Forums - Why buy Wordfast and not Trados or Deja Vù?

Aurora Humarán Wrote:

I swore I would not answer - this should be answered by an unbiased person...

there's a good discussion here:
http://www.translationdirectory.com/article1095.htm

also here:
http://accurapid.com/journal/17wordfast.htm

I swear I don't pay these guys :-)

My viewpoint: try as many as you can - they all offer some demo mode and if installing looks scary, grab an equipped colleague and ask to use his/her tool. Wordfast is, IMO, good for Ms-Word documents, and also if your agency sends Trados-prepared RTF documents (tagged documents). You have a lot of freedom to set up your tool (some would prefer the security of a tool that gives less choices, but then again, less possibilities for doing it wrong. You have to choose, it's a principle at work in all life).

cheers,
Yves

Yves Champollion Wrote:

My viewpoint: try as many as you can - they all offer some demo mode and if installing looks scary, grab an equipped colleague and ask to use his/her tool. Wordfast is, IMO, good for Ms-Word documents, and also if your agency sends Trados-prepared RTF documents (tagged documents). You have a lot of freedom to set up your tool (some would prefer the security of a tool that gives less choices, but then again, less possibilities for doing it wrong. You have to choose, it's a principle at work in all life).
cheers,
Yves

Thank you very much, Yves.