Overview: Translator Toolbar

The Translator Toolbar is designed to centralize all the functions that a Translator needs to carry out their work efficiently and quickly.

Translation and glossary suggestions are displayed here. If a segment has no translation suggestion available for it, the translator can use Machine Translation to create one for any segment.

1	Translated Text Window
	Translations are entered into this window. Inline tags are displayed graphically and can be moved or deleted using a combination of the keyboard and mouse. Misspelt words are highlighted with a red underline and suggested spellings are displayed in the toolbar drop-down (6).
2	Source Text Window
	This is the original source language text. This may contain red over-lines that indicate that a word is available in the glossary and is displayed in the Glossary Reference window (5). If a translation memory suggestion is located and displayed in the main Reference window (3).
3	TM Reference Window
	This window displays Translation Memory matches as well as Machine Translation suggestions. This window may contain colored markups to distinguish where the current and TM segments differ. This should be used in conjunction with the % Fuzzy Match figure to determine how good a suggested translation is.
4	TM Match Information
	This panel displays information about the current TM suggestion. It indicates the name of TM from which the match comes. It also gives the percentage match 100% or the fuzzy percentage To the right hand side, it also shows a TM segment's translation state If more than one hit is available, it also displays navigation buttons to advance to next / previous TM matches.
5	Glossary Window
	This window displays translation suggestions from glossary files. You can also configure new glossary files by clicking Glossary Source. The source words are over-marked in the source window (2)
6	Spelling Suggestions
	This displays suggested spellings for misspelt words in the Translated Text window. You can configure a Spell Checker by going to the General Options dialog box.

Button	Description
Previous Item	Click this button to move to the previous item in the project.
Previous String	Click this button (or use the keyboard shortcut [SHIFT]+[ENTER] move to the previous string.
Next String	Click this button (or use the [ENTER] key) to advance to the next string.
Next Item	Click this button to advance to the next item in your project.
Undo	Click this button to undo the most recent operation.
Redo	Click this button to redo the most recent undo operation.
Decrease Font Size	Click this button to make the Font in the Toolbar and String list smaller.
Increase Font Size	Click this button to make the Font in the Toolbar and String list bigger.
Toggle ezType	Click this button to switch ezType On/Off.
Automatic Validation	Click this button to switch Validation On/Off.
Perform Automatic Validation	Click this button (or use the F5 key) to refresh Validation for the segment being edited in the Translator Toolbar.
Automate Context links in reference browser	Automatically show any reference link applied to a segment in the Context browser. This will automatically open the Reference Browser tab for a moment if it is docked.
Refresh Context links in reference browser	Click to show reference link in the Reference Browser.
Display Tags	Click this button to switch the display of Tags On/Off.
Insert Inline Tag	Click this button to insert a custom in-line tag into the current segment.
Toggle Bi-directional	Click this button to switch between normal and bidirectional text entry. This is useful for working on Arabic or Hebrew texts.
Toggle Space Markers	Click this button to switch the display of whitespace on/off.
Set Lock	Click this button to apply a lock to the currently selected string.
Set/Reset Translated	Click this button to set or reset the Translation Status of a string.
Set/Reset Review	Click this button to set or reset the For Review status of a string.
Set/Reset Signed Off	Click this button to set or reset the Signed Off status of a string.
Set/Reset Flagged	Click this button to set or reset the Flagged status of a string.
Spell Check	Click this button to perform a Spell Check on the currently selected string.

Select the segment or group of segments from the Workspace pane.

1. Click to Lock each selected segment;
2. Click to mark each segment as Untranslated;
3. Click to mark each segment For Review;
4. Click to mark each segment as Signed Off.

The Translator Toolbar is designed to centralize all the functions that a Translator needs to carry out their work efficiently and quickly.

Inline tags in the Translator Toolbar

Inline tags are represented graphically in the Translator Toolbar by colored rectangles with the tag element name. Rectangles pointing to the right represent an Opening tag

, while those pointing to the left are matching closing tag

. A rectangle pointing both ways represent a self closing tag

TM Reference Pane

Suggested translations are displayed here. Suggestions can be either identical or similar matches, often referred to as Fuzzy Matches. A percentage score is displayed adjacent to each fuzzy match and several fuzzy matches may be available for each source segment.

Use the Next and Previous buttons to view different matches for the current segment. The fuzzy value for the next and previous matches are displayed underneath these buttons.

Multiple TMs can be specified in the Active TM tab. This helps achieve higher translation re-use during a project. The 'source' of the translation suggestion is displayed adjacent to it. In the example above, the translation suggestion has come from an Alchemy desktop TM file and the symbol

is used to signify this.

Shortcuts

Recycled Translations

Recycled translations are translated segments that have been translated previously in the current Project TTK. These will also be displayed in the Translator Toolbar.

In the example above, Using Quick Find has been translated previously in the Project TTK as My Previous Translation. The translation of this is displayed in the Translator Toolbar and the symbol

is displayed alongside it. This signifies that the suggested translation comes for the existing Project file and not the TM. The status of the recycled segment is also indicated as For Review.

Advanced Segment Properties

Click on the Properties tab to set/reset advanced properties of a segment. Advanced Properties are displayed for both the original and translated segment, however you can only set new values for the translated segment.

Identifying Differences in Fuzzy Matches

To help translators determine the differences between a suggestion fuzzy match translation and the source segment they are currently working on, Alchemy CATALYST will highlight these.

Second Mouse Button and Accelerators

Use the 2nd mouse button to access the following functionality while working in the Translator Toolbar.

Feature	Description	Shortcut
Next Suggestion	Fetch and display next translation suggestions from Active TMs.	[Ctrl] + [+]
Previous Suggestion	Fetch and display previous translation suggestions from Active TMs.	[Ctrl] + [-]

Markup	Description
Blue Underline	Indicates the presence of modified text.
Double Underline	Indicates that additional words/phrases have been added