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Swordfish V

Version 5.1.0 - March 18, 2024

  • New:
    • Improved handling of tags from Machine Translation (MT)
    • Improved support for Word documents
    • Updated OpenXLIFF Filters to version 3.20.0

Version 5.0.2 - March 3, 2024

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed export translations as TMX file

Version 5.0.1 - February 28, 2024

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed error confirming all translations

Version 5.0.0 - February 24, 2024

  • New:
    • New database format for storing projects, memories, and glossaries
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed support for DeepL PRO plan

Swordfish IV

Version 4.30.0 - January 26, 2024

  • New:
      Updated libraries

Version 4.29.0 - January 22, 2024

  • New:
    • Reimplemented Machine Translation (MT) system
    • Added support for ModernMT MT engine
    • Dropped support for MyMemory MT API
    • Migrated to Java 21
    • Updated OpenXLIFF Filters to version 3.17.0

Version 4.28.1 - October 28, 2023

  • New:
    • Improved support for case sensitive TM matches
    • Updated libraries

Version 4.28.0 - September 29, 2023

  • New:
    • Implemented support for case sensitive TM matches
    • Updated ChatGPT models
    • Updated OpenXLIFF Filters to version 3.16.0

Version 4.27.0 - July 6, 2023

  • New:
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed TMX exports
    • Fixed batch translation of large projects with RemoteTM

Version 4.26.0 - June 30, 2023

  • New:
    • Added ChatGPT Machine Translation engine
    • Added support for DeepL free plan
    • Improved support for Yandex Translation API
    • Improved support for TXLF files
    • Updated OpenXLIFF Filters to version 3.9.0
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed export of DITA projects

Version 4.25.0 - June 19, 2023

  • New:
    • Updated Java, Electron and TypeScript versions
    • Updated OpenXLIFF Filters to version 3.8.0
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed filter configuration for XML files

Version 4.24.0 - April 5, 2023

  • New:
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed file name parsing

Version 4.23.1 - March 23, 2023

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed connection errors to DeepL servers

Version 4.23.0 - March 22, 2023

  • New:
    • Improved support for HTML
    • Added more supported languages to Machine Translation engines
    • Updated default SRX file
    • Updated libraries

Version 4.22.2 - November 21, 2022

  • Fixes:
    • Adjusted project management

Version 4.22.1 - October 22, 2022

Version 4.22.0 - October 21, 2022

  • New:
    • Added support for PHP Arrays
    • Allowed selection of working folders for projects, memories and glossaries
    • Updated OpenXLIFF Filters to version 2.9.0
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed creation of projects with two or more files

Version 4.21.0 - July 25, 2022

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed get terms option

Version 4.20.0 - July 14, 2022

  • New:
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed export of projects containing IDML files

Version 4.19.2 - June 18, 2022

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed support for Trados Studio Packages

Version 4.19.1 - June 10, 2022

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed handling of third party XLIFF 1.2 files

Version 4.19.0 - June 9, 2022

  • New:
    • Updated supported language lists for Machine Translation engines
    • Improved support for XLIFF from Fluenta
    • Updated OpenXLIFF Filters to version 2.4.0

Version 4.18.1 - May 26, 2022

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed term searches

Version 4.18.0 - May 25, 2022

  • New:
    • Improved compatibility with XLIFF files from Fluenta
    • Updated OpenXLIFF Filters to version 2.3.0

Version 4.17.1 - May 12, 2022

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed bug in project exports

Version 4.17.0 - May 11, 2022

  • New:
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed export of projects containing IDML files

Version 4.16.0 - April 23, 2022

Version 4.15.0 - March 2, 2022

  • New:
    • Updated OpenXLIFF Filters to version 1.17.3
    • Improved compatibility with Trados Studio

Version 4.14.0 - February 6, 2022

  • New:
    • Updated OpenXLIFF Filters to version 1.17.2
    • Improved support for DITA files with broken references
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed conversion FrameMaker MIF files

Version 4.13.0 - November 30, 2021

  • New:
    • Improved word count statistics
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed tag numbers in HTML export

Version 4.12.1 - November 23, 2021

  • New:
    • Improved conversion of XLIFF 2.0 to 1.2
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed handling of matches from third party TMX files

Version 4.12.0 - November 21, 2021

  • New:
    • Improved updates downloader
    • Migrated to Java 17
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed export translations of Word documents

Version 4.11.2 - November 15, 2021

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed tag number display

Version 4.11.1 - November 13, 2021

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed segmentation of MS Office files

Version 4.11.0 - November 12, 2021

  • New:
    • Improved support for DITA
    • Added support for Relax NG grammars for XML files

Version 4.10.0 - October 29, 2021

  • New:
    • Updated the list of languages supported by Azure Machine Translation
    • Improved handling of tag & space errors with new dialogs

Version 4.9.0 - October 24, 2021

  • New:
    • Added options to customize the filter for XML files
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed merging of segments with tags

Version 4.8.0 - September 22, 2021

  • New:
    • Improved segmentation
    • Remembered dialog positions
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed transfer of TM and MT matches to target

Version 4.7.0 - August 31, 2021

  • New:
    • Improved support for DITA files
    • Updated libraries
    • Layout updates

Version 4.6.0 - July 25, 2021

  • New:
    • Improved selection of projects, memories and glossaries
    • Preserved segment numbers when filtering or sorting
    • Automatically reset catalog when default is missing
    • Layout updates
  • Fixes:
    • Preserved TM matches on screen when applying MT

Version 4.5.3 - July 4, 2021

  • New:
    • Improved CSS styles
  • Fixes:
    • Ignored errors when checking for updates in background
    • Ignored untranslatable SVG in DITA maps

Version 4.5.2 - June 20, 2021

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed concordance search

Version 4.5.1 - June 14, 2021

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed inconsistent data loss on application close
    • Fixed segment count display

Version 4.5.0 - June 12, 2021

  • New:
    • Improved user interface layout
    • Switched to Eclipse Public License 1.0

Swordfish 4.4.2 - May 30, 2021

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed "Connection reset" error when requesting Machine Translation from Microsoft Azure

Swordfish 4.4.1 - May 5, 2021

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed old project dissapearance when creating a new one

Swordfish 4.4.0 - May 3, 2021

  • New:
    • Added native support for new Apple Silicon (M1) Macs
    • Improved layout
    • Improved RemoteTM integration
    • Pasted text from other applications as plain text
    • Changed project sorting to newest on top
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed detection of JSON files
    • Fixed handling of wrong tags

Swordfish 4.3.0 - April 10, 2021

  • New:
    • Added new languages to DeepL Machine Translation engine.
    • Added support for RemoteTM 5.0

Swordfish 4.2.1 - March 16, 2021

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed export of untranslated segments

Swordfish 4.2.0 - February 17, 2021

  • New:
    • Added support for bidirectional languages
    • Implemented support for very large segments

Swordfish 4.1.3 - February 3, 2021

  • Fixes:
    • Restored sentence segmentation

Swordfish 4.1.2 - February 2, 2021

  • New:
    • Improved segmentation of bilingual files
    • Improved compatiblilty with Trados Studio

Swordfish 4.1.1 - January 25, 2021

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed error when filter text contains ', % or _

Swordfish 4.1.0 - January 23, 2021

  • New:
    • Added option to edit source text
    • Stored translations in the active memory when selecting "Confirm All Translations"
    • Improved support for unsegmented third party XLIFF 1.2 files
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed configuration of Google Cloud Translation
    • Fixed display of match origin when browsing matches with keyboard

Swordfish 4.0.5 - January 6, 2021

  • Fixes:
    • Improved support for XLIFF 1.2 from Articulate Rise
    • Adjusted source and target columns to have the same width

Swordfish 4.0.4 - December 31, 2020

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed conversion of Trados Studio packages

Swordfish 4.0.3 - December 13, 2020

  • Fixes:
    • Fixed handling of locked segments

Swordfish 4.0.2 - December 7, 2020

  • Fixes:
    • Suppressed output for confirmed empty targets
    • Fixed Machine Translation results when source text contains entities

Swordfish 4.0.1 - December 3, 2020

  • New:
    • Improved support for XLIFF 1.2
    • Improved User Guide

Swordfish IV - Initial Release - November 29, 2020

  • New:
      Completed User Guide
      Added Getting Started Guide

Beta 2 - November 22, 2020

  • New:
    • Added support for SRT Subtitles
    • Added support for Adobe InCopy ICML
    • Updated target languages for DeepL
    • Added content to Swordfish User Guide

Beta 1 - November 15, 2020

  • New:
    • Redesigned User Interface.
    • Source code published at GitHub.com