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Despite the abundance of online and independent professional applications, professional translators prefer to use advanced CAT (abbreviation for computer-assisted translation) tools when translating large volumes of text.

swordfish is a feature-rich software designed to help professional translators improve their workflow thanks to its wide range of advanced tools.

Considering that Java is already installed on your computer, the software solution will go through a typical installation process.

Slightly outdated but fully functional UI

The fact that Swordfish is a professional and no-nonsense toolkit becomes apparent once you launch the app for the first time. It comes with a well thought out main window, an all-encompassing toolbar and an extensive menu bar as main elements.

While the layout of these functions on the application interface is fairly intuitive, using Swordfish is not something that a novice user will find out easily from the start.

Still, Swordfish really excels when it comes to one thing: the total number of features. The application package supports the most commonly used formats in the translation industry, such as XLIFF, Unclear RTF, TTX, TTX Exchange and TXML.

Advanced Translation Toolset

The utility allows you to focus on what’s important by allowing you to hide or show various segments with the following tags: “Translatable”, “Translated”, “Commented” and “Approved”, just to name a few .

You can also export XLIFF files to HTML and read the text in a very comfortable environment provided by a Web browser. The tool includes a swift database server, which also enables you to use third-party database engines.

Since staring at a computer screen for long periods of time, as professional translators often do, is not pleasant, Swordfish improves the situation slightly with its configurable work environment. That said, you can change fonts, colors, keyboard shortcuts, language codes, segmentation and transformation rules, and transformation rules.

Powerful translation tools designed for professionals

All in all, Swordfish has proven itself to be a reliable and comprehensive app that is certainly a complement for professional translators as it helps them improve their workflow. In terms of functionality, there’s nothing to blame for it, but there’s no question that a more functional and perhaps more modern interface would make the app even better.