SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide SYSTRAN Business Translator SYSTRAN Premium Translator Congratulations on your SYSTRAN v6 purchase which uses the latest generation of language translation software products from SYSTRAN. This Quick Start Guide will help you install and immediately begin using your new SYSTRAN v6 product. The following table summarizes the topics in this Guide and how they match your product.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide Installing your Product The following PC requirements must be met for SYSTRAN v6 to install successfully.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide 4 4. Select Complete installation. Accept the Destination Folder. Click Next. If you select Custom installation, check the box for each feature and language pair to install. Uncheck features and language pairs you do not want to install. 5. Click Next to start the installation. The progress bar shows installation status. 6. Click Finish to complete the installation.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide If you encounter problems activating your SYSTRAN product, please contact SYSTRAN Technical Support at http://www.systransoft.com/contact/Windows.html. Using the SYSTRAN Toolbar The SYSTRAN Toolbar is integrated into specific Windows applications when you install a SYSTRAN v6 product. The appearance and functionality of the Toolbar is similar across all supported Windows application.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide Looking up a Term in Internet Explorer, Firefox or other non-Office Windows Applications 1. Enter the term in the Look for: Toolbar. 2. Click Toolbar. field on the SYSTRAN . A list of meanings is displayed in an expanded Translation SYSTRAN Global Options Click the Options button on any SYSTRAN Toolbar to display the SYSTRAN Global Options dialog, from which you can set options for your SYSTRAN v6 product.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide Application Settings Determines how SYSTRAN is used in your eligible Windows applications. Translation Options Establishes how SYSTRAN translates your files. License Resources Manage SYSTRAN’s use of the domains and dictionaries on your PC. Filter Control the formatting of translated text and select specific terms you do not want to translate. Linguistic Control how SYSTRAN v6 treats specific characteristics of the source language during translation.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide 3. Click Translate only file. . The translated file displays in a new window as a read- 4. Save the translated file using the File|Save command. For Microsoft Office 2007 1. Click the SYSTRAN tab to display the SYSTRAN tab group in the ribbon. 2. If Automatic language detection is enabled, the detected language will automatically appear in the Source language dropdown. Use the Source and Target dropdown lists to change the source or target language. 3.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide 9 For Microsoft Office 2007 1. Highlight the text you want to translate. 2. Click the SYSTRAN tab to reveal the SYSTRAN tab group in the ribbon. 3. Click the dropdown arrow beneath the Translate button in the tab group and select Translate selection, or click the Translate selection command in the context menu by clicking the right mouse button (with the exception of PowerPoint 2007). To translate text in Outlook, use global translation shortcuts.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide 10 3. Click Translate . SYSTRAN v6 inserts the translated text into the same email, separating it from the source text with a banner. If you are using Microsoft Word as your email editor, you will see a new email message with the translated text when you click and not the splitpanel display illustrated above. You must turn off this setting to see source and target languages in the same email, as shown above.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide 11 4. Click the Translate button dropdown in the tab group and select Translate Document. SYSTRAN v6 translates the email, inserts the translated text into the same email as the source text, and places a banner between the two versions. -- or -Highlight a portion of the email you wish to translate, then click the Translate button dropdown and select Translate selection to translate the selected text.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide 12 3. Paste the selected text into the left panel of the SYSTRAN Translation Toolbar. 4. Select Source and Target languages in the Toolbar’s dropdown lists. 5. Click Translate . The translated text will display in the right panel of the SYSTRAN Translation Toolbar. 6. Cut or copy the translated text and paste it at your discretion.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide 13 Please note that the right-click context menu will only offer the SYSTRAN Translate option when you right-click on a supported file format. SYSTRAN’s Save File As dialog will display. 4. Select Source and Target languages from the dropdown lists. 5. Click Browse to select a location for the translated file that differs from the original location of the file (the default location). 6. Click Translate. The Translation status window displays your progress. 7.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide 14 Lookup (Ctrl+L) Press Ctrl+L in any Windows application to look up the definition of a highlighted term in the available Dictionaries. Keyboard shortcuts can occasionally conflict, application to application, and for this reason SYSTRAN allows you to change your shortcut settings using the Options dialog. For more information, refer to the SYSTRAN v6 User Guide.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide 15 Adding Dictionary Entries 1. In an open dictionary, click a blank cell in the Source language column and enter a translation term. 2. Enter a translation in the correlating blank cell in the Target language column, or select Dictionary|Change Entry Type to designate the entry as a DNT (Do Not Translate) term. 3. Select a grammatical category for the term using the Category dropdown. 4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 to add more terms. 5.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide 16 SYSTRAN Translation Project Manager (STPM) SYSTRAN Translation Project Manager (STPM) is a “translation workbench” which you can use to create, manage, and refine localization projects. Using STPM, you can perform side-by-side comparisons between original and translated documents and effect changes to both. You can add terms to User Dictionaries (UDs) and process dictionary updates.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide The Corpus Explorer offers a tree-style view of the open Project, serving as the point from which source Project documents are selected for display in the Document Viewer. The Document Viewer is the true “workbench” area in STPM. When a Project source document is selected in the Corpus Explorer a non-WYSIWYG simplified mirrored version of it displays in the Document Viewer, and it is on this version that all translation review and customization is performed.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide 18 Creating a Project 1. Select the File|New Project command, or click the New Project button on the File toolbar. 2. Enter Project information into the Project Properties dialog fields. Please note that mandatory fields are indicated in bold text. 3. Click OK. The new Project will display in the Corpus Explorer as New Project n. button on the File 4. Select the File|Save command or click the Save Toolbar. The standard Windows Save As dialog will display. 5.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide 19 Adding a File to a Project 1. Once the Project is present in STPM, select the Corpus|Add File on the Corpus Toolbar. The command, or click the Add File button Open dialog will display. 2. Navigate to the file you wish to add to the Project and highlight it with a single click. 3. Click Open. The selected file soon displays in the Corpus Explorer as a component of the current Project.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide 20 Using STPM Review Panes Review panes are the main work areas within STPM projects, and offer tools for improving your translations. These review panes, which can be used concurrently, are all accessible via both the View menu and the Review Toolbar.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide SYSTRAN Business Translator Basic Basic Business SYSTRAN Premium Translator SYSTRAN Office Translator Feature SYSTRAN Home Translator SYSTRAN Web Translator SYSTRAN v6 Product Features Comparison Translate selected text in any Windows application. Translate Web pages in Internet Explorer and Firefox. Translate Word documents. Translate email in Outlook. Translate PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets. Translate PDF files.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide SDM Features The following table lists the features supported by the professional versions of SDM.
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide STPM Features The following table lists the features supported by the professional versions of STPM. Feature Create Bilingual Translation Project Support TXT, RTF, DOC, PDF, HTML file formats URL fetcher Translate Single Document Partial translation Side-by-side alignment of source and translated documents at the sentence and word level Highlight Not Found Words, Alternative Meanings, Source Ambiguities, Sentence Review.
