Open Source CAT Tool Patrícia Azeredo Ivone Ferreira IT for Translation 2009/2010
What is OmegaT? CAT tool written in Java programming language Open source software Designed for professional translators
System Requirements Any system with JRE (Java Runtime Environment) – included in OmegaT Runs with Windows (98 onwards), Mac OS X and Linux
Supported Files Word, Powerpoint, Excel - after conversion into OpenOffice documents [ OpenDocument (ODF), OpenOffice Plain Text, HTML, XHTML, XLIFF Microsoft Office 2007 XML, etc.
Features Fuzzy matching Simultaneous processing of multi-file projects Allows different file formats in one project Simultaneous use of several TMs
Features External glossaries Tag validation Compatible with TM applications (TMX) Segmenting in sentences or paragraphs
“Flaws” No alignment function No project analysis (no word count)