Smartcat Bewertungen

"Solid CAT tool for small teams"

Kommentare: We occasionally use Smartcat to work on game localization projects in a team with other translators and it has never failed us. Solid solution and you can't beat the price because it's free to use.

Vorteile: A free robust CAT-tool makes it extremely attractive for translators, small teams and localization specialists.

Nachteile: Navigation within the many dashboard could be improved. Seems like they're trying to be everything at the same time: a CAT tool, project management software and a marketplace for freelancers and it makes it a bit overwhelming.

"Smartcat, an excellent tool for freelance translators"

Kommentare: In general, Smartcat is a wonderful tool with a great MT/TM motor that allows for rapid translations in all kinds of fields. The best features are the AI behind the segmentation and the fact you can import .xliff files an translation memories. I can use this tool for direct clients or clients through Smartcat without the use for any other translation software, and the price is great. The QA check needs to be improved.

Vorteile: I love it when I receive translation jobs from clients (translation agencies) and I don't have to o any configuring or preparing. I can just start translating. Also, when I receive documents that need to be translated, they can easily be converted into a translation file and at the end you can just download the completed translation in the same original file format. Finally, it has been a huge support for me that Smartcat accepts .xliff files and translation memories from SDL Trados.

Nachteile: The QA is one of the least developed features of Smartcat. You can only review each segment at a time (for as far as I know) and when you indicate you want to ignore an error, the software does not apply it automatically to each of the same issues. It therefore takes a lot of time to do the QA. Also, it would be great if you could receive -xliff files, complete them and then export them to the original .docx, .xlsx, etc. Finally, it would be great if the PDF converter becomes more powerful. In this case it is still difficult to upload PDF files with a lot of images.

"Still lacking very important features and formats"

Kommentare: The tool seems to be developing more as a marketplace for freelance translators that a decent CAT-tool. And that's a pity.

Vorteile: Convenient shortkeys. Available in Russian - important for the clients. Pretty easy to find freelancers to bulid a translation team.

Nachteile: Still does not support TXML files. Still has no option to glue files together. Still shows no progress in words - the progress line is not informative. Still does not work on mobile devices and tablets. Translation workspace window in inconvenient. Has no autotyping and autoinsert for the terms found in glossary - a huge minus, slows down the work.

"User-friendly software"

Kommentare: I've been working with Smartcat since more than 3 years and I keep using it as my preferred software for translations as it's user-friendly, as lot of features which are very helpful on my job.

Vorteile: This software is very easy to use and has lot of features which are really helpful in my job. I think this it the best software for translatios at all!

Nachteile: In 3 years I did not have any problem with this software. The only problem is that sometimes I cannot upload very heavy files.

"Scope of upgradation"

Kommentare: Hi, Thanks and congratulation for making SmartCat very useful CAT tool. I use Smart Cat from the beginning and very much satisfied compare to Trados, MemoQ, Wordfast and some other online CAT tools. Previously I had informed about some bugs in this Cat tool for working with xliff file for compatibility with Trados.
And thank you very much Team to solve those issues. Now It works fine. I am mainly Bengli/Hindi Translator, working with all Indian languages. Working in this industry for 17+ years. I am requesting you if possible solve following 2 points only. 1. SmartCat allows to export bilingual file but working with this it is not uploaded/updated. In other Cat tools like Trados and MemoQ I can export bilingual word file and can work or edit offline and after that it easily upload/update. For this facility one can work offline in a exported word file. Also for this facility translation done on CAT tool can be reviewed by other translator who do not CAT tool. After reviewing the file Translator can update. 2. Proofreading very much important part for translation and some times client want proofread files along with changes marking, i.e track change mode. Where Reviewer's changes are shown on that file. This facility can be done with Trados in Review by active Track change mode. This is very important facility in trados for Proofreading. If you can add above two facilities Smart Cat will be a complete number one CAT tool. Feel free to write me if any support require.

Vorteile: Showing text normal size, does not show small or big as shown in original document compare to Trados.
Very simple tag management

Nachteile: Unable to update the translation after working on SmartCAT exported doc file.

"Best cloud based CAT tool for translation"

Kommentare: I prefer to use SmartCat and choose to use other CAT Tool software only when the client requires me to work on SDL Trados or MemoQ. It also supports Xliff projects and easy to use.

Vorteile: 1. Itis could based so no need to take you files with you. Just login and start your work.
2. It uploades almost all kinds of document format and give good export options
3. Machine Translation assistant, QA checking System, Translation Memory and Glossary are vice easy to use, handly and very easy to import and export.

Nachteile: It does not have support for Punjabi.western language and we need to manually adjust the right-to-left context direction for tables, Phone numbers, coding strings etc after exporting the target file.

"Amazing free tool"

Kommentare: It's perfect for my needs and the volume of translations I do. I know it's not perfect but I like it and I keep mentioning it to all the translators I know and the agencies I work with. I like the fact that clients can pay through it, so I don 't have to chase invoice payments.

Vorteile: It's free and it's heaven for those who cannot afford the expensive cost for the licence of other CAT tools. Moreover, it's compatible with 99% of file formats and that means I can accept jobs from many translation agencies. Every time I needed help the support team was there for me and was quick in replaying.

Nachteile: They have two servers (Europe and USA) and if you are logged on one, you don't get notification about chat messages received on the other. Sometimes you lose connection to the server too often. They used to send you SMS notifications, which was a great feature, but then they had issues back in December 2018 and never fixed them. I got the feeling that they have stopped developing the software and become less tech guys and more salesmen. I hope they will fix the tech issues with SMS notifications.

"SmartCAT review"

Kommentare: Overall, a nice working tool helping with daily translation tasks

Vorteile: Ease of use
Availability on multiple devices
Multiple file formats

Nachteile: Few free AI translation engines
Sometimes formatting glitches
Experienced a few unscheduled downtimes

"I recommend"

Kommentare: Smartcat is the main CAT tool i use in my translation work. I've tried out different softwares and none of them were as complex, but easy to use.

Vorteile: The complex package of services offered
The simple, but efficient workspace
The intuitive design
That it is a cloud based app

Nachteile: I can't say i didn't like something about Smartcat

"Great Companion!"

Vorteile: Easy to use. Convenient user interface. Cloud based. Free to use.

Nachteile: Personal dictionary doesn't work properly. When you add a word to the dictionary it just ignores for the segment not for the rest of the document and in the future with another project it does not recognize the word either.

"A freelancer's must-have!"

Vorteile: The thing I like best about SmartCAT is that I can accomplish everything in one place in CLOUD and FOR FREE there! I'm a very early user of SmartCAT and stick to it ever since my first trial. It's a highly integrated platform that I can set my profile, get contact from clients, accept tasks, do translation, submit translation and get paid all on there. The experience is very intuitive and smooth. Basically anyone who have ever used any CAT tool would master it without problem. SmartCAT also has a large translator and PM pool. I have formed good relationships with many translators and PMs there with whom I have collaborated. It has made my life as a freelancer so easy and I'm really grateful to it.

Nachteile: I don't have major pain points about this software, but of course there are places for improvement. For example, it would be great if it could provide a calendar feature for translators so that it could send out-of-office replays to project invitations automatically during the translator is away on vacation. Currently I have to send chat messages to clients manually before I leave for vacations and that's kind of inconvenient.

"It's not always as friendly as can be"

Kommentare: I used it a few times in the last couple of years but no significant volume of work did come from there. Recently, one of my regular clients changed to Smartcat and I started having work there on a daily basis. Generally, it's a good experience as it's easy to use and we can get a job done very quickly.

Vorteile: It's easy to use, payments come promptly and takes the burden out of contacting non paying clients with all the problems that come from it. We can see all our payments and jobs done easily and we know when the money will arrive. Also the translation interface is easy to use, with concordance search and TM lookup tools, as well as segment by segment verification which allows for immediate action on possible errors

Nachteile: It would be useful that machine translation could be available, but it depends on project managers and on the way they create the projects. I've seen it working with MT, which is really useful, not because it will be used directly in the translation but simply because it's like having a dictionary in front of your eyes when we just try to remember a specific word. It's like having the cake's recipe, or cooking without it. I guess PMs want to prevent it's abusive use, but for conscious translator it's very practical.

"A good CAT-tool, that could be performed"

Kommentare: I have started to use Smartcat after one of my customers request.
Luckily I discovered soon, that I had the possibility to download the .xliff file to work on my personal CAT-tools with my TM and glossaries I created during the last 10 years. I had issues in uploading my TM on the server and I couldn't find out how to download them once updated. That's why I prefer to use it just as a support and not to directly work on it. But I still find that it offers great possibilities, especially to those who cannot or don't want to purchase a CAT-tool like Trados.

Vorteile: I like the fact to have a online CAT-tool, that doesn't need to be installed on my computer, allowing me to spare the hard disk space. And in the meantime I really appreciate the possibility to download the .xliff file to work on it with Trados, being able to use my TM and glossaries.
I also like to have the possibility to show my profile to other potential customers and to have the chance to get some more other projects through the platform.

Nachteile: I think that there are some features that should be left to the translator and not only to the project manager, like the fact of being able to lock or unlock the auto-propagation. It's a waste of time to have to ask for it every time it's needed, when it could be done by the translator itself if he had a button to lock/unlock it.
Even the TM management is really complicated for a translator, as we don't have all the permissions to work on/download/update them.
I also think that the amount needed to get a bank transfer without fees should be decreased. It would also be interesting to propose other payments methods, like TransferWise.

"Almost a perfect software"

Kommentare: I have worked on more than five CAT tools, including MemoQ, Trados, MateCate, Memsource, google translator toolkit, etc, and I've never been satisfied until I tested SmartCat.
I've been using SmartCat for more than two years and I am satisfied with the experience, but I hope that SmartCat handles the features I mentioned in the "Cons" section, especially the Auto-complete feature, which I would pay for it if it was available.

Vorteile: Completely free
project management
CAT tools support
Receiving Payments
Requesting payments for non-SmartCat projects
Receiving job projects

Nachteile: The look-up feature is not working probably
No auto-complete feature like other Cat tools (ex: Memsource).

"Smartcat"

Kommentare: All my translation projects are done with smartcat

Vorteile: This Is a valuable software for translation Easy to understand use and share with others I love it and use it for all my translation projects

Nachteile: Sometimos it does not recognize fragments por sentences previously translated and you have to do them again

"Excellent CAT Tool for everyday use"

Kommentare: I use smartcat on a daily basis. It's an excellent platform, that is free, powerful and allows you to manage your invoicing even for external clients.

Vorteile: I love how smartcat is not only a powerful CAT tool, but much much more than that: a market place, has it's own invoicing system,..

Nachteile: Some few glitches but they're always working to fix them. The few times I had some issues, I have been contacted by support and it was fixed extreemly fast.

"Smartcat is great for teaching Computer Assisted Translation "

Kommentare: Overall, I am satisfied with this product and I will continue to use it and to recommend it to my students for their Translation Projects and other tasks.

Vorteile: My comments might be a lit bit atypical as I use Smartcat primarily as a pedagogical tool. I teach Japanese to undergraduate students and theory of translation to postgraduate students (with a number of different language pairs and combinations). Smartcat enables the student (or learner) to create a profile (for employability purposes) and to grasp essential principles of working with a CAT tool in a relatively short time. Based on my own experience, my observations of students using Smarcat as well as students' feedback, I can say that the main advantages of this software are: well-structured and intuitive process of creating a project, easy to operate Editor view (with a customizable layout) and revisions record. What is also worth mentioning is the ease of access to the glossary (including adding new terms) and the fact that the glossary can be easily exported for further processing. The software worked relatively well with the Japanese to English language pair and students were able to produce good quality Translation Projects.

Nachteile: I am still not sure about some functions that you can find in other CAT tools, for example, how to correct / amend the source text. It is also annoying not being able to split / merge segments as you like.
It may not be entirely Smartcat's fault but at times chunks in a different language (usually Russian) appeared when translating from Japanese into English.

"Finally, An easy-to-use & affordable CAT tool!"

Kommentare: Smartcat is an all-in-one platform for translation/localization solutions, it fits well with the buissness owner in term of:
Find qualified translators.
Communicate with them easily and swiftly
Creating a group and manage them.
And it is an integrated environment for the translators in term of:
No need to install any thing to start working
They can manage all the communication and delivery and review matters in the platform itself
Find a constant flow of quality gigs in their field.

Vorteile: The usability of this product is incredible.
And the fact that is in the cloud is also a plus.
For whom that used other CAT tools, they will realize immediately how easy-to-use and effective Smartcat is.

Nachteile: The lack of integration with the other web apps. Thus there are difficulties in migration from a X CAT tool to Smartat.

"Great One-Stop-Shop For Translation"

Kommentare: Meeting clients and increasing efficiency for non-SC-based projects

Vorteile: Accuracy of text recognition of non-editable documents, ease of use

Nachteile: Forced TM insertions and confirmations on false 100%+ matches

"Fast and professional translation"

Vorteile: I love Smartcat. This platform has helped me to grow in my career. It has great tools and statistics I can sheer with my customers. It has also helped me to increase my number of regular clients. I love the order information page and market.

Nachteile: I can’t get a preview of the work done during the translation.

"Very useful Translation tool and business management "

Kommentare: I am very happy I discovered smartcat, I used to use it on a daily basis then. It is very useful to organize your files and translation projects. Also, to find new clients and gain some money inside the web app itself. They need to pay attention to the cons I listed by me.

Vorteile: It is very good compared with paid translation tools
supporting many languages
Gives good opportunity to find new clients
Setting your rate is a great advantage to avoid rate negotiation

Nachteile: They didn't have a mobile app
Customer service and dispute is done via e-mail and not a dispute platform which is not easy
there is risk to get paid if customer decided not to pay
Hang up sometimes when dealing with large files

"My best translation CAT tool"

Kommentare: It is a good platform which puts every thing in one place.

Vorteile: Ease to use, it doesn't need high speed internet, you can easily manage clients, free to use to freelancers, take large files without problems, SmartCat is a workplace and a bank 🏦 where you can work and receive money from clients.

Nachteile: As a work place I am expecting to see the site removing some limitations for example some clients may assign you a scanned PDF file mostly hand written translation test to mark however it is imposible to re-upload them, also it is impossible to upload bilingual documents reviewed outside the tool.

"Great, but no for us!!"

Kommentare: I liked it, but my name is hidden for international users because of sanctions made against Iran.

Vorteile: The functionality, features, ease of use, ... are great. This is the application I jumped to immediately from Trados Studio, Memq, ...

Nachteile: We, Iranians, because of being under unfair sanctions presented by USA , could not use the money transfer feature, so that, I still have credit in my panel for work I've done, but I cannot change it to money. Here, contrary to what American statesmen claim, we the ordinary people lose our benefits instead of the government or IRGC!!

"Probably the most user-friendly software for translators"

Kommentare: Smartcat is my go-to software for translation, especially for small and quick projects.

Vorteile: There are 3 great things about Smartcat that make it stand out:
- Speed. It's relatively faster to load and to use compared to other CAT tools. No lag while working in the editor.
- Friendly and sleek UI - they make the process of setting up a project easy. I like not having to browse through all possible language pairs!
- Integrated OCR - by far one of the best things. Huge credits for that. You can work with PDF files and if the quality is good you don't have to worry about buying extra software.

Nachteile: When segments in the original file are in different paragraphs, it is impossible to join them. Joining segments could be made easier.

"I won't get back to desktop "

Kommentare: When I started to use Smartcat after a couple of years of Trados experience, I was so happy I almost burst into tears.

Vorteile: Smartcat has almost everything I need as a translator or project manager. And more features are coming!
I'm proud that I contributed to some of them because the Support Team pays attention to all requests and issues we may face when working in Smartcat.

Nachteile: There are still some things I'd like to see in Smartcat. Like editing URLs in hyperlinks. But I was promised that feature would come some day. Well, we'll see :)