STAR Transit NXT
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Plans and prices
From STAR Transit NXT's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Transit NXT Workstation | — | Document translation · Software localization · Video subtitling · TermStar terminology management · Machine-translation engine connections |
| Transit NXT Freelance Pro | — | Project creation and translation · Document translation · Software localization · Video subtitling · TermStar terminology management |
| Transit NXT Professional | — | Project creation, distribution, and translation · Multilingual project processing · Document translation · Software localization · Video subtitling · TermStar terminology management |
| Transit NXT | Priced on request | Individual, workstation and professional editions; time limited licenses for 3, 6 or 12 months; perpetual and floating server licenses also listed |
The facts
Each one read from STAR Transit NXT's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Document translation
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Editions and licensing
- The feature guide lists Freelance, Freelance Pro, Workstation and Professional editions, with time-limited standalone, perpetual standalone and floating server license options.checked 12 Oct 2026
- File formats
- STAR lists support for Microsoft Office, Adobe InDesign, FrameMaker and QuarkXPress files, tagged formats such as HTML, XML and SGML, and software resources such as RC, EXE and DLL.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Formatting
- During import, Transit separates and protects formatting data and converts text to Unicode with XML tags; translated files become part of the translation memory.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Glossary tools
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- STAR describes Transit NXT as a translation environment developed with input from translators, terminologists, computational linguists, project managers, DTP experts and IT professionals.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Memory structure
- STAR says Transit’s text-file-based structure avoids performance, damaged-database and inaccessible-memory problems it associates with other products.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Transit NXT is STAR’s integrated computer-assisted translation system.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Quality assurance
- The editor provides multiple quality controls, and Service Pack 9 added checks for source and target translation variants.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support and learning
- STAR lists free webinars, a Tips & Tricks blog, extensive documentation and free technical support during evaluation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Terminology
- A TermStar license is included when Transit NXT is purchased, supporting terminology search, insertion, extraction and review.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Translation memory
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Translation workflow
- The system combines import and export filters, translation memory and editor, resource editing, subtitling, quality controls, terminology management, project management and file alignment.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Updates
- STAR says improvements and new functions in seven service packs were distributed free to existing Transit NXT customers.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Trial
- STAR offers a trial version by request and states that technical support is free during the evaluation period.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Machine translation
- Transit supports controlled integration of machine translation configured to customer needs, and STAR describes combining machine-translation suggestions with translation-memory matches.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Platform
- The feature guide specifies Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 for the listed editions, and Windows Server 2008 through 2012 R2 for server-capable editions.checked 12 Oct 2026
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