The online CAT tool Smartcat is a free multifunction work environment for professional translators. As a result, all key translation automation instruments are combined into a single solution. This includes translation memory, state-of-the-art machine translation, customer glossary support, and automatic quality checks.
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Smartcat is an entirely cloud-based solution. You don’t need to purchase, install, or update special software. To start work, log in from any computer browser.
Encryption and security
The confidentiality of your documents in the process is guaranteed by protected cloud storage. Second, the system uses the HTTPS protocol and is only available to authorized users.
SmartCAT is now free
As of February 25, 2016, Smartcat is free for you as a freelancer and for companies, including translation agencies. As a result, you now have extended access to essential features. And corporate clients can invite an unlimited number of users (managers, in-house and freelance translators) to contribute to their projects.
Which features are free?
You can now add as many projects and users to your projects as you want. In addition, you can now access the database of freelancers from 100 countries. Other free features include translation memory, terminology management, quality assurance (QA Check), built-in industry dictionaries, and multistage workflows (for example, translation>editing>proofreading). Learn more about the professional translation tools available in Smartcat on the official website.
What do you still need to pay for?
You will still need to pay for Machine translation, OCR, premier-tier technical support (response time under 2 hours), a dedicated account manager as your single point of contact, private cloud hosting, the Server version, and custom development.
Features for finding and working with freelancers
You can find translators, editors, and proofreaders via Smartcat. And the freelancer marketplace allows clients to search for freelancers, contact them, and invite them to work on translation projects.
You can get paid at the rates indicated in your profile as a freelancer. It is possible to coordinate directly with the freelancers regarding deadlines, pay for their work, and communicate with them about the project.
As a bonus, you can track the task progress online in real time. Smartcat shows how much of each stage you completed and how much remains.
According to the Smartcat website, hundreds of thousands of language professionals – translators, editors, and proofreaders – have already registered.
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Note: Another free Online CAT tool is MateCat. And if you prefer desktop software, we recommend looking at OmegaT.
