primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . august 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message globalsight initial release 1997 stable release 8.1.1 june 9 2011 2011 06 09 operating system linux windows type translation management system license apache license 2.0 website http www.globalsight.com globalsight is a free and open source translation management system tms released under the apache license 2.0 . 1 as of version 7.1 it supports the tmx and srx 2.0 localization industry standards association standards . 2 it was developed in the java programming language and uses a mysql database . 3 globalsight also supports computer assisted translation and machine translation . contents 1 history 2 steering committee 3 other companies involved 4 features 5 integration with other platforms 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit from 1997 to 2005 it was called ambassador suite and was developed and owned by globalsight corp. that according to red herring magazine was one of the ten companies to watch in 1999 . 4 in 2005 transware inc. acquired it and continued its development . in may 2008 welocalize 5 acquired transware and globalsight . 2 in january 2009 after replacing the proprietary technology used in the product workflow database object relationship mapping middleware directory management and scheduling 2 with open source components welocalize released version 7.1 . 1 steering committee edit the steering committee formed by representatives of the main companies currently involved in the project are listed here . stephen roantree from aol mirko plitt from autodesk jessica roland from emc corporation frank rojas from ibm daniel mcgowan from novell martin wunderlich 6 melissa biggs from sun microsystems tex texin from xencraft 7 reinhard schaler from the rosetta foundation phil ritchie from vistatec sultan ghaznawi from yyz translations 8 derek coffey from welocalize 9 other companies involved edit in december 2008 there were four language service providers involved in the project afghan translation service applied language solutions lloyd international translations and vistatec . 10 features edit according to the translator and reviewer training guide 11 and the globalsight vs worldserver 12 the software has the following features customized workflows created and edited using graphical workflow editor support for both human translation and fully integrated machine translation mt automation of many traditionally manual steps in the localization process including filtering and segmentation tm leveraging analysis costing file handoffs email notifications tm update target file generation translation memory tm management and leveraging including multilingual tms and the ability to leverage from multiple tms in context exact matching as well as exact and fuzzy matching terminology management and leveraging centralized and simplified translation memory and terminology management full support for translation processes that utilize multiple language service providers lsps two online translation editors support for desktop computer aided translation cat tools such as trados cost calculation based on configurable rates for each step of the localization process filters for dozens of filetypes including word rtf powerpoint excel xml html javascript php asp jsp java properties frame indesign etc. concordance search alignment mechanism for generating translation memory from previously translated documents reporting web services api for programmatic access to globalsight functionality and data integrated with omniscien technologies language studio apis for automated translation although a plugin called crowdsight intended to extend the functionality and support crowdsourcing globalsight was found not suitable to support crowdsourcing processes that depend on redundant inputs . 13 integration with other platforms edit in 2011 globalme language & technology 14 released an open source plugin which connects the back end of a drupal or wordpress website to globalsight . publishers can send their content directly to globalsight using this cms plugin . drupal cms in 2014 globalme and welocalize published an open source drupal plugin to provide integration capabilities with the drupal tmgmt translation management plugin . see also edit free software portal machine translation computer assisted translation comparison of machine translation applications references edit a b novell daniel mcgowan . globalsight.com . retrieved 2013 09 21 . a b c 1 open source translation management system . translationdirectory.com . 2007 06 23 . retrieved 2013 09 21 . john freivalds 2008 12 16 . globalization software goes open source . infomanagementcenter.com . retrieved 2013 09 21 . welcome . welocalize.com . retrieved 2013 09 21 . martin wunderlich s blog language localisation translation technology . martinwunderlich.com . retrieved 2013 09 21 . 2 human translation services 3 welcome . welocalize.com . retrieved 2013 09 21 . first open source translation management system coming . fiercecontentmanagement . 2008 12 17 . retrieved 2013 09 21 . document details translator globalsight training . globalsight.com . 2009 04 23 . retrieved 2013 09 21 . document details globalsight vs. worldserver 1.0 . globalsight.com . retrieved 2013 09 21 . assessing support for community workflows in localisation . . springer . retrieved 2014 04 09 . globalsight saas . globalme . retrieved 2013 09 21 . external links edit globalsight official website cmswithtms drupal & wordpress translation plugin retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title globalsight & oldid 742276683 categories translation softwarefree software programmed in java programming language computer assisted translation software programmed in javaformerly proprietary softwaretranslation companiesfree software projectscompanies established in 1997computer assisted translationhidden categories articles 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