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ParaTExt is a tool designed to help translators, exegetical advisors, translation consultants and Computer Assisted Publishing (CAP) staff produce quality translations from the point of view of both format and content. The program enables the t ...

Application - dhigby - 01/29/2012 - 06:13 - 1 comment

Lexique Pro provides a rich browsing experience for lexicons store in an SFM format such as MDF. No import is required (though there is some initial configuration). It also supports the new XML standard, LIFT (Lexicon Interchange FormaT ...

Application - languist - 12/28/2011 - 14:55 - 0 comments

SUMMARY: WorldPad is a text editor that can display text in complex scripts using Graphite.  It is an SIL product and is distributed as part of FieldWorks. DETAILS: WorldPad is a basic text editor whose main distinction is the ability to displ ...

Application - kwarfel - 12/28/2011 - 14:52 - 0 comments

PdfDroplet is a free, simple little tool which only does one thing:  it takes your PDF and gives you a new one, with the pages combined and reordered, ready for saving & printing as booklets. With PdfDroplet, you can make several booklet t ...

Application - hatton - 11/03/2011 - 10:45 - 0 comments

  Keyman Desktop is a multilingual virtual keyboard application.  It enables a user to type in any of over 600 languages in any Windows application such as MS Office, email, SIL Fieldworks, web applications, Adobe applicat ...

Application - Keyman - 10/05/2011 - 17:05 - 0 comments

Webonary gives language groups the ability to put their bilingual or multilingual dictionaries on the web with a minimum of technical help. Each dictionary is built around a search bar, which looks for a word throughout the dictionary, and returns ...

Application - Steve Miller - 06/21/2011 - 15:17 - 1 comment

WeSay helps non-linguists build a dictionary in their own language. It has various ways to help native speakers to think of words in their language and enter some basic data about them. The program is customizable and task-oriented, giving the advisor ...

Application - hatton - 08/10/2011 - 17:23 - 0 comments

myWorkSafe Provides a super-simple backup system for language-development workers. Once installed, myWorkSafe is always running. It places a small icon in the Windows Task Bar.  When you insert a USB flash drive for the first time, the ap ...

Application - hatton - 07/15/2011 - 13:00 - 0 comments

A Microsoft Word template to provide smarter and safer layout of RTF files exported from Paratext , Adapt It or Fieldworks Translation Editor . To see why you might choose to use SILAS rather than just printing the RTF file as it comes ou ...

Application - dhigby - 06/30/2011 - 21:38 - 0 comments

Facilitates a two column translation approach with Scripture text, the source text on one side and the target text on the other side. They write: We are coining the term "manual adaptation" to refer to OurWord's process . ...

Application - dhigby - 12/07/2010 - 15:05 - 1 comment