SYSTRAN 7 Quick Start Guide Ref : DSK-7-QSG-HO-EN
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide Welcome Congratulations on your SYSTRAN 7 purchase which uses the latest generation of language translation products from SYSTRAN, the leading supplier of translation software. SYSTRAN 7 offers a variety of features and capabilities for the translation of text in any Windows-based application. A new common interface is always available, allowing you to perform translations between more than 50 of the world’s most common language pairs.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide Installing, Activating, and Registering SYSTRAN Desktop 7 You can initiate the installation of SYSTRAN Desktop 7 using either a purchased DVD or an executable application (downloaded product) purchased online. Of course, as with all software installation, there are decisions and choices you will need to make as you proceed. To use SYSTRAN Desktop 7 your system must meet the following minimum requirements: Processor Memory Disk Space PC with Intel® Pentium® 1.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide these older versions of Office to open and save files created in the newer Microsoft Office formats (.docx, .xlsx, and .pptx). Visit http://download.microsoft.com for more information. Starting from a Downloaded File 1) Double-click on the downloaded file and select a temporary extraction folder (this is not the folder where the software will be installed). The installation program will be extracted into this folder.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide Your first opportunity to activate your SYSTRAN product is at the end of the installation process. If you choose not to activate your product at installation, each time you start your SYSTRAN product thereafter the Product Activation dialog will display, detailing your SYSTRAN licenses and their activation status. Click Activate your product now to continue.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide If you encounter any problems activating your SYSTRAN product, please contact SYSTRAN Technical Support at http://www.systransoft.com/translation-support/v7desktop-products. Managing Your SYSTRAN Account You can easily log into and manage your SYSTRAN account via the SYSTRAN Website (www.systransoft.com / www.systran.fr).
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide Using the SYSTRAN Interactive Translator Translating Text Using the SYSTRAN Interactive Translator, you can translate text from any Windows application simply by cutting/copying and pasting it into the Translator's source text entry field. You can also type text directly into the source panel for translation.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide Shortcut Enter text to be translated in the source text entry field of the SYSTRAN Interactive Translator. Press Ctrl+Shift+T. The translated text appears in the translated results field of the SYSTRAN Interactive Translator. You can change the keyboard shortcut via the SYSTRAN Global Options dialog, and if you are using Firefox you may want to do so to avoid conflicts.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide 6) Click the Lookup button to the right of the field. Lookup results will display in the SYSTRAN Interactive Translator's Lookup results field. SYSTRAN 7 provides a great deal of information in the list of meanings for a Lookup term. Each entry may include information about the domain, usage, language level, and grammatical category of the entries.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide Translating Selected Web Page Text You can use the right-click context menu to translate selected text on a Web page. 1) Set your source and target languages. 2) Select text to translate. 3) Right-click the selected text and select SYSTRAN Translate from the popup menu. 4) A translation of the selected text appears in the lower right of the Desktop.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide 3) Click the Translate button on the SYSTRAN Toolbar, or click the right mouse button to open a popup menu for additional translation options. The translated file appears in a new window as a read-only file. You can save the translated file using the standard Windows File, Save function. For Office 2007 and Office 2010: 1) Click the SYSTRAN tab to reveal the SYSTRAN tab group in the ribbon.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide Translating Email in Microsoft Outlook When SYSTRAN Desktop 7 translates an email, the source (original) text and target (translated) text appear in a revised email, separated by a banner. 1) Open Microsoft Outlook. 2) Open a message that you want to translate, or type a new message. 3) Use the Source and Target dropdown lists to change the source and target languages. 4) Click the Translate button.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide 3) Use the Source and Target dropdown lists to change the source and target languages, as necessary. 4) Click the Translate button droplist in the tab group and indicate Translate Document. SYSTRAN Desktop 7 translates the email, inserts the translated text into the same email as the source text, and places a banner between the two versions.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide Translation Options The Translation Options tab allows you to control how SYSTRAN Desktop 7 translates your files. Settings are organized in categories, and individual settings depend on the SYSTRAN Desktop 7 product(s) installed and activated on your PC. Profiles Translation Option settings can be saved in Profiles, allowing different users to select their own preferred options when working with SYSTRAN V7 products. User Profiles can be saved, exported and imported.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide Dictionary resources can be used for a number of functions, including: Translating terms not found in the SYSTRAN Main Dictionary. Overriding the target-language meaning of a term in the SYSTRAN Main Dictionary to customize translation output. Ensuring that a multi-word expression is always treated as a single unit by the translation software.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide 1) Click your cursor in an open box in the Source column. Enter the term to be translated. 2) Move the cursor to the Target language box on the same row and enter the target language term. 3) Click in the Category box to display the Category dropdown and select the grammatical category of the word (noun, verb, etc.). You can allow SDM to select a category automatically by selecting Auto (refer to Coding User Dictionary Entries).
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide Symbol Description SDM cannot find any correlation between the source and target language entries or a term cannot be coded at all. The entry will not apply in the translation and needs to be corrected. Not yet coded. 4) If the bar is short, the software has little confidence in how the entry is coded. To increase the confidence level, revise your source and/or target language entries, and then repeat step 1 above to measure the revised confidence level.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide Translate using SYSTRAN Interactive Translator Translate selected text in any Windows application Translate Web pages in Internet Explorer and Firefox Translate Word documents Translate OpenOffice documents (ODF, ODS, ODP) Translate email in Outlook Translate PowerPoint presentations Translate Excel spreadsheets Translate PDF# files Translate Text, Word, RTF, PowerPoint, Excel, HTML and PDF# files using SYSTRAN Quick File Translator Adapt translation to your language domain(s)
Premium Translator Premium Manage translation Projects composed of multiple files in multiple formats Provide additional revision tools for improving source analysis Import and Export linguistic data - Premium - Business Manage translation Projects using SYSTRAN Translation Project Manager (STPM) Display side-by-side source and target texts. Provide revision tools to customize translations and improve translation quality Translate DOC, RTF, TXT, HTML, XHTML, and # PDF files and Web pages.
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide
