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Stingray

Stingray is a cross-platform document aligner designed to help professional translators create translation memories from existing translated material.

Translation memories created with Stingray can be used in most modern CAT (Computer Aided Translation) programs, including Swordfish.

Stingray is an essential tool for translation professionals who need to create TMs from existing content, whether for use in a translation editor or as a stand-alone reference. It offers a range of advanced features and tools that make it easy to create high-quality TMs quickly and efficiently, ensuring that users can deliver translations of the highest quality.

Open Source

Github

The source code of Stingray is available under the Eclipse Public License v1.0 at https://github.com/rmraya/Stingray. Anyone can download, compile, modify and use the source code free of charge under the terms of the license.

We offer subscriptions for installers, technical support, bug fixes, and feature requests. By subscribing to our support plan, you not only get access to our expertise and help, but you also contribute to the continuous improvement of Stingray. Your subscription fees pay for code development costs and ensure the quality and reliability of our software.

The version of Stingray included in the official installers from the Stingray Download Page can be used with a free 7-day trial by requesting an evaluation key. After the free trial period expires, you will need to purchase a subscription.

Subscription keys are available from our Online Store. Subscription keys cannot be shared or transferred to different machines.

The subscription version includes unlimited direct email support at tech@maxprograms.com

Subscription Benefits

  Source Code Subscription Based
Ready To Use Installers No Yes
Notarized macOS launcher No Yes
Signed launcher and installer for Windows No Yes
Technical Support Peer support at Groups.io Direct email at tech@maxprograms.com
Peer support at Groups.io
Stingray GUI

Stingray GUI

Alignmen Dialog

Alignment Dialog

Supported file formats

General Documentation

  • Adobe InCopy ICML
  • Adobe InDesign Interchange (INX)
  • Adobe InDesign IDML CS4, CS5, CS6 & CC
  • HTML
  • Microsoft Office (2007 and newer)
  • Microsoft Visio XML Drawings (2007 and newer)
  • MIF (Maker Interchange Format)
  • OpenOffice / LibreOffice / StarOffice
  • Plain Text
  • SRT Subtitles

XML Formats

  • XML (Generic)
  • DITA 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3
  • DocBook 3.x, 4.x and 5.x
  • SVG
  • Word 2003 ML
  • XHTML

Software Development

  • JavaScript
  • Java Properties
  • JSON
  • RC (Windows C/C++ Resources)
  • ResX (Windows .NET Resources)

Export Formats

Stingray can export aligned segments in these file formats:

  • TMX 1.4
  • TAB Delimited
  • Excel

TAB delimited files exported by Stingray can be opened directly by Microsoft Excel or Apple Numbers without any special configuration.