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Translation, Localization, Globalization, Internationalization Tools

A list of tools to assist translators and localization managers, with hyperlinks to product websites.

Lista de herramientas para asistir a traductores y encargados de localización, con enlaces a las páginas web de cada producto.
(Translation courtesy of DiaLOC.)

Updated 2021-08-17

Tool

Company

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Translation Office 3000

Advanced International Translations (AIT)

Translation, Quality Assurance and Project Managment Tools

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Acrolinx

Acrolinx

Quality assurance for technical documentation

Catalyst

Alchemy Software Development

Large suite of visual localization tools

AnyCount

AnyCount

Word, character, line, and page counts for common file formats

Wordfast

Champollion

Freeware Translator's Toolboox for Microsoft or Mac
character and format conversions, statistics, password recovery, text alignment, terminology extraction, html tagging

Okapi Framework

Okapi

Comprehensive freeware, open-source toolbox; interface specifications, format definitions, components and apps for localization.

GIA

Globalization Image Assistant (GIA)

Rapid analysis, classification, reporting and QA of images

GlobalSight

GlobalSight

Open-source Globalization Management System (GMS)

gettext

GNU

Framework to produce multi-lingual messages for GNU packages

ICU

ICU - International Components for Unicode

Open Source Library supporting Unicode and Internationalization

KDE

K Desktop Environment

KDE Localization Tools
Free, Opensource software for Linux, Unix

LANGBOX

LangBox International

Internationalization of C programs

Globalyzer

Lingoport

Scans source code and reports internationalization errors

Multilizer

Multilizer

Tools for project management, software engineering, and translation

OmegaT

OmegaT

Free,Open Source Translation Memory application

Attesoro

Ostermiller.org

Free, open source, translation editor for Java programs

Passolo

RWS

A comprehensive, feature-filled localization tool. Supports many development environments

Project/Translation

Project/Open

Open-source, web-based,translation workflow and project management for Windows and Linux systems. Includes financial and online-community tools.

Ecco

PrimaTrans Software

Translator's Workstation: Translation Memory+Terminology Management

RC-WinTrans

Schaudin.com

Windows and .Net Localization, XML, Java, JSON. Translation Memory, and Machine Translation interfaces.

SC UniPad

Sharmahd Computing

Unicode text Editor

SIL Language Technology

SIL International

Keyman, LinguaLinks, Fonts, Parsers, Converters
& many other language analysis and processing tools

MAXit Checker

SMART Communications Inc.

Controlled English and Language Checking, SMART Text Miner, Lexicon Manager

REVERSO

Reverso

Automated (machine) Translation, file translation, dictionaries

Cats Cradle

Stormdance

Freeware Web page editor for translators, from a vendor of web design tools

Total Assistant

Surefire Software

Counts words & characters in Word Docs, PDF, HTML, PowerPoint & other formats

TermWiki™

CSOFT International

Open source collaborative terminology database. Search, create, translate and share glossaries by industry & subject. Apps can access programmatically

Virtaal

Translate House

A feature rich translation tool

Pootle

Github

Pootle is an open-source online translation and localization tool

NeuroTran

Translation Experts

Machine Translation Tools: NeuroTran, WordTran, PocketTran, PalmTran, MobileTran, InterTran

Validator

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

validates web pages for conformance to HTML specifications

CheckLink

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Validates links on web pages

WAI Accessibility Tools

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Evaluation, Repair, and Transformation Tools for Web Content Accessibility
W3C list of tools!

Computer Aided Translation (CAT)

Translators and localizers use tools for globalization of software, known as Computer Aided Translation or Computer Assisted Translation or CAT. This software comes in a number of categories:

  • Automated Translation
  • Globalization Management Systems (GMS), Content Management Systems (CMS), and Source Control
  • Terminology Management (glossary management)
  • Translation Memory (with fuzzy matching)
  • Language Checking (controlled language support)
  • DTP (Desktop Publishing) Localization
  • Software Localization
  • Web Localization
  • Workflow Tools

Tools For Software Developers

  • Internationalization (i18n) Libraries
  • Internationalization (i18n) Code (Source) Checkers
  • QA (Quality Assurance) Tools

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