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SDL Trados now runs natively on Mac OS? Confusing thumbnail
Thread poster: Philippe Locquet
Philippe Locquet
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Apr 19, 2022

I think I missed something; AFAIK SDL Trados runs only on natively Windows. The only way to have it run on a MAC would be inside a Virtual Machine running Windows.
However, browsing I stumbled upon this training page on ProZ where every thumbnail clearly shows an Apple Keyboard being used (CMD key). Does this seem confusing to you? https://training.proz.com/cat-tool-training

It’s highly unlikely that SDL will ever run natively on MAC because of the programming language used to write the tool (beside it being a good tool). Unless there was a big change that I’ve missed, it’s still the case.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see a thumbnail such as this for cross-platform desktop tools like (from A to Z) CafeTran, OmegaT or Wordfast Pro. ▲ Collapse
 
Evdoxia Renta
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Re: Apr 19, 2022

Nah, they just used the wrong image

Philippe Locquet
 
Stepan Konev
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If it was true, Apr 19, 2022

they would put it in big bold letters everywhere in their 'Infographic' and other promo materials. Just a marketing cheat.

Philippe Locquet
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MS .NET Apr 19, 2022

Stepan Konev wrote:

they would put it in big bold letters everywhere in their 'Infographic' and other promo materials. Just a marketing cheat.


That's exactly what I thought. SDL is programmed based on Microsoft components, this doc https://docs.rws.com/binary/813470/807239/trados-studio-2021-sr2/sdl-trados-studio-installation-guide? on page 17 (23 of the pdf) under "Prerequisite software" shows that you need to have these Microsoft components present to execute the software.
To make it cross-platform would mean a rewrite of the tool which would be a massive undertaking, it's probably easier to go web-based. So, I think it's highly unlikely this will ever happen, but again, you never know 😉…
 
Philippe Locquet
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Fast! Apr 20, 2022

Wow, they just updated all thumbnails with a PC keyboard
https://training.proz.com/cat-tool-training

Thanks ProZ! Fast fix. Kudos.
 


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