Home » Compare Comparing Kaplan Desktop and GeoWorkZ - Translation Workspace Which software is better? Here is a rundown of features and reviews to help you make your decision. | |  |  | | Name | Kaplan Desktop | GeoWorkZ - Translation Workspace | | Review breakdown | | | | Most helpful review | | This product stinks and it's a scam This product stinks and is just Lionbridge's old "Logoport" system that they are relaunching under the name "Translation Manager" through a bogus company called "Geoworkz", which is just a front for Lionbridge. The subscription plans are ridiculous. The basic plan starts with $15.00 per month for a maximum of 5000 words. A translator can burn through that in a single day. After that it gets ridiculously expensive. They should really switch to a true-pay-as you go plan.
I rarely use it, except for Lionbridge projects, who require it. The idea that you have to pay Lionbridge to work with them is insulting to say the least. Every time I launch it, it inevitably ends up downloading a zillion updates that usually fail. They never seem to notify you of the updates, so that you can download them on your own schedule, not when you are panicking to complete a file.
Adding/creating a memory has to be done through a completely separate web interface at geoworkz.com - which only further complicates things.
The interface of the program itself is terrible. You cannot switch display formats from horizontal fields to a side-by-side format (like MemoQ). I also find the tags the three panes on the screen overly busy and very difficult to adjust (hover your mouse over an invisible frame to adjust it). Browsing to various files is also hopelessly clunky and complicated. You always seem to start browsing files from the root directory, and scrolling and scrolling down.
Speaking of browsers, it always seems to tell me that I have an invalid browser, even when I am on IE 10. I have never been able to successfully preview the translation in a web browser.
The terminology feature is equally miserable. You cannot add to termbases that are provided by the client, let alone download them. The interface is terrible since single terms with multiple translations appear individually and there is no shortcut for inserting the terms into the text.
I could go on...support is also an issue. Since it's usually in India. And with all things Lionbridge, the right foot never knows what the left foot is doing. It's as if they have buried themselves in so much technology that they never know how to get anything solved.
My two cents.47 out of 47 found this review helpful.
Read more reviews → | | Product description | Free and open source CAT tool for linguists.
Source code: https://github.com/kaplanPRO/kaplan-desktop
Kaplan also offers a Python library for most CAT functions which one may use to develop their own CAT tool. The source code for the Python library: https://github.com/kaplanPRO/kaplanpy
Both Kaplan Desktop and kaplanpy are distributed under the MIT License.
For more information, please visit the project homepage at https://kaplan.pro | Translation Workspace is the industry’s first on-demand, subscription-based, translation technology solution. Powered by Lionbridge’s proven and acclaimed technology, Translation Workspace lets you drive your business with usage-based subscription models, based on a proven, high-performance, secure, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) infrastructure | | Price | Free | Full-featured subscriptions start at EUR 10/USD 14 per month. | | File formats | docx, odp, ods, odt, po, sdlxliff, txt, xliff | Architected to support XLIFF and TMX. MS Office, InDesign (idml, inx), FrameMaker (MIF), Java, HTML, XML,SGML, Idiom, SDL Trados | | License type | Perpetual, open source | Software as a service (subscription) | | Operating system | Windows, Linux | Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 | | System requirements | No data | Any machine with Microsoft Windows: XP / Vista (32 and 64 bits) / Windows 7 (32 and 64 bits). Internet Explorer versions 7, 8 and 9, Firefox versions 3 and 3.5 and broadband connection. | | Compatibility | No data | Supports open standard file formats XLIFF and TMX. | | Support and upgrades offered/included | N/A - Software is free, Free upgrades for duration of license/Subscription, Free upgrades to all future versions, Installation support, Free installation and licensing support | Free upgrades for duration of license/Subscription, Basic Support is offered as part of your Translation Workspace Subscription | | Support and tutorial links | [email protected] | No data | | Free trial | No data | No data | | Languages supported | No data | Translation Workspace supports hundreds of world languages and scripts. Visit: https://geoworkz.com/Products/FeaturesAndFunctionality.aspx | Looking to buy one of these tools? Save when you buy through ProZ.com Translator Group Buying Translator Group Buying → | | | | X Sign in to your ProZ.com account... | | | | | | |
