Across Language Server
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| developer = Across Systems GmbH
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| latest release version = 7.0
| latest release date = 2019-02-13
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| genre = Computer-assisted translation
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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
Version 5 of the MS-SQL-database-based Across Language Server was launched in 2009.[http://multilingual.texterity.com/multilingual/20091011?pg=16#pg16 Review of Across Language Servers by Richard Sikes] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191745/http://multilingual.texterity.com/multilingual/20091011?pg=16#pg16 |date=October 29, 2013 }} Version 6 of Across Language Server was released on 2 July 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://www.across.net/unternehmen/news-pressemeldungen/ansicht/die-welt-spricht-v6-neueste-version-des-across-language-server-ab-sofort-verfuegbar/ |title="Die Welt spricht v6": Neueste Version des Across Language Server ab sofort verfügbar– Across |access-date=2014-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142825/http://www.across.net/unternehmen/news-pressemeldungen/ansicht/die-welt-spricht-v6-neueste-version-des-across-language-server-ab-sofort-verfuegbar/ |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }} Version 6.3 was introduced on 26 November 2015.{{Cite web |url=https://www.across.net/en/news/across-language-server-v63-new-collaboration-options/ |title=Across Language Server v6.3: New Collaboration Options | Across |access-date=2018-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044443/https://www.across.net/en/news/across-language-server-v63-new-collaboration-options/ |archive-date=2018-02-22 |url-status=dead }} Version 7.0 was introduced on 13 February 2019. In this version common machine translation systems were integrated (e.g. DeepL or SYSTRAN).{{Cite web|url=http://www.across.net/en/news/across-language-server-v7-major-release|title=Across Language Server v7 – Major Release|website=Across|language=en|access-date=2019-03-01}} Version 7 also allows users to concurrently open and edit multiple tasks within a project.
Reviews
The software is mostly reviewed unfavourably, with users criticizing its design, usability and overall quality.{{cn|date=December 2023}}
References
External links
- [http://www.across.net/en/index.aspx Across Systems Website]
- [http://www.commonsenseadvisory.com/Default.aspx?Contenttype=ArticleDetAD&tabID=63&Aid=581&moduleId=391 Functions of Across Language Server]