Across Language Server
Across Language Server is a software platform for computer-assisted translation (CAT) that includes features for the management of projects. The software is produced and sold by Across Systems GmbH, a company located and founded in Karlsbad in 2005 as a Corporate spin-off of Nero AG and which maintains an additional site in Glendale, California. The functional principle is similar to the one SDL Trados, XTM and memoQ feature: Just like the server solutions of these two programs, Across Language Server also saves translation units or terminology entries (depending on the project's configuration) into a local or a central MSSQL database. Besides the "Server", which is available in different versions, there is also a single-user version called Across Translator Edition, working with a local MS-SQL database. This single-user application is able to connect to the server, enabling to work on both local and Across-Server-based projects. Freelance translators can acquire the Basic Edition of the single-user version for free.
| Across Language Server | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Across Systems GmbH |
| Stable release | 7.0
/ 2019-02-13 |
| Type | Computer-assisted translation |
| License | proprietary |
| Website | across.net |
Across Language Server is a software platform for computer-assisted translation (CAT) that includes features for the management of projects. The software is produced and sold by Across Systems GmbH, a company located and founded in Karlsbad in 2005 as a Corporate spin-off of Nero AG and which maintains an additional site in Glendale, California.
The functional principle is similar to the one SDL Trados, XTM and memoQ feature: Just like the server solutions of these two programs, Across Language Server also saves translation units or terminology entries (depending on the project's configuration) into a local or a central MSSQL database.
Besides the "Server", which is available in different versions, there is also a single-user version called Across Translator Edition, working with a local MS-SQL database. This single-user application is able to connect to the server, enabling to work on both local and Across-Server-based projects. Freelance translators can acquire the Basic Edition of the single-user version for free.
History
[edit]Version 5 of the MS-SQL-database-based Across Language Server was launched in 2009.[1] Version 6 of Across Language Server was released on 2 July 2014.[2] Version 6.3 was introduced on 26 November 2015.[3] Version 7.0 was introduced on 13 February 2019. In this version common machine translation systems were integrated (e.g. DeepL or SYSTRAN).[4] Version 7 also allows users to concurrently open and edit multiple tasks within a project.
Reviews
[edit]The software is mostly reviewed unfavourably, with users criticizing its design, usability and overall quality.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Review of Across Language Servers by Richard Sikes Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ""Die Welt spricht v6": Neueste Version des Across Language Server ab sofort verfügbar– Across". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
- ^ "Across Language Server v6.3: New Collaboration Options | Across". Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
- ^ "Across Language Server v7 – Major Release". Across. Retrieved 2019-03-01.