Classic / Pro | @Yoatl

Forum: Wordfast support
Topic: Classic / Pro
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: @Yoatl

[quote]Yaotl Altan wrote:
Could you be so kind to explain me the differences between Wordfast Classic and Wordfast Pro? ... I've also read that there's a version called Wordfast Studio. [/quote]

The product called "Wordfast Studio" is simply a bundle that contains both Wordfast Classic (WFC) and Wordfast Pro (WFP). If you buy either WFC or WFP separately, you pay EUR 400, but if you buy them both (then it is called "Wordfast Studio"), you pay EUR 500. They are two completely different programs that work in two entirely different ways. The only thing they have in common is that they use roughly the same TM and glossary format.

WFC works inside Microsoft Word, so you can't use it unless you also have Microsoft Word. WFC can only translate file formats that you can open in Microsoft Word (with one or two exceptions). In WFC, the source text is above the translation.

WFP is a separate Java program. It can translate many, many different formats. In WFP, the source text is to the left of the translation.

WFP is easier to begin with, but WFC is better in the end.