Forum: Transit support
Topic: Does Transit really help us?
Poster: Helena Chavarria
I have recently started working for an agency and they send us a link so we can download Transit.
At first I was quite pleased because I thought it would be a way of learning how to use CAT tools, but after working for a couple of months with Transit, I have to admit that I really don't like it. I work with another tool used by a localization website and although I prefer it to Transit, I can't say I like it that much either.
I enjoy working with Word, getting a 'feel' of the text and moving backwards and forwards as though I were writing on paper.
I just don't like having a whole paragraph on one line that disappears out of sight. I find I have to remember all the phases so I can put them where I need to (for example, changing from active to passive voice, moving the subject around, etc.).
I don't like having to work looking at a window that is only 23 cms wide.
I don't like having to work with tiny letters.
I don't like the fuzzies that never seem to match 100%.
I don't enjoy feeling like a machine.
With Word at least I can fill the screen and make the words as big as necessary so I don't have to strain my eyes. I don't need a machine telling me that there is a fuzzy match, I always recognise a paragraph when I see it (when I'm working on a specific document).
Is it really worth investing in a CAT tool?
[Edited at 2014-02-09 18:16 GMT]
Topic: Does Transit really help us?
Poster: Helena Chavarria
I have recently started working for an agency and they send us a link so we can download Transit.
At first I was quite pleased because I thought it would be a way of learning how to use CAT tools, but after working for a couple of months with Transit, I have to admit that I really don't like it. I work with another tool used by a localization website and although I prefer it to Transit, I can't say I like it that much either.
I enjoy working with Word, getting a 'feel' of the text and moving backwards and forwards as though I were writing on paper.
I just don't like having a whole paragraph on one line that disappears out of sight. I find I have to remember all the phases so I can put them where I need to (for example, changing from active to passive voice, moving the subject around, etc.).
I don't like having to work looking at a window that is only 23 cms wide.
I don't like having to work with tiny letters.
I don't like the fuzzies that never seem to match 100%.
I don't enjoy feeling like a machine.
With Word at least I can fill the screen and make the words as big as necessary so I don't have to strain my eyes. I don't need a machine telling me that there is a fuzzy match, I always recognise a paragraph when I see it (when I'm working on a specific document).
Is it really worth investing in a CAT tool?
[Edited at 2014-02-09 18:16 GMT]