CafeTran

Here's how the various SDL Trados statuses that are mentioned in the green Notes appear in CafeTran (segment above the Note).

I have not tried fuzzy matches, but overall the situation is good, with the exception of signed-off/sign-off rejected statuses, which some PMs might apply. Using a combination of a Lock and green/red frame could be helpful here.

Usually, segments signed-off by PMs do NOT require editing by translators.

 @Jean Dimitriadis

What about Studio fuzzy hits?

After testing this just now, CafeTran displays the fuzzy match percentage (in black background, just like 100% and CM) if there was one in SDL Trados, coming from a TM during the project preparation, etc..

However, I don't think inserted matches are brought from CafeTran to SDL Trados.

Hi Igor, do you think that this status related changes (permanently) and, most important, real (not virtual) merging/splitting segments for .sdlxliff files would be implemented at any time? I mean, can we count on it for the future?

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"- highlighting punctuation characters in TM exact matches which are defined in "Do not match" option."As you can see in my screenshot, it's not working, I cannot see the parenthesis, coma, nor even the number in the corrected one.

Regarding this, I still see the way it shows the modifications quite deficient, the way ALL other tools do is simpler, save space (why to show two segments with each own differences instead of showing just one with everything?) and is understandable/readable at a glance (your "design" is as hard as to make it unusable).

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Last but not least, "- options for QA checks are stored in Project Templates.". I don't see the point of doing this through project templates, people not working with native CT projects, don't make use of project templates, it's just not possible.

I have the feeling that CT is in someway in the need of design improvements, those that should be done by a software designer and not by a developer (don't take this bad, CT is an amazing piece of software with the right tools and more, but the design, ergonomics, aesthetics and so on are not coupled at all with its potential)

Cheers

Hello Igor,

- highlighting punctuation characters in TM exact matches which are defined in "Do not match" option.

I too have noticed that not all punctuation characters are systematically picked up in the TM comparison.

If the comparison feature can be further improved, I'm all for it, but the current iteration (as well as the other changes) still represents an important move. Thanks!

And I agree with _vicparra_ that further bridging differences between native and external projects (the current list is quite long, and I'm sure I'm leaving this out: https://github.com/idimitriadis0/TheCafeTranFiles/wiki/4-File-formats#general-notes-on-bilingual-xliff-files) would also be a good step.

Victor: I have the feeling that CT is in someway in the need of design improvements, those that should be done by a software designer and not by a developer (don't take this bad, CT is an amazing piece of software with the right tools and more, but the design, ergonomics, aesthetics and so on are not coupled at all with its potential)

At this stage, although it is great to know user feedback is thoroughly taken into consideration in the development cycle, I feel CafeTran could partly step away from being driven by power-user suggestions, to focus on streamlining the design and ergonomics (UI, UX).

Jean

*I'm leaving this out =  I'm leaving things out

Victor: 

>people not working with native CT projects, don't make use of project templates, it's just not possible.

I'm using PTs for all my SDLPPX projects too ...

Jean: ...I feel CafeTran could partly step away from being driven by power-user suggestions, to focus on streamlining the design and ergonomics (UI, UX).

Super-seconded! Probably because there isn't much more to be invented in the CAT tool domain anymore (or am I mistaken?), key players are becoming too bloated in order to differentiate from competitors and consequently more and more user-unfriendly nowadays. 

Rather—in my opinion as a non-power user—intuitiveness and user friendliness should be the next battle field. I've seen great things in these few months since I joined CTE and hope Igor will continue making it the most user-friendly CAT tool on earth. 

Victor: 

>I have the feeling that CT is in someway in the need of design improvements, those that should be done by a software designer and not by a developer (don't take this bad, CT is an amazing piece of software with the right tools and more, but the design, ergonomics, aesthetics and so on are not coupled at all with its potential)

These ideas have already come up in the past several times. Both in the forums and in private communication.

Just as there hasn't been hired a technical writer to write any documentation or create movies, it's unlikely that there will be a hired software designer, me thinks.

Personally, I don't think that there's any need to change anything in the 'design, ergonomics, aesthetics'. Don't forget that you can customise CafeTran Espresso 2019's looks already to a high level. Extremely high, I'd say. I've demonstrated in the past, how you can customise icons, the Dashboard, the background colours etc. I know no other tool that offers this.

On the other hand: I feel that CafeTran Espresso 2019's default look (as set in the download packages) doesn't show how nice it can look and possibly frightens prospects (this has been discussed too). For instance: Mac users have certain expectations about the looks of apps on macOS (e.g. b4d8fd as a selection colour, white background etc.).

An approach would be to ship CafeTran Espresso 2019 with looks that are adapted to the OS. And I feel that we can come up with some more attractive colour schemes, including the one for the Dashboard. This can be a community effort too. But hey, there's no arguing about looks/design/aesthetics/taste, since they are so subjective. Why not create a nice theme and get honoured for it: Jane's Green Tea Theme. Carlos' Black Coffee Theme.

Ergonomics: I am convinced that CafeTran Espresso 2019 is the most ergonomic CAT tool there is. But even here, there's always room for improvement. Just let us make our suggestions here in the forums and Igor will likely pick them up. (Although this can cost some time: the strikethrough attribute has already been suggested by Michael et moi some years ago. It's, like Torsten says, sometimes difficult to convince Igor. Which is fine.)

And then there's the point of deviations from user's expectations that are probably not necessary and in my opinion should be fixed. Probably they are ergonomics/intuition-related: the missing context menu, missing items for copy, paste and cut where you'd expect them (making useful apps like Popclip hard to use).

Hi Igor, the downloaded file is the 2018-11-16 one, not the new one.

Cheers