Forum: Wordfast support
Topic: How do I reinstall my Wordfast licence on a new laptop?
Poster: Tom in London
Post title: Wasted time
[quote]Oliver Walter wrote:
I think that, on balance, CAT tools do make the translator's life easier: they help to make the translations more consistent and quicker to produce.
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Reading this thread, that's not my impression. I must say that as a busy translator who would gladly adopt anything that (a) improves (b) speeds up my work, I'm always thinking about CAT tools and have tried a couple of them, but so far I haven't found one that doesn't do the opposite, i.e. gets in my way and slows me down.
This thread seems to highlight one particular problem they all present: the impossibility of copying them to another drive, or re-installing them, without running into a road-block that's apparently due to a fear of of pirating and could easily be resolved in a less draconion (and time-consuming) way.
Because I clone my entire hard drive every day, sometimes more than once, this road-block would be a complete no-no for me (apart from the other problems I have with CAT tools).
[Edited at 2015-01-07 20:56 GMT]
Topic: How do I reinstall my Wordfast licence on a new laptop?
Poster: Tom in London
Post title: Wasted time
[quote]Oliver Walter wrote:
I think that, on balance, CAT tools do make the translator's life easier: they help to make the translations more consistent and quicker to produce.
[/quote]
Reading this thread, that's not my impression. I must say that as a busy translator who would gladly adopt anything that (a) improves (b) speeds up my work, I'm always thinking about CAT tools and have tried a couple of them, but so far I haven't found one that doesn't do the opposite, i.e. gets in my way and slows me down.
This thread seems to highlight one particular problem they all present: the impossibility of copying them to another drive, or re-installing them, without running into a road-block that's apparently due to a fear of of pirating and could easily be resolved in a less draconion (and time-consuming) way.
Because I clone my entire hard drive every day, sometimes more than once, this road-block would be a complete no-no for me (apart from the other problems I have with CAT tools).
[Edited at 2015-01-07 20:56 GMT]