AlignAssist User`s Manual
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1. yet implemented Open Opens TransAssist Memory or AlignAssist Intermediate Files Save Saves over the currently open file When the currently open file has not yet been saved this function acts as the Save As function listed below Save Saves the currently open file with a user specified file name and as the file type selected by the AS user from the file type drop down box Exit Exits AlignAssist Edit Undo This feature not yet implemented Cut Cuts the selected text Copy Copies the selected text Paste Pastes text that has been previously copied of cut View Toolbar Displays Hides the AlignAssist toolbar top of the window Status Bar Displays Hides the AlignAssist status bar bottom of the window Tools Align Files Opens the Align Files dialog Preferences Selects the default style font font color bold italic underline etc for memory entries This feature does not function correctly in the current version Background Sets the cell background color Color UITo Switches the user interface to the selected language English Japanese Help Displays information about the current AlignAssist version Page 6 AlignAssist 1 0 User s Manual 9 Aligning multiple files AlignAssist can be used to align multiple files if the files are paired as shown below for any two languages Example English Par2. AlignA ssist 1 0 User s Manual AlignAssist 1 0 User s Manual A A O 1 System Requirements ee 1 Minimum System Requirements scssesonsssonsssonessnnesensosenonnsnonnnsnnnnsnnenensonensnsssonnssnnnnsnnssensonsnssnsssonsssanssssnesensonen 1 Recommended System Requirements sssssssssssssssssssssssossssssosososososssssososssssssosssssssosossosososssosssosssosssossssss esssssss 1 Note About Version RU 1 1 Installation PP ia 2 Note About Installation siesisccsccsssceccsescnescesesescssesuccesesuscssensancssdnsuccssonseosssonseosssoncnes custiesssoaseesensacesssenssssseencseadss 2 A TRITT ERREUR 2 3 Starting Al gn Assist a tesa 2 4 Setup the files to be alisnied u2 uu seien 3 5 The alignment SCreen aii ia RN 4 6 Saving as an AlignAssist Intermediate File Saving partially aligned projects 5 7 Opening AlignAssist Intermediate Files Opening partially aligned projects 5 8 Closing AlignAssist and saving as a TransAssist translation memory 5 Uu nr 6 9 Aligning multiple files un ae 7 10 Compatible file types zen EI ore epe UE Pena iD eet obra o ash sre cete stent eeeao s 7 AlignAssist 1 0 User s Manual Easily create valuable translation memory from previously translated materials AlignAssist is used to create and edit a TransAssist translation memory file from previously translated source and translation documents Us
3. cells gt Click the Swap button between two cells that are above and below each other to swap the contents of the cells gt Select a segment of text in a cell and click the S Split button to move the selected segment to a new cell directly below the original cell The S Split button is located in the third row of the column of buttons either to the left for source cells or right for translation cells of each cell gt Click the D Delete Cell button to delete a cell and its contents The D Delete button is located in the third row of the column of buttons either to the left for source cells or right for translation cells of each cell gt Click the E Edit button to edit the contents of a cell The Edit Entry dialogue will display Clicking on the Source displays the source information font font color bold etc in an html tag format The Format gt Insert Symbol menu item can also be used to insert an html code for a symbol On the Editor tab the Format menu can also be used to change the Font attributes and cell Background Color The E Edit button is located in the third row of the column of buttons either to the left for source cells or right for translation cells of each cell gt Click the B Blank button to create a blank cell immediately below the current cell After creating a Page 4 AlignAssist 1 0 User s Manual blank cell use the E Edit button to edit the contents o
4. ess according to the on screen instructions After installation is complete restart your computer VVVV Login under a username with administrator rights Select Start gt All Programs gt Assistant Suite gt Tools gt AlignAssist gt Uninstall AlignAssist or select AlignAssist from the Windows control panel s Add or Remove Programs and select Remove Complete the uninstallation process according to the on screen instructions After uninstallation is complete restart your computer 2 Uninstallation gt gt Vv 3 Starting AlignAssist gt Double click the AlignAssist icon on the desktop or select Start gt All Programs gt Assistant Suite gt Tools gt AlignAssist gt AlignAssist gt The main AlignAssist window shown below will open rU m T ar I Eb Edi yew Took Heb Ded hb 5 Y Page 2 AlignAssist 1 0 User s Manual 4 Setup the files to be aligned gt Select Tools gt Align Files from the menu or click the icon on the toolbar gt The Align Files dialog shown below will open ETT dcm di Zn nn em CET Comes Click Add Source and select the select the source document to be aligned Click Add Trans and select the corresponding translated document to be aligned Remove Source and Remove Trans can be used to remove selected source or translation documents The Up a
5. f the newly created blank cell or to copy and paste from another source The B Blank button is located in the third row of the column of buttons either to the left for source cells or right for translation cells of each cell gt Click the D Delete Row button between two cells to delete the entire row the source and translation cells to either side of the lt D gt button gt Click the 1 gt 5 gt or 10 gt buttons to the top or button right of the window to jump ahead by the selected number of cells 1 5 or 10 cells or click the gt gt button to the top or bottom right of the window to jump to the last cell in the project gt Click the lt 1 lt 5 or lt 10 buttons to the top or button right of the window to jump back by the selected number of cells 1 5 or 10 cells or click the lt lt button to the top or bottom right of the window to jump to the first cell in the project 6 Saving as an AlignAssist Intermediate File Saving partially aligned projects Saving a completed alignment as a TransAssist translation memory file creates and XML format translation memory which can be used with TransAssist However when saving a partially aligned project please be sure to use the procedure below to save the project as an AlignAssist Intermediate File and not as a TransAssist Translation Memory gt Select File gt Save As and the Save dialog will open gt Inthe Save as type field at the bott
6. ing AlignAssist you can create a TransAssist memory without having to add each source and translation segment in TransAssist manually Features e Simple interface which allows users to easily compare source and translation segments e Partially finished files can be saved during the align process and continued later or on a different pc e File analysis is carried out in the background so you can run other programs while AlignAssist analyzes the file and performs preliminary alignment please note the amount of time required to switch between AlignAssist and other programs is dependent upon the processor power and memory usage of the PC being used System Requirements Minimum System Requirements Internet Explorer 5 5 or higher 128 MB RAM Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Recommended System Requirements 256 MB RAM Microsoft Windows XP Note About Version 1 0 AlignAssist version 1 0 is an evaluation version This version is not a formal release and may still contain errors and unimplemented features If you have any comments suggestions or bugs to report please contact us at info transassist com Page 1 AlignAssist 1 0 User s Manual 1 Installation Note About Installation Please be sure to install AlignAssist while logged in under a username with Administrator rights Download or copy AlignAssist_Setup exe to a local hard disk Double click AlignAssist_Setup exe and the Setup Wizard will start Complete the installation proc
7. nd Down buttons can be used to change the order of the source and translation files Click Align to begin the alignment process VVVVV Page 3 AlignAssist 1 0 User s Manual 5 The alignment screen a ace Eh Edt Yew Took Heb Oe ma er Y 10 5 1 1 gt 5 gt 10 gt Sources Translations 51 2 E lt D gt a E TET TransAssist can crease the efficiency of your translations 35 Transit HRES A WSS FS TET pu IL i S Merge Swap Merge Swap Is va J El gt I Fer Use AlgnAssist to create TranzAssit translation memcees AlignAsstOTrarcAs JEEVES ver pee 2 El uj Merge Swa Merge Swap S 5j IE Source segment choud match trandation segment a Eirik TD ne B E Merge Swap Merge Swan ia fe fey Source segment 2 should match translation segment 2 and so on TA 8x 235i X 2 KARTAT E 12 i ec 10 5 lt 1 gt 5 gt 10 gt Samoa source ant les 100 The source file segments are displayed on the left side of the window and the translation file segments are displayed on the right side of the window Check to make sure that the contents of the left source cells and the right translation cells are correctly aligned with source segment in the left cell corresponding to the translation segment in the cell directly to its right gt Click the Merge button between two cells that are above and below each other to merge the contents of the
8. om of the Save dialog select AlignAssist Intermediate File from the drop down box type a name for the file and save AlignAssist Intermediate Files use the file extension aaif gt For all subsequent saves use the Save item to save over the same file or again use Save As as explained above to save to a new file name 7 Opening AlignAssist Intermediate Files Opening partially aligned projects Select File Open from the menu The Open dialog will open gt In the Files of type field at the bottom of the Open dialog select AlignAssist Intermediate File files using the file extension aaif and select a previously saved AlignAssist Intermediate File The file will open in the same state that you saved it in and you can continue working on it immediately 8 Closing AlignAssist and saving as a TransAssist translation memory Please follow the procedure below to close AlignAssist and save your project as a TransAssist Translation Memory Select File Save As from the menu gt The Save dialog will open gt In the Save as type field at the bottom of the Save dialog select TransAssist Memory from the drop down box type a name for the file and save TransAssist Translation Memory Files use the file extension xml gt For all subsequent saves use the Save item to save over the same file Page 5 AlignAssist 1 0 User s Manual Menu Items File New This feature is not
9. t 1 Japanese Part 1 English Part 2 Japanese Part 2 English Part 3 Japanese Part 3 10 Compatible file types The following file types can be aligned with AlignAssist 1 0 gt Microsoft Word Documents doc gt Rich Text Files rtf Plain Text Files txt Page 7
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