Free Tools
Maxprograms Utilities is a set of free Java programs for translators that runs on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. Installers for all platforms, including 32 and 64 bit versions for Linux, are available below.
Java 1.5 or better is required to run Maxprograms Utilities. Java is available as free download from http://www.java.com .
| TMXValidator | TMXValidator checks your documents against TMX DTD and also verifies if they follow the requiremenst described in TMX specifications. |
| TBXMaker | TBXMaker converts glossaries stored in CSV (Comma Separated Values) to TBX (TermBase eXchange) format. |
| CSVConverter | CSVConverter converts glossaries stored in CSV (Comma Separated Values) to TMX (Translation Memory eXchange) standard. |
| Java Properties Viewer | A tool specially created for viewing translated Java .properties files comprising languages not supported by the ISO 8859-1 character encoding. |
| MARTIF to TBX Converter | A program designed to convert glossaries in MARTIF format, also known as ISO 12200, to TBX format. |
| RTFCleaner | RTFCleaner removes hidden text and Trados/Wordfast markup from translated Tagged RTF files. |
Downloads
Follow these steps to install a Linux version:
- Open a terminal window.
- Change to the directory where the downloaded BIN installer was saved.
- Change the permission of the installer to be executable. Type:
chmod a+x <filename.bin> - Execute the installer. Type:
./<filename.bin>
If you execute the installer as root (su):
- The program is installed in a folder accessible to all users
- Icons are added to GNOME and KDE menus
- The commands to launch the programs (tmxvalidator | propviewer | rtfcleaner | csvconverter | mtf2tbx | tbxmaker) are automatically added to system path
Ubuntu users:
- You need to download and install Java from http://www.java.com and adjust your PATH environment variable to use Sun's Java instead of the default FSF implementation of Java.
- The version of Firefox included in Ubuntu is incomplete. You must install xulrunner package. Open a console and execute
sudo apt-get install xulrunner
to install it.