Easy to start, a friendly UI, all necessary features, easy to collaborate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Often downtimes; impossible to delete a language from a project (you can add languages as you go, but not delete); already confirmed files can change and become unconfirmed because of changes in other files; excessive notifications when your Smartwords limit is near; comment notifications don't include the comment itself, only the link to the segment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's a really intuitive platform, offering a wide scale of opportunities to translate and to manage translations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I haven't got any negative feedbacks to this day and my experience is also really great. I wish more colleagues in my company would use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Fast use of the service. Pretty good machine translation. Ability to invite collaborators etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I couldn't get the support I needed (1-month delay) and couldn't invite my collaborators. I had to the project offline, which defetead the purpose of using Smartcat. They have followed-up later though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Smartcat is an excellent free CAT tool that one can use without a steep learning curve as those needed when switching from one tool to another. Its interface is simple, easy to use and it's FREE (there is a paid version but one can use it only with free features and it's sufficient for freelancers). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
No really downsides just that the free version provides only an MT that needs confirmation after each line is translated. But that might be considered even a feature because this way you are constrained to check every line. :) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It is an efficient tool that facilitates translation in multiple language pairs. Compared to other such tools, the quality of the proposed translation is high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There is, of course, room for improvement in custom translation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
SmartCat is an amazing free CAT tool. It accepts many file formats and allows you to create your own TMs or use TMs from other programs, such as SDL Trados, as long as they are in TMX or SDLTM format. You can also add other reference files, such as style guides.
Uploading multiple files in the same project allows you to finish tasks much faster, as SmartCat recognises repeated phrases across files and automatically fills in the fields as you work.
SmartCat is very easy to learn how to use, thanks to the tutorials that show up when you first start using it.
You can also create a profile, complete with your experience, portfolio, services you offer, and prices, and use the platform to find and accept translation work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There is nothing I dislike about SmartCat. The platform does archive your projects after a while, but it's still possible to download them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
This is the tool to use when you have to be fast and furious about your translations! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The only potential upside I would suggest is to make the "My tasks" main screen a bit more crisp with regards to the actual translation progress percentage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
When I upload my files, I can instantly have Machine Translation and then edit the MT to finish my documents. Recently, they started to give OCR services. Smartcat is a great assisting tool for all translators. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I can't edit the source document directly on Smartcat. This would allow me to fix wrong segmentations more quickly. Also, it would be great to have Machine Translation options, such as Google, Yandex, and so on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
SmartCat is an excellent CAT tool and, of course, a platform for various translators. I like the way SmartCat is. The best of all about SmartCat is very convenient for its system linking the clients and the freelancers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The thing that makes me a little upset is that there's a little crowd in SmartCat. I hope for many clients and projects in the future! Also, I can't find many projects like other freelancing platforms like Upwork or Freelancer.com. I Hope SmartCat can dig us many projects soon! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.