The world of free and open source software FLOSS has made considerable
progress in recent years. So, a translator's desktop on the basis of
FLOSS is really possible today. We compiled a collection of software
for the purpose of translation, and propose a two steps approach either
in the form of a collection of software applications or an entire operating system complete with
applications for translators.
Phase 1: FOSS collection - USB-Trans
On a pc with a preinstalled operating system from the market leader you can find a lot of free
applications to use for your translation work (FOSS = free and open source software). We propose a collection
of the following applications (please download USBTrans):
Office (text processing, presentation, spreadsheet, database): Open Office
PDF: Sumatra PDF-Reader
WWW-Browser: Mozilla Firefox
HTML Editor: Kompozer
Website-Download: WinHTTrack
Translation Memory: OmegaT
TM Alignment: BiText2TMX, AlignAssist
Translation File Management: Max Utilities
Translation File Management: Enlaso Tools
Concordancer: TextStat
Concordancer: AntConc
Terminology Management: Foreign-Desk TermBase
Concept Systems and Hierarchies: CMap Lite
Mindmaps and Hierarchies: Freemind
Video Subtiling: Gaupol
Project Management: OpenProj
File Management: muCommander
Reference Management: JabRef
Reference Management: Zotero
Password Management: KeePass
AntiVirus ClamWin
CD/DVD: InfraRecorder
Video, Audio: MPlayer, Audacity
Image Management: Irfanview
Unit Conversion: ConvertAll
Please download the USBTrans compressed file, extract and copy it to a USB stick of at least 2 GB and you can use
the applications without installation of any kind.
