Home » Compare Comparing Wordfast Pro 3 and Déjà Vu X3 Which software is better? Here is a rundown of features and reviews to help you make your decision. | |  |  | | Name | Wordfast Pro 3 | Déjà Vu X3 | | Review breakdown | | | | Most helpful review | Quite good, especially for the young translator I started with the demo version of this tool and later on bought the licence. It's quite easy to use and has the basic functionalities needed by a young translator. Compared to other CAT tools, there are a lot of improvements to make. It is however worth its price.
It is a good entry level tool for those new to the translation industry, especially its demo version. Unlike other cat tools, you can import and export TMs even with the demo version. The only limitation is the size of the TM.
Wordfast still has a long way to go in order to match other CAT tools. You will soon feel the need to buy other CAT tools: Trados which seems to be the most used by agencies, MemoQ which a good number of freelancers enjoy, Deja V, etc.
NB: for those living in developing economies (Africa, India, etc.), you don't need to buy Wordfast through Proz TGB. A 50% discount is offered through their website. On TGB, you only have 40% discount, and will wait for weeks for the buy to close.21 out of 22 found this review helpful.
Read more reviews → | My main translation tool - everything you need in one package I have tried quite a few tools, but I invariably return back to Dejavu. It's a complete package with most everything you need to get up to speed when translating. For a serious translator the DVX3 Pro would be the recommended version.
- When you type, AutoWrite is trying to guess for the Terminology Database what you want to write, which improves speed.
- In DVX3 you can choose if you want source and target side by side (standard), or source above target. Source above target makes it much easier to see where you are in the translation.
- Spell checker on the fly. You can right click on the words that have a wiggly line below, and change the spelling then and there.
- I fin that numbered tags makes it easier to see if they are placed correctly in target, instead of named like in some other tools.
- All languages are available when you want to create a project, instead of being limited.
- It's easy to switch between project view (all documents in one view) and document view.
- Live Preview is available for major document types (Office documents).
- Formating (bold, italics etc.) is shown.
- It is easy get going with Dejavu even if you are new to it.. Also Atril has put out quite a few Youtube videos to help you if you need more instructions.
- Minor updates are free.
- And not least: If you need help, there is a discussion group where the users help each other with advice.7 out of 7 found this review helpful.
Read more reviews → | | Product description | THE #1 TRANSLATION MEMORY SOFTWARE FOR ANY PLATFORM
Wordfast Pro (WFP) is a standalone, multiplatform TM tool designed to change the landscape for every stakeholder in the translation process, from project manager to freelance translator | Try Déjà Vu X3’s amazing features today: fuzzy match repair, intelligent AutoWrite, XLIFF export in Professional edition, new PDF converter, new IDML filter, live preview, inline formatting and fewer embedded tags. Thanks to the new SDXLIFF, XLZ, MQXLZ filters, it’s the most compatible CAT tool out there.
The new interface has been designed carefully, following Microsoft user experience guidelines to enhance usability and ergonomics, by ensuring consistency with other well-known programs and improving the discoverability of features. Really boost your productivity with Déjà Vu.
Déjà Vu X3 brings you the full feature set for industry-leading productivity and Intelligent Quality, including the game-changing DeepMiner and AutoWrite.
Main Features
- DeepMiner (fuzzy match repair)
- Dynamic AutoWrite
- Machine translation direct integration
- Complete translation environment with automatic functions such as automatic propagation and terminology checks
- Unmatched file compatibility and interoperability
- Multi-File preview
- Inline formatting and spell-checker
- Quality Assurance module with defined and customizable rules
- Multilingual, multi-format and multi-file projects
- Multilingual projects and multilingual databases
- Guaranteed Matches
- Project Lexicon
- Intelligent Quality
- SmartView
- Powerful batch maintenance of project and database quality
- Alignment of previously translated files
- Multi-file and Multi-format alignment project
- Term extraction
- Advanced analysis for best quotation
- Advanced pre-translation function
- Translation Memory and Termbase administration
| | Price | €400 | 420€/1490€ | | File formats | MS Word MS Excel MS Powerpoint HTML XML ASP/JSP/Java INX (InDesign) MIF (FrameMaker TTX PDF | View all formats here | | License type | 3-year license | Perpetual | | Operating system | Linux, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.4 and higher | Windows | | System requirements | No data | Minimum system requirements: 1GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor, 1GB RAM | | Compatibility | No data | Supports open standard file formats XLIFF (SDLXLIFF, MQXLZ, etc.), TMX, TBX & OLIF - compatible with all CAT tools on the market. | | Support and upgrades offered/included | Free upgrades for duration of license/Subscription | Free technical support via support ticket center, Free updates, but not upgrades, Free community support | | Support and tutorial links | No data | Visit our Resource Center. Learn more | | Free trial | No data | 30 days trial | | Languages supported | Wordfast Pro supports any language that is supported by Microsoft Word. This includes Eastern European, Cyrillic, Asian, Right-to-Left, and various other languages. | All the languages supported by Windows are supported by Déjà Vu X3. Read more | 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... | | | | | | |
