<s>
Smartcat	B-Application
is	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
translation	O
and	O
localization	B-General_Concept
platform	O
that	O
connects	O
businesses	O
,	O
translators	B-Application
,	O
and	O
translation	O
agencies	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
“	O
Connected	O
Translation	O
”	O
delivery	O
loop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
positions	O
itself	O
as	O
an	O
“	O
all-in-one	O
”	O
translation	O
platform	O
,	O
combining	O
CAT	B-Application
,	O
TMS	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
other	O
translation	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartcat	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
CAT	B-Application
tool	I-Application
in	O
2012	O
–	O
2015	O
as	O
an	O
in-house	O
solution	O
by	O
ABBYY	B-Operating_System
Language	O
Solutions	O
,	O
a	O
linguistic	O
service	O
provider	O
within	O
the	O
ABBYY	B-Operating_System
group	O
of	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Smartcat	B-Application
spun	O
out	O
of	O
ABBYY	B-Operating_System
LS	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
separate	O
company	O
and	O
attracted	O
$2.8	O
million	O
in	O
investments	O
from	O
Ilya	O
Shirokov	O
(	O
ex-CEO	O
at	O
Odnoklassniki	O
and	O
founder	O
of	O
Yandex-acquired	O
social	O
network	O
MoiKrug.ru	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ABBYY	B-Operating_System
LS	O
’s	O
founder	O
and	O
CEO	O
Ivan	O
Smolnikov	O
also	O
left	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
fully	O
focus	O
on	O
Smartcat	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
platform	O
has	O
more	O
than	O
350,000	O
freelancers	O
in	O
its	O
marketplace	O
and	O
provides	O
an	O
“	O
app	O
store	O
”	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
integrate	O
their	O
Smartcat	B-Application
account	O
with	O
third-party	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Smartcat	B-Application
has	O
an	O
in-built	O
CAT	B-Application
tool	I-Application
that	O
helps	O
translators	B-Application
work	O
faster	O
and	O
more	O
efficiently	O
,	O
its	O
reach	O
and	O
functionality	O
are	O
much	O
broader	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
a	O
CAT	B-Application
tool	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
Smartcat	B-Application
’s	O
monetization	O
is	O
primarily	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
percentage-based	O
service	O
fee	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
vendors’	O
own	O
rates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartcat	B-Application
also	O
offers	O
paid	O
subscriptions	O
with	O
some	O
additional	O
features	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
vendor	O
management	O
and	O
localization	B-General_Concept
engineering	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
early	O
2019	O
,	O
Smartcat	B-Application
has	O
been	O
using	O
the	O
term	O
Connected	O
Translation	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
a	O
connected	O
localization	B-General_Concept
ecosystem	O
where	O
businesses	O
,	O
agencies	O
,	O
and	O
translators	B-Application
are	O
combinedinto	O
one	O
content	O
delivery	O
loop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartcat	B-Application
’s	O
built-in	O
CAT	B-Application
editor	O
supports	O
,	O
including	O
text	O
documents	O
,	O
presentations	O
,	O
spreadsheets	O
,	O
scanned	O
documents	O
and	O
images	O
(	O
including	O
a	O
paid	O
OCR	O
service	O
)	O
,	O
HTML	O
pages	O
,	O
resource	O
files	O
,	O
industry-standard	O
bilingual	O
formats	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
also	O
supports	O
SDL	B-Application
Trados	I-Application
packages	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
projects	O
originally	O
intended	O
for	O
SDL	B-Application
Trados	I-Application
,	O
including	O
generation	O
of	O
return	O
packages	O
to	O
be	O
further	O
handled	O
in	O
Trados	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartcat	B-Application
is	O
the	O
organizer	O
of	O
the	O
online	O
language	O
industry	O
conference	O
.	O
</s>
