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General applications
VLC Media Player
Audacity
Nero
iTunes
Free Sound Recorder
Balabolka
Acrobat Reader X
Winrar
Microsoft Office PowerPoint
Microsoft Office Word

VLC Media Player 0.9.8a

License
Free
Language
Basic and combined distribution (English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, traditional Chinese, Chinese, Turkish, Polis)
Author
VideoLAN Team
Size
19,6 MB
OS
Windows 2000, XP and Vista
VLC Media Player 0.9.8a supports the following formats
Video: AVI, MPEG, DivX, XviD, 3ivX D4, H.264, Cinepak, Theora, Dirac / VC-2, MJPEG (A/B), WMV, MOV, VP, RV (Real)
Audio: MP3, AAC, OGG, AC3, MLP, DTS, WMA, MLP, WMA, FLAC, ALAC, MPC, ATRAC, WAV, MOD, TTA, APE, RA, MID, LPCM, DVA, MACE
Subtitles: DVD, TXT, SUB, USF, DVB, OGM, CMML, Kate

The VLC Media Player is useful for translators because it can play a wide range of video files, audio, videos with subtitles and all kinds of multimedia files.The player has all the codecs needed to play these files, and it also contains the possibility of adding subtitles, work with multiple audio tracks in one video, etc.We can say that VLC Media Player offers advanced features such as the client and server to send a signal streaming Internet video; additions and extensions; plugins for Mozilla and Internet Explorer; and the ability to open downloaded videos vain complete eMule.

Finally, it’s easy to use and the procedures are clear and simple.

Link to download VLC Media Player 0.9.8a:

http://www.orbitdownloader.com/freeware-download/download-vlc-media-player-098a/117/

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Audacity

License
Free
Idiom
Basic and european distibution (English, Spanish, Portuguese BR, German, French, Italian, Euskera, Russian)
Author
Audacity
Size
11,3 MB
OS
Win98/98SE/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7
VLC Media Player 0.9.8a supports the following formats
AIFF, AU, Ogg Vorbis, MP3 y WAV

Audacity is a tool that lets you record, edit and manipulate digital audio files in various formats, and furthermore you can take it anywhere in your USB memory.

You can also create your own recordings from individual files by adding multiple effects; you can import audio files in WAV, AIFF, AU, MP3, etc.

Audacity supports basic editing commands (cut, copy, paste, undo), mix songs, and includes an amplitude envelope editor, a spectrogram and implemented a frequency analyser…

Link to download Audacity:

http://audacity.softonic.com/


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Nero

License
Free
Idiom
Basic (English, Spanish, Portuguese BR, German, French, Italian)
Author
Nero AG
Size
31,2 MB
OS
Windows XP, Vista and 7
Minimum requirements
Processor: 1.0 GHz, Memory: 512 MB., Video: 32 MB, Free sprace: 300MB, Screen resolution: 800x800, Direct 9.0c, Internet Explorer 6.0
Recommended requirements
Processor: 2.0 GHz, Video: 64MB, Screen resolution: 1024x768, Memory: 1GB

Nero BurnLite recorder is helpful for translators because it is a tool that lets you record CD / DVD data, making an exact copy of another record, analyze and delete the contents of a rewritable disc. For the field of translation can be useful for recording content of language classes, working papers, files, etc.
Finally, Nero BurnLite is easy to use and includes a small RSS reader that displays news at the bottom of the program.
Link to download Nero BurnLite:
http://nero-gratis-burnlite.softonic.com/

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Itunes

Licence
Free
Languages
Basic and combined distribution (Deutsch, Chinese, Korean, Danish, Spanish, Finish, French, English, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Norwich, Polish, Portuguese, Russian y Swedish)
Author
Apple
Size
77,1 MB
Operative system
Mac OS X 10.5, Windows XP, Windows Vista y Windows 7.
iTunes stands for all this formats
MP3, AIFF, WAV, MPEG-4, AAC y Apple Lossless.

We think that iTunes application can become extremely useful for the translators as a secondary program. This application will
be able to play a wide range of musical formats, such as the commonly known MP3 and AIFF.

iTunes is a free application for Mac or PC that organizes and plays your computer’s music and videos, and it keep them synchronized. Moreover, it is a shop inside your computer, iPod touch, iPad or iPhone in which you will find everything you need
for having fun, wherever and whenever.

How can one transfer films and musica from your Mac or PC to your iPhone, iPad or iPod? With iTunes. ¿What about the photographs, contacts and calendars? Also with iTunes, because synchronizing the multimedia content from your computer to your iPod and vice versa is so easy. Furthermore, you can surf via iTunes Store directly from your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad and so download musica and films each time you connect to a Wi-Fi network. As soon as you sit in front of the computer again, connect your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and iTunes synchronize your music and videos while you were wondering about.

For this reason, we think that the future translator could get a device such as an iPod touch in order to synchronize his or her audio-visual work, MPEG-4 and so, be able to work in subtitled translations or either transcriptions in public transport.

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Free Sound Recorder

License
Free
Language
Basic (English)
Author
CoolMedia
Size
14 MB
Operative System
Win98/98SE/Me/2000/NT/XP/2003/Vista

Free Sound Recorder is a program with the necessary resources so you can record whatever you're playing on your PC.

Free Sound Recorder is handy, for example, to record voice, streaming audio broadcasts, game sounds or any sound source connected to your PC, record players, laptops, Hifi ...

From the options Free Sound Recorder, you can select recording format (MP3, WAV or WMA), define earnings, add effects to voice signals, change the spectrometer or customize portfolios.

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Balabolka
License
Free
Language
Basic and european distribution (English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Russian, Czech, Polish)
Author
LexlMoSoft
Size
6’5 MB
Operative System
Win2000 /XP/2003/Vista 7

You can listen and save your text as audio files in WAV, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and WMA.

Operation is simple, write text, select the voice that will read and hear the result. Balabolka includes a default voice, but you can download more for other languages ​​from the same page of the author.

With Balabolka can even correct pronunciation or change the pitch and reading speed.

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Adobe Reader X

License
Gratis
Language
Basic and combined distribution (English, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Russian, Czech,Polish, Turkish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean)
Author
Adobe
Size
45’7 MB
Operative System
Windows XP/ 2003/ Vista 7, Mac, Android and Sysbian (version 1.1)

Adobe Reader X is the official reader of PDF files. It integrates with most browsers and can print, annotate and share documents easily.
X version of Adobe Reader is the safest to date, thanks to the new Protected Mode, which loads images, code, fonts, and 3D objects in a single memory space. The interface has also changed: it is lighter and clearer than in previous versions.
Of course, the classic tools of Adobe Reader are in place. A magnifying glass, the selector text and image, the snapshot or the reader-aloud comment renovated add features that greatly simplify highlight text and add notes.
The Sharing option is new Adobe Reader X. With it you can send the document by e-mail through the Adobe sendnow service. The integration of Adobe Reader with the online service, Acrobat.com is also present. Faster, more reliable and easier, Adobe Reader X is an essential utility if you need to open and print PDF documents often. And with the reading mode to full screen, even on smaller screens you can enjoy the quality of the PDF.

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WinRar

License
Test
Language
Basic (English, Spanish, Catalan)
Author
WinRar
Size
1,2 MB
Operative System
Windows

WinRAR is a program compressor and decompressor data multi-function and an indispensable tool for translators and all over the world to save storage space and transmission time to the send and receive files through the Internet or to perform backups.

WinRAR serves to compress any type of documents, or programs in a way that they take up less disk space and can be stored or transmitted over the Internet more quickly.


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Microsoft Office PowerPoint
License
Test
Language
Basic and combined distribution (Deutsch, Chinese, Korean, Danish, Spanish, Finish, French, English, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Norwich, Polish, Portuguese, Russian y Swedish)
Author
Microsoft
Operative System
Win2000/XP/2003/Vista/7

Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program developed by Microsoft for operating systems Microsoft Windows and Mac OS, widely used in various fields such as education, business, etc.
The program is designed to make presentations with text outlined, easy to understand text animations and clip art or imported from computer images. You can apply different source designs, template and animation. This type of presentation is often very striking and much more practical than Microsoft Word.
PowerPoint is one of the most common presentation software. Is built into the Microsoft Office suite as an element that can take advantage of that offer other components of the computer for optimum performance.
With PowerPoint and appropriate print devices can perform many types of results related to the presentations: slides, printed materials for those attending the presentation, notes and sketches for the presenter, or standard 35mm slides.

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Microsoft Office Word

License
Test
Language
Basic and combined distribution (Deutsch, Chinese, Korean, Danish, Spanish, Finish, French, English, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Norwich, Polish, Portuguese, Russian y Swedish)
Author
Microsoft
Operative System
Win2000/XP/2003/Vista/7

Microsoft Word is the most popular word processor today and an indispensable part of Microsoft Office. Word is the perfect tool to edit professional-level texts of languages for its wide range of secondary tools to facilitate the drafting of the texts.
In Microsoft Word is a powerful ally in creating, editing and proofreading, including spelling correction and, document translation and editing notes. It incorporates the most used formats, as well as their own and the ability to save a text in PDF.
Either from scratch or using the many templates available, Microsoft Word to edit text and enrich them with all sorts of content, whether images, hyperlinks, tables, graphs or a screenshot.
Although this application takes more than a quarter century to be the ultimate editor, the translator should also future use.

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