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Passolo can check spelling using Word spelling engine In earlier posts, we configured spelling checks in Word, memoQ, Trados Studio, and Wordfast. Today our point of interest is Passolo. Passolo is a CAT tool developed by SDL for the translation of user interfaces (UI) and video games. It is available in several editions: In all of them, the method is the same: In Passolo, […]

Trados Studio can check spelling using Word spelling engine After Word, memoQ, and Wordfast, we get to Trados Studio. Here is how to enable and configure spelling checks in SDL Trados Studio. In Trados Studio, please select File > Options. Options dialog window appears: (The screenshot is made in Trados Studio 2021, but the process in the other versions is similar.) Select Editor on the left pane > click Spelling in the list […]

Wordfast can check spelling using the Word spelling engine Recently, we discussed how to check spelling in Word and memoQ. This post is devoted to Wordfast. In Wordfast, please select Edit > Preferences. In the dialog window that appears please click Spelling on the left pane: The screenshot is made in somewhat obsolete version 2.3.0, but the way to configure the spell-checking is similar in the subsequent […]

The second of this year’s Elia Focus conference for Executives was recently held on the Greek island of Crete, in the magnificent five-star spa resort, Avra Imperial Beach Resort, in the small village of Kolymbari, near Chania. The place and time of the meeting were not chosen by chance. Here, on the warm coast of the Mediterranean Sea, […]

memoQ can check spelling using the Word spelling engine A week time ago, we discussed how to enable and configure spell-checks in Word. This time we will make similar adjustments in memoQ. memoQ allows you to check spelling with open-source Hunspell dictionaries or with Microsoft Word engine (that is why we started the series of posts about spelling from Word). To configure […]

Word is the most important program for spell-checking According to modern quality standards, spelling mistakes are a relic of the past: they are not acceptable at all. If some word is underlined with red, it is an obvious reason to check it. This may seem strange, but in many programs, both “regular” ones and CAT tools, by default […]

Many freelancers, as well as large translation agencies, actively use the software platform Across. Moreover, we at Technolex have recently been asking whether it’s expedient to deploy this system in our company. After thoroughly weighing all the pros and cons, we decided to install the Across Language Server. Henceforth, Across is another powerful CAT tool in our arsenal that […]

Freelancing is often not taken seriously and considered to be a side job; an additional source of money on top of a main salary, or a temporary cash aid until a full-time job is found. Working as a freelancer is the format of a fully-fledged professional activity. A real freelancer is a self-employed entrepreneur. Freelancing […]

Extracting mqxliff from mqback is easy Recently, we learned how to extract .xlf file from .mqxlz. XLIFF file in memoQ. Similar method is used to extract .mqxliff file from a memoQ delivery package, .mqback file. Like some other memoQ files, .mqback file is a usual ZIP archive. If you add .zip extension to its name and then unpack it, you get […]

It’s not been that long since we came back from Amsterdam, where the annual GALA Conference for translation and localization industry professionals took place. Amsterdam is often regarded as “the city of freedom”, championing entrepreneurship and tolerance to all people, regardless of the diversity between them. For me, Amsterdam is the embodiment of the European dream. The […]