SDL Passolo Getting Started SDL Passolo 2018 March 2018 SDL Passolo Getting Started SDL Passolo 2018 March 2018 ii SDL Passolo Getting Started A Legal notice 0 Legal notice Copyright and trademark information relating to this product release. Copyright © 2000–2018 SDL Group. SDL Group means SDL PLC. and its subsidiaries and affiliates. All intellectual property rights contained herein are the sole and exclusive rights of SDL Group. All references to SDL or SDL Group shall mean SDL PLC. and its subsidiaries and affiliates details of which can be obtained upon written request. All rights reserved. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all intellectual property rights including those in copyright in the content of this website and documentation are owned by or controlled for these purposes by SDL Group. 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Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of SDL Group. 4 SDL Passolo Getting Started Contents 1 Legal notice ............................................. 3 2 About this manual ......................................... 1 3 About SDL Passolo ......................................... 5 4 Creating and preparing a project ................................ 7 Overview.............................................. 8 Supported file formats . 8 Working with older project files . 9 Selecting the language . 9 Creating a project . 10 Creating and editing the source string list . 15 Creating and editing the translation list . 16 5 Translation ............................................. 17 The Translation Assistant . 18 Automatic translation . 18 Translating Replicates . 19 Translating with the fuzzy list . 20 Translating with machine translation . 21 Spell checking . 21 Connections to translation memory systems and termbases . 22 Aspects of localization . 22 Working with the Dialog Editor . 23 Quality checks . 24 Example: Checking translations . 24 Generating the localized program . 25 6 Updates and alignment ..................................... 27 Updating projects and string lists . 28 Preparing for the update . 28 Updating string lists . 30 Generating the Updated Target File . 31 SDL Passolo Getting Started v Importing existing translation data . 31 Summary . 33 7 Acknowledgments ........................................ 35 vi SDL Passolo Getting Started 1 About this manual 1 About this manual Foreword SDL Passolo is an application that supports you in translating text resources and localizing software. In this context, all text components of a software that are displayed on the screen for the user are desig- nated as text resources. These include the menu structure with menus, commands and access keys; the dialogs with buttons, checkboxes and other control elements; as well as the "string table" in which character strings are dynamically linked during runtime (for example, error messages and tool tips). The Passolo documentation comprises two manuals: This Getting Started manual provides a brief introduction to help you take your first steps with Passolo. The Reference Manual contains more detailed information. It is available to download from the SDL Gateway . The Reference Manual is not provided in printed form. To display or print the Reference Manual, you need to install Acrobat Reader. The online help in Passolo contains the same information as the Reference Manual. SDL Passolo Editions Passolo is available in several editions, which differ based on the scope and the terms of the individual licensing agreement: the Professional Edition, the Team Edition, the Collaboration Edition and the Translator Edition. SDL Passolo Professional Edition The Professional Edition is intended for project managers, editors and translators responsible not only for localizing software, but also for translating the associated documentation and managing localization projects. The project view and project-related functions enable efficient management of even large projects. SDL Passolo's statistic functions provide the means to better calculate the scope of localization projects. The optional interfaces to translation memory systems help to increase the consistency and quality of the translated documents. The integrated development environment allows the creation of macros, which make it possible to change or add functions to Passolo. SDL Passolo Team Edition The Team Edition offers the same functions as the Professional Edition, but is also able to create and manage a certain number of special translation bundles. These translation bundles can be efficiently processed using the free Translator Edition, which includes all the required functions. Thus, with a single software license it is possible to delegate entire projects to external translators, including the task of testing and adapting the dialogs. SDL Passolo Collaboration Edition The Collaboration Edition is a stand-alone application that corresponds to the Team Unlimited Edition in terms of functionality, yet can also automatically synchronize the translation bundles with translation agencies or translators via an FTP server, Box and GroupShare. The GroupShare add-in is free with the Collaboration Edition, and also available as a paid add-on with the Professional and Team Edition. 2 SDL Passolo Getting Started About this manual 1 SDL Passolo Translator Edition The Translator Edition is a free editor for translators. It can be downloaded from our website http://www.sdl.com/passolo . Only special translation bundles created with the Team Edition can be edited using the Translator Edition. Thus, all the members of a project team can make use of SDL Passolo's powerful functionality without having to purchase a software license. The Translator Edition cannot read source files or generate target files, but it offers all the other functions required to efficiently process translation bundles. SDL Passolo Getting Started 3 1 About this manual 4 SDL Passolo Getting Started 2 About SDL Passolo 2 About SDL Passolo System Requirements In order to install and run SDL Passolo, you will need: • A Microsoft Windows compatible PC (including Intel-based Apple Mac computers with Windows as the operating system) with 2 gigahertz (GHz) or higher, 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor and 4 GB RAM (32-bit) or 8 GB RAM (64-bit) • A screen resolution of 1280x1024 pixels and 256 colors or more • 4 GB of available disk space to run Passolo • Up to 2.5 GB of available disk space to run the Passolo installer For optimum performance on 64-bit operating systems, SDL recommends a recent processor with dual or multi-core