Wordfast Pro

Wordfast Pro is a standalone translation environment tool that can run on any platform without the need to integrate with MS Word. WFP can handle MS Office file formats plus ASP, JSP, Java, InDesign (INX & IDML), Framemaker (MIF), and TagEditor (TTX) files. WFP can run on Windows, Linux, or Mac. WFP has improved batch processing capabilities.

Getting Started

Wordfast Training Courses
Live Online Training Sessions Wordfast Pro 5 Video Tutorials
Wordfast YouTube Channel Wordfast Pro Online Help Pages
Wordfast Pro Manual

• Download the Latest Version of Wordfast Pro
• How to install Wordfast Pro 5
• How to license Wordfast Pro 5
• Your First Translation with Wordfast Pro 5
• Naming your TMs and Glossaries
• Migrating from Wordfast Pro 3 to Wordfast Pro 5
• File locations in Wordfast Pro 5
• Wordfast User Logos

Feature Overview

• Fuzzy Terminology
• Segment Colors in Wordfast Pro 5
• Concordance Search in Wordfast Pro 5
• Auto-Suggest in Wordfast Pro 5
• Auto-Propagation in Wordfast Pro 5
• MS Word Spellchecker in Wordfast Pro 5
• Machine Translation in Wordfast Pro 5
• TransCheck in Wordfast Pro 5
• Applying Penalties in Wordfast Pro 5
• Pre-Translation in Wordfast Pro 5
• Chaining Files together in Wordfast Pro 5
• Bilingual Revision in Microsoft Word
• Splitting & Merging Files in Wordfast Pro 5
• Extract & Populate Uniques in Wordfast Pro 5

Tips & Tricks

• Changing Font Type or Size in Wordfast Pro 5
• Excluding Excel Columns/Rows in Wordfast Pro 5
• Marking Text as Untranslatable in Wordfast Pro 5
• Inverting Translation Memories in Wordfast Pro 5
• Right-to-Left Mark in Wordfast Pro 5
• Changing the User Name in Wordfast Pro 5
• Typing Smart Quotes in Wordfast Pro 5
• Proofreading in Wordfast Pro 5
• Spell Check Ignore List in Wordfast Pro 5
• Analyzing files for word counts and more

Shortcuts

• Assign or Reassign Shortcut Keys
• Leverage TM Matches in Wordfast Pro 5
• Copy Tags from Source Segments

Interchangeability

• Exchanging TMs with Non-Wordfast Users
• Using Excel or Word Glossaries
• Using Wordfast Pro 5 to Translate with WFC
• Bilingual MS Word Table DOC from Wordfast Pro 5
• Translating WFC Documents in WFP
• Using a WFP 5 TM in WFC
• Sharing a WFA TM or glossary with WFC and WFP users
• Changing Machines in Wordfast Pro 5
• Translating SDL Trados packages

TM Sharing

• VLTM in Wordfast Pro
• LAN or DropBox
• Wordfast Server and Wordfast Pro 5
• Connecting to a Wordfast Anywhere TM with Wordfast Pro 5

Advanced Tips

• Copied Source Check and Untranslatable Text Check options
• Translating Excel Files with Wordfast Pro 5
• Translating PDF Files with Wordfast Pro
• Translating XML Files in Wordfast Pro 5
• Translating XLF Files in Wordfast Pro 5
• Translating WordPress XLIFF files in Wordfast Pro 5
• Translating Mindjet MindManager Files
• Translating Adobe InDesign IDML Files
• Connecting to IATE glossaries
• Useful regular expressions (Regex)

Troubleshooting

• Licensing Issues with Wordfast Pro 5
• How to Renew a License
• Common problems with Wordfast Pro 5
• Why my progress bar never reaches 100 percent
• Common Error Messages in Wordfast Pro 5
• Mac-related issues in Wordfast Pro 5
• WFP5 installation fails because it cannot write ApplicationDescription to key
• Wordfast Pro 5 fails to open
• Wordfast Pro fails to install in Windows
• Browse action dead in Wordfast Pro 5 – An icon to open or save a file becomes unresponsive.
• Wordfast Pro Options Keystrokes receiving permission prompts on macOS Catalina
• Issues with touchscreen devices
• Wordfast Pro 5 being blocked or slowed down by anti-virus