited to .tmx (unless that's changed in 
the most recent version).

Dave