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Free / Open Source link list
Tools and utilities
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Summary
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Attesoro
An editor for translation and management of Java Resource Bundles.
Requirements: Java
Licence: GPL
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bitext2tmx
This tool can be used to transform existing translations into a TM in TMX format ("alignment").
Requirements: Java
Licence: GPL
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Entrans
Entrans provides support for the collaborative online translation of PO files. In particular, support is provided for indic languages.
Requirements: MySQL, PHP
Licence: GPL
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File2XLIFF4j
This project's intention is to create a set of filters for converting files from/to XLIFF.
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ForeignDesk
ForeignDesk is a CAT/TM tool, which has been published by LionBridge under an OS licence.
Licence: BSD, IBM Public
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Frankenstein
Java-based translation memory tool. Development seems to have stopped in October 2000.
Requirements: Java
Licence: ?
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G11N Toolkit (Globalization Toolkit)
Provides a number of Java classes to support the engineering processes involved in internationalisation and localisations. Part of the package is an XLIFF editor.
Requirements: Java, Ant
Licence: GPL
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Gettext lint tools
The gettext lint tools can be used for validating PO and POT files. The tool set also includes a glossary builder and a spellchecker.
Licence: GPL
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GNU Gettext
GNU Gettext offers a number of tools und standards for localisation. In particular, certain conventions for the creation of internationalised programs are described, which have become standard in the oen-source world (i.e. the conventions, not the programs). GNU Gettext also comprises an extension for GNU Emacs to be able to edit PO files.
Licence: GPL
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gtranslator
A PO source file editor for the GNOME Desktop, similar to KBabel.
Licence: GPL
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IBM Resource Bundle Manager
A translation and management program for Java Resource Bundles, which is part of IBM's ICU package (International Components for Unicode).
Requirements: Java
Licence: ICU4J license
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ICU (International Components for Unicode)
This project by IBM provides a number of C/C++ and Java libraries for manipulation of Unicode data, string transformations, locale data viewing etc. The locale data is compatible with CLDR.
Requirements: Java
Licence: GPL
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ImTranslator
A helpful Firefox-Plugin, which provides access to the machine translation engines @Prompt and Babelfish.
Requirements: Firefox 1.0 - 2.0.0.
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Irma
IRMA (Internationalization Resource Management Application) provides a web interface for translating the Linspire operating system.
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Jspy 18
Provides a number of scripts for translating and managing JSP files.
Requirements: Python
Licence: GPL
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KAider
A PO file editor based on KBabel.
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Kartouche
A web-based solution for the localisation of open-source projects.
Licence: GPL
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KBabel
This tool is a popular PO file editor used in open source localisation for the KDE desktop environment. It also provides some (very limited) support for editing XLIFF files.
Licence: GPL
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Localizer
Another Zope product, which provides facilities for building multi-lingual websites, based on the gettext framework.
Requirements: Python, Zope
Licence: GPL
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Okapi Framework
The Okapi Framework provides a number of interfaces, API etc. which serve to enhance the interoperability in the field of localisation. You can get both the specifications and implementations for .Net from the website. Part of the framework is, for instance, Olifant, a tool for creating and maintaining TMs.
Requirements: MS .Net
Licence: LGPL
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OmegaT
OmegaT is at present the only general translation memory tool released under an open source licence. The program is targeted at professional translators, i.e. not limited to the open-source domain. It can handle OpenOffice.org files, (X)HTML, Java properties and to some degree XML.
Requirements: Java
Licence: GPL
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OmegaT+
omegat+ (= OmegaT plus) is a fork from the original OmegaT project, created to include internal spell-checking and other enhancements.
Requirements: Java
Licence: GPL
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Open Language Tools
This project published by Sun comprises an XLIFF Editor and a set of XLIFF filters for formats such as OpenOffice.org files, (X)HTML, Java properties, DocBook etc.
Requirements: Java
Licence: CDDL
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Open Translation Engine
Develops language translation and dictionary tools. At present, there is a Dutch-English dictionary available.
Requirements: PHP
Licence: BSD License
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OpenLingua
This projects intends to create a collection of multi-lingual dictionaries, which will be provided for free.
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OpenLogos
As far as I know, OpenLogos is the only open-source machine translation system currently available. It currently supports the European languages English, FIGS and Portuguese.
Requirements: PostgreSQL
Licence: GPL / commercia
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OpenTM
This prjects intends to create an open-source translation memory tool. Unfortunately, it seems to be dead at the moment. The feature list looks impressive, though.
Requirements: ?
Licence: ?
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OpenTrad
OpenTrad is a machine translation project for the four Spanish languages. It is based on two technologies called Apertium and Matxin.
Licence: GPL
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poEdit
Yet another PO file editor for gettext catalogs.
Requirements: wxWidgets toolkit
Licence: MIT Licenc
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Polyglota
Another tool for localising PO file, this time web-based. The project hasn't released any code, yet.
Requirements: MySQL, PHP
Licence: GPL
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Pootle
Pootle is a tool for simplifying the collaborative translation of free and open source software. It provides an online portal which can be used for organising the team, for translating online and for the shared use ofr resources, such as translation memories.
Licence: GPL
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ResBundleEdit
An editor for Java Resource Bundles.
Requirements: Java
Licence: GPL
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t7e
Provides a translation management system for maintaining multilingual websites.
Requirements: Java
Licence: GPL
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Tickle Dict
A dictionary look-up tool with access to 48 different dictionaries and resources.
Requirements: TCL/TK
Licence: GPL
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TMXResourceBundle
The TMXResourceBundle is an extension of the Java resource bundle. Developers can read in screen texts directly from a TMX file.
Requirements: Java
Licence: LGPL
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TMXValidator
This program can be used to validate TMX files. It provides you with detailed error messages, which can be used to eliminate any problems with the file.
Requirements: Java
Licence: Eclipse Public
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TransDict
This project aims to provide a web-based localisation framework, written in Perl.
Requirements: Perl
Licence: GPL
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Translate Toolkit
This tool set provides a number of scripts and filters for converting different formats.
Requirements: Python
Licence: GPL
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Transolution
Formerly known as EvilTrans, this project is building an XLIFF editor and development has been very intensive. The editor provides a nice, clean view of XLIFF and stays very close to the format.
Requirements: Python
Licence: GPL
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TransProCalc
A financial tool for calculating project data for translation projects and generating relevant reports.
Licence: GPL
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TuMatXa
This program provide web-based translation memory management, using the Zope web application server.
Requirements: Python, Zope
Licence: GPL
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Webabel
Another web-based translation solution for PO files.
Requirements: PHP, MySQL
Licence: GPL
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XLIFF Tools
This project is intended to enhance XLIFF support in open source localisation and is maintained by Asgeir Frimansson. Filters for PO from/to XLIFF are provided, as well as a detailed representation guide for PO.
Requirements: Java
Licence: (L)GPL
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xliffRoundTrip Tool
This utility converts any XML file to XLIFF and vice versa.
Requirements: Java
Licence: GPL
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]project-open[
This application is an open-source based project management software that includes ]project-translation[ to support the translation workflow. Not all modules are free.
Requirements: Tcl
Licence: GPL
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