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Google Translator Toolkit to be shut down on December 4, 2019

25 points by tmikaeld 7y ago

tmikaeld 7y ago
As a heavy user of this tool, are there any "free" alternatives that are as good/versatile? I already use lingohub.com and like it as an alternative, but it is costly since Machine translation is 129$/mo.
- Qub3d 7y ago
  Google themselves simply offer a link to this wikipedia page[0]. Perhaps you could find something there? [0]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_computer-assisted_translation_tools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_computer-assiste...
  - tmikaeld 7y ago
    I checked it, they're not team-friendly and those that are web based are self-hosting only.
- antaviana 7y ago
  You can try Matecat[0] or Smartcat[1]. Both are free. Matecat revenue model appears to be offer translation service (each time you open a file to edit it, it creates a quote to translate it for you). You can also install it self-hosted (it is open source). The owner is an Italian translation agency called Translated. Smartcat revenue model is to become a payment gateway. If you choose to pay your outsourced translations through them, you essentially receive one single invoice from them and they take care of paying your resources. This can be useful if you have very small translation tasks with many people. So Smartcat offers you a free platform hoping that you choose to do your vendor payments through them. The owner is the Russian software company ABBYY. [0] https://www.matecat.com https://www.matecat.com [1] https://www.smartcat.ai https://www.smartcat.ai
  - tmikaeld 7y ago
    Smartcat is exactly what I was looking for, looks really great! Thank you so much.
Qub3d 7y ago
Per the email sent out this morning: --- Hello, Google Translator Toolkit launched over a decade ago to help our users, translators, and the world create and share translations. When we first launched, there were few web-based options for translation editors, but now there are many great tools available, including Google Translate, which will continue to be available and is unaffected by this. As a result, we've seen declining usage for Translator Toolkit over the past few years. So now, after many years and billions of words translated, we're saying goodbye to Translator Toolkit. A warm thank you to our users around the world. Download your data Prior to the shutdown on December 4, 2019, your data can be downloaded directly in Translator Toolkit (see how). Shortly after shutdown, you can download all of your data at Google Takeout. Delete, share, or unshare your data If you would like to share or unshare your data, this can be done prior to shutdown directly in Translator Toolkit (see how). To delete data that you own in Translator Toolkit, simply select the Glossaries, Translation Memories, or Translations you would like to delete and click Delete. For Translations, you also need to click Trash, select translations, and click Empty trash. Thank you for supporting Translator Toolkit over the years. To learn more, visit our Help Center. Sincerely, The Google Translator Toolkit team

25 points by tmikaeld 7y ago

As a heavy user of this tool, are there any "free" alternatives that are as good/versatile? I already use lingohub.com and like it as an alternative, but it is costly since Machine translation is 129$/mo.

Qub3d 7y ago
Google themselves simply offer a link to this wikipedia page[0]. Perhaps you could find something there? [0]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_computer-assisted_translation_tools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_computer-assiste...
- tmikaeld 7y ago
  I checked it, they're not team-friendly and those that are web based are self-hosting only.
antaviana 7y ago
You can try Matecat[0] or Smartcat[1]. Both are free. Matecat revenue model appears to be offer translation service (each time you open a file to edit it, it creates a quote to translate it for you). You can also install it self-hosted (it is open source). The owner is an Italian translation agency called Translated. Smartcat revenue model is to become a payment gateway. If you choose to pay your outsourced translations through them, you essentially receive one single invoice from them and they take care of paying your resources. This can be useful if you have very small translation tasks with many people. So Smartcat offers you a free platform hoping that you choose to do your vendor payments through them. The owner is the Russian software company ABBYY. [0] https://www.matecat.com https://www.matecat.com [1] https://www.smartcat.ai https://www.smartcat.ai
- tmikaeld 7y ago
  Smartcat is exactly what I was looking for, looks really great! Thank you so much.

Qub3d 7y ago

Per the email sent out this morning: --- Hello, Google Translator Toolkit launched over a decade ago to help our users, translators, and the world create and share translations. When we first launched, there were few web-based options for translation editors, but now there are many great tools available, including Google Translate, which will continue to be available and is unaffected by this. As a result, we've seen declining usage for Translator Toolkit over the past few years. So now, after many years and billions of words translated, we're saying goodbye to Translator Toolkit. A warm thank you to our users around the world. Download your data Prior to the shutdown on December 4, 2019, your data can be downloaded directly in Translator Toolkit (see how). Shortly after shutdown, you can download all of your data at Google Takeout. Delete, share, or unshare your data If you would like to share or unshare your data, this can be done prior to shutdown directly in Translator Toolkit (see how). To delete data that you own in Translator Toolkit, simply select the Glossaries, Translation Memories, or Translations you would like to delete and click Delete. For Translations, you also need to click Trash, select translations, and click Empty trash. Thank you for supporting Translator Toolkit over the years. To learn more, visit our Help Center. Sincerely, The Google Translator Toolkit team