Poll: Have you used a CAT solution on your phone? Autor da sequência: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Have you used a CAT solution on your phone?".
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I'm the proud owner of a dumbphone...
| | | | neilmac
Espanha
Local time: 12:18
Espanhol para Inglês
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I can barely manage to send a text message on my rubbish Huawei phone. There is something wrong with the keypad. I've had a couple of more tech savvy friends try to disable the predictive text option and neither of them has been successful. I really dislike predictive text, and prefer to write my own messages, thanks very much. However, nine times out of 10 when you touch a button on the keypad, all the other buttons around it seem to be activated as well. I thought it might be because I have bi... See more I can barely manage to send a text message on my rubbish Huawei phone. There is something wrong with the keypad. I've had a couple of more tech savvy friends try to disable the predictive text option and neither of them has been successful. I really dislike predictive text, and prefer to write my own messages, thanks very much. However, nine times out of 10 when you touch a button on the keypad, all the other buttons around it seem to be activated as well. I thought it might be because I have big fat sausage fingers, but the people trying to fix it for me don't, so apparently it's not me being clumsy or stupid, but the phone itself.
In fact, I would be more likely to use a hammer on this ***¿?**!* phone! ▲ Collapse
| | | | Xanthippe
França
Local time: 12:18
Membro (2008)
Italiano para Francês
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I've installed the Memsource app on my phone.
When working on Memsource projects, the app is very usefull. I can validate segments, or change them, and I can also dictate using the microphone of my phone. But I couldn't use it all the time because it's still very basic.
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xanthippe wrote:
I've installed the Memsource app on my phone.
I've recently finished a project via Memsource while I was waiting for my son for about 15 minutes at his kindergarten I like it how technology enables me to use the time that normally I would consider as rather wasted.
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I used the Memsource app. I installed it on my phone and my tablet.
| | | | Mario Freitas 
Brasil
Local time: 07:18
Inglês para Português
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And I cannot believe people use phones to work in translations!
| | | | | no, for two reasons | Dec 14, 2019 |
I don't use CAT tools.
Until this summer, the only thing my phone did was go "ring ring" until I answered it - then I heard a voice at the other end.
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Siobhán Fulton
Estados Unidos da América
Local time: 06:18
Alemão para Inglês
I have installed the LEO multilingual dictionary on my iPhone to help with unfamiliar terms when I'm traveling.
| | | | DZiW (X)
Ucrânia
Inglês para Russo
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While I can't imagine such a scenario (having no tablet or laptop), one with a relatively modern smartphone can telecast the video to a monitor/projector and plug-in a micro-USB/bluetooth keyboard or use dictation, yet running a web-based CAT might seem alright for a very short and very urgent project--but not for long...
I somewhat feel for those who really must use a 5" gadget for translation though
| | | | sandra zovko
Croácia
Local time: 12:18
Membro
Alemão para Croata
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and I won't install any CAT on my phone.
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No. However, now that we are talking about it, I am interested to test it out and see how it can become useful for me in the future.
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Vanda Nissen
Austrália
Local time: 20:18
Inglês para Russo
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Not even sure it can be of any use. I am used to work on my laptop - I even do not like use my phone for sending emails, unless it is really urgent.
| | | | Samuel Murray
Holanda
Local time: 12:18
Membro (2006)
Inglês para Africânder
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| I might, if... | Dec 16, 2019 |
ProZ.com Staff wrote:
Have you used a CAT solution on your phone?
The main reason why I have not, is because my CAT tools all require Windows.
But if that weren't the case, then I would have considered using a CAT tool on my phone as long as I could connect it to an external monitor, an external keyboard and an external mouse. One might ask: if you're going to carry around all those other things, why not just carry a laptop, but: a portable monitor, a roll-up or fold-up keyboard, and a small mouse would weigh much less than a laptop and take up far less space in e.g. the train. You can even get docking stations for some phones that you can connect these peripherals to. After all, a smartphone is nothing more than a very powerful computer that is generally used without peripherals.
| | | | Chau Nguyen
Vietname
Local time: 17:18
Membro (2012)
Inglês para Vietnamita
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| More than I think I should | Dec 17, 2019 |
So far, I am aware of two CATs with mobile capability, which are Memsource and Smartcat. I tried Memsource, it's rather counter-intuitive for me. I'm not using it. Smartcat, on the other hand, is a big hit. No app needed. It is a web-based CAT, so all you need is a smartphone (or whichever device) with a browser (Chrome is recommended) et voila, you can translate on the go just as you do on a computer. Import file, translate, export delivery file etc. It has saved me a dozens time when I'm on th... See more So far, I am aware of two CATs with mobile capability, which are Memsource and Smartcat. I tried Memsource, it's rather counter-intuitive for me. I'm not using it. Smartcat, on the other hand, is a big hit. No app needed. It is a web-based CAT, so all you need is a smartphone (or whichever device) with a browser (Chrome is recommended) et voila, you can translate on the go just as you do on a computer. Import file, translate, export delivery file etc. It has saved me a dozens time when I'm on the go and need to deliver translation to clients, or when I received small jobs of less than 100 words and I'm too lazy to turn on my computer. ▲ Collapse
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