Terminology management with Xbench

[spiros]

Χριστίνα,

Έλεγα να το αφήσω για το μάθημα, αλλά μιας και χάρηκες πολύ, ας χαρείς και λίγο περισσότερο.

Άνοιξε ένα αγγλοελληνικό project στο Xbench.
Άνοιξε και το Word.
Επίλεξε μια αγγλική λέξη στο Word.
Πάτα Ctrl+Alt+Ins

Τώρα, επίλεξε μια ελληνική λέξη στο Word.
Πάτα Ctrl+Alt+Backspace

Έτσι και το Trados, ε; ):

[Pink Panther]

Σπύρο,

ενημερωτικά και μόνο: τα έσβησα τα project και τα ξαναέφτιαξα και όλα δείχνουν να είναι ΟΚ τώρα.

[spiros]

Χαίρομαι ):

[elzosim]

Εγώ παλι δοκίμασα να βάλω το csv γλωσσάρι της Microsoft στο project αλλά δεν το έβρισκε όταν δοκίμασα μετά να κάνω μια αναζήτηση.
Τελικα, μετέτρεψα το csv σε txt και το αναγνώρισε έτσι.

Λίλη

[spiros]

Λίλη,

Δοκίμασες αμέσως αφού το φόρτωσες; Το γλωσσάρι ήταν σε csv; Είχες επιλέξει Microsoft glossary στο αρχικό μενού επιλογής τύπου αρχείου (το πιθανότερο λάθος); Επίσης, εάν χρησιμοποίησες γλωσσάρια Microsoft που δεν είναι Unicode, μπορεί πάλι να έχεις πρόβλημα.

Αποθήκευσες το project?

[elzosim]

Γεια σου Σπύρο,

Δοκίμασα μόλις το φόρτωσα και ήταν αρχείο csv. Είχα επιλέξει 100% Microsoft glossary στο μενού.
Την ίδια ακριβώς διαδικασία ακολούθησα αφού μετέτρεψα το ίδιο αρχείο σε txt (δηλαδή και πάλι δεν είχα αποθηκεύσει το project πριν κάνω αναζητήσεις και έκανα αναζήτηση αμέσως μόλις φόρτωσα το txt).
Αφού, λοιπόν, τσέκαρα ότι αναγνωρίζει το αρχείο και βρίσκει αποτελέσματα όταν κάνω μια αναζήτηση, αποθήκευσα το project.
Το csv είναι το καινούριο συγκεντρωτικό αρχείο που παρέχει πλέον η Microsoft.
Το project με το csv δεν το έχω αποθηκεύσει.
Αυτά!

[spiros]

Το γλωσσάρι που παρέχει τώρα η Microsoft είναι ένα πολύγλωσσο γλωσσάρι. Για να το εισαγάγεις, πρέπει να διατηρήσεις δύο στήλες (αγγλικά και ελληνικά) και να το αποθηκεύσεις σε tab delimited file. Στην επιλογή Microsoft glossaries, εμπίπτουν ΜΟΝΟ τα παλιά, δίγλωσσα, γλωσσάρια.

[elzosim]

Αυτό συνέβη λοιπόν!
Ναι μεν έφτιαξα ένα αρχείο με δύο στήλες, αλλά το διατήρησα σε μορφή csv.
Όταν το αποθηκεύσα μετά ως txt, λειτούργησε κανονικά στο Xbench.

Τέλος καλό, όλα καλά!

[spiros]

Finally, Xbench, the awesome localization tool par excellence, has accomplished what I had prophesied (and hoped) long ago: they have started to charge for their tool. Oh, I don't mind not paying for good stuff, but I also know that there is a different and heightened kind of attention that's awarded to things with perceived commercial value -- on the side of both the user and the supplier. Case in point: the lovely new website at Xbench.net - Terminology and QA for Professional Translators and, of course, the new release of version 3.0 (with 64-bit support;support for new versions of memoQ, Wordfast Pro, and Déjà Vu; support for multilingual TMX files and the new Apple glossaries; and an integration with MemSource Editor). What surprised me and others is the relatively high price for the new version (though the old 2.9 version will be offered as freeware indefinitely): it's 99 euros per year. While there are some interesting ways those licenses are being used (you can distribute shares of the license to your heart's content), I predict that they will eventually have to come down in price. BUT, either way, you can purchase an annual license right now for 19 euros through January 10, with gradual increases continuing until the end of the beta period.
Jost Zetzsche, 217 Toolbox newsletter

[spiros]

Xbench Change Log

Xbench 3.0 Build 1266 (November 5, 2014)

Improved segment positioning for memoQ 2014
New QA check Unpaired Quotes
New file-level flag icons to help distinghish individual files in search results
Listing of Key Terms glossaries used in exported QA reports
Added support for synonyms in TBX files
Improved support for detecting changes .sdlxliff in files pointed by Studio .sdlproj files
File name in QA results now appears with the color of the priority
Menu item Internet→Define Links is now available from any tab
Smarter handling of new requests to start Xbench when Xbench is already started on the machine
Fixed issue with Export Items when source and targer were swapped
Fixed issue with alphanumeric checks in Chinese texts
Fixed issue with display of RTL text
Fixed issue with potentially empty regular expresions followed by word or segment anchors

Xbench 3.0 Build 1243 (July 11, 2014)

Added check for unpaired symbols (i.e. unpaired parentheses, square brackets, and braces)
Added support to sort search results by clicking on column headings
Added support for Passolo glossaries (.glo extension)
Added support for DejaVu Pack&Go files (.dvpng extension)
Added support to search normalizing native characters (for example accented vowels)
Added header with selected QA checks in QA report
Added possibility to export a no issues QA report
Fixed issue with finespace detection in numeric mismatch
Fixed issue with memoQ segment positioning
Fixed internal error when signing up without an Internet connection
Fixed issue with key terms mismatch check with more than one alternative in source

Xbench 3.0 Build 1227 (May 26, 2014)

Added Edit Source support for memoQ files (see online help for instructions)
Fixed issue with MultiTerm synonyms
Fixed issue with embedded spaces in MultiTerm language index name
Fixed memory leak with auto-refresh glossaries

Xbench 3.0 Build 1219 (May 13, 2014)

Improved display of file names with long paths in Export Items dialog
Improved display of selected checklists in QA tab when selection was changed from Checklists and Categories dialog
Fixed issue when loading XML files with ANSI encoding
Fixed issue when loading directory of XLIFF files
Fixed issue when loading certain Logoport XLIFF files

Xbench 3.0 Build 1216 (May 6, 2014)

Added support for Trados Multiterm .mdb files
Added support for XLIFF 2.0
Added support for OpenTM2 1.0
Added UI settings for plugin for Studio
Various fixes and improvements related to plugin for Studio
Added support for MultiTerm synonyms for Key Terms check
Added .tsv extension to tab-delimited file type
Improvements in tag mismatch detection
Improvements in Source same as Target check
Added file name information to See Context
Added support for comments in SDLXLIFF files
Removed file size limitation of 1GB per file (64-bit edition)
Various fixes with checklists UI
Added support to add more than one checklist at a time
Improvements and optimizations for auto-refresh glossaries
Improvements in sdlxliff parsing
Improvements in ttx parsing
Improvements in regular expression parsing
Fixed occasional message error "RPC not available" for TagEditor integration
Fixed issues with changed fonts in See Context
Fixed occasional issue with non-Latin characters in QA results

Xbench 3.0 Build 1186 (December 22, 2013)

Added support for Trados Multiterm .sdltb files
Renamed "Trados Multiterm Glossary" type because now supports both .xml and .sdltb files
Added support for upcoming beta of ApSIC Xbench Plugin for Trados Studio 2014
Enlarged font size of Source and Target fields in Search tab
Enlarged font size of Text to Search field in Internet tab
Added prompt to ask for removal from Reopen list of projects not found
Now when shutting down the system or logging off the session, the Xbench shutdown warning does not appear even if selected to avoid Xbench abend
Added Copy without Formatting in popup menu of detail pane in Search and QA tabs
Added Status column in Checklist Manager to allow sorting by status
Now the Search Templates window can be resized
Now several files can be selected in Project Properties to move them together up or down within a priority
Fixed issue with alphanumeric check when source language is Asian
Added back support for Word 2000 and Word 2002 for uncleaned files
Improved detection of memoQ workflow statuses
Improved detection of memoQ ICE (XLT) matches

Xbench 3.0 Build 1174 (November 4, 2013)

Added support for built-in alphanumeric check
Added support to show and hide the tool bar
Added support to shrink or expand Search pane by pulling down or pulling up the pane's bottom edge
Added support to show issue category in QA reports
Added support to load footnotes in uncleaned Word files
Added support for Normalize Whitespace to PowerSearch mode
Added support to change font size in QA view with mouse wheel
Added shortcut for Save As
Added hilighting of double blanks in exported QA reports
Fixed load of uncleaned files for MS Word 2013 with Reading Layout default
Improved detection of memoQ workflow states
Improved error reporting when checklist file is damaged
New Save As dialog for item exports that do not specify a directory
Improved detection of file additions and removals for directory-based glossary types
Improved detection of conditions that trigger the save project prompt
Improved appearance of results with large fonts
Improved grouping for inconsistency issues in case-sensitive mode
Improved sorting of spell-checking dictionary names in QA selection box
Improved cursor behavior after pressing Ctrl+M in in issue list
Fixed stability issues related to Checklist Manager
Fixed SDLX segment positioning issues with 64-bit build
Various cosmetic fixes and improvements in the UI

Xbench 3.0 Build 1149 (July 19, 2013)

Fixed character corruption when loading a RTF file with codepage overrides inside
Fixed collapsing columns when switching to alternative project on Windows 7/8

Xbench 3.0 Build 1148 (July 16, 2013)

Added built-in QA check for URL mismatches
Added support for TIPP (new file type)
Added support for XLIFF:doc
Added support for UTX (tab-delimited)
Added extension .xlf.zip to XLIFF file type
Added full version identifier to installable so that centralized change detection and installation is possible
Added automatic connection when open translation memory when a TTX file is opened with Edit Source
Immediate addition of spell-checking dictionaries to QA tab right after they are downloaded and installed
Now languages used in Export Items export are remembered for future use
Added pop-up menus in Search and QA tabs details pane to ease copying text from them
Fixed stability issues with 64-bit build when Internet searches were used
Fixed unexpected maximization of window upon returning from minimized state
Fixed QA report export issue if source and target were swapped
Fixed cosmetic issues when Windows 7 used 125% font size
Fixed Esc key behavior to close Xbench from any tab
Usability improvements in detection of offline mode
Improved consistency of default selections for multilingual glossaries
Added warning if the project is left with Ctrl+N when there are marked QA issues
Usability improvement when search string is changed and F5 is pressed to update project and search
Usability improvements when adding last search to checklist

Xbench 3.0 Build 1136 (May 16, 2013)

Added support for SDL Trados Studio translation memories
Fixed wrong parsing of ampersands in See Context window
Fixed extraneous empty segments in SDLXLIFF files
Fixed SDLXLIFF segments appearing as untranslated when segments where joined

Xbench 3.0 Build 1131 (May 8, 2013)

Improved usability of license checks under unreliable network conditions
Improved usability of QA report
Fixed listing of last project in Reopen list when no project is loaded at start up
Fixed wrong hiding of Cancel button for search when no instances were found
Fixed double spaces not listed due to wrong XML encoding of SDLXLIFF files
Fixed update issue with context menu of Project tab
Fixed wrong Xbench shutdown after closing Change User without entering a password
Improvements in TBX parsing
Fixed issue with regular expressions with a '>' character right before a '$' character
Fixed issue with SDLX segment positioning after Edit Source
Fixed parsing of &# entities in XML files
Fixed language detection issue in TMX when srclang attribute was not consistent with actual source language in file

Xbench 3.0 Build 1126 (March 15, 2013)

First Xbench 3.0 GA release
Change Log

[spiros]

Xbench 3.0 build 1299 includes support for Transit NXT and Transifex.

So now, to QA a Transit NXT project is as easy as right-clicking on its root directory and choosing "Run QA in Xbench".

We're also thrilled to announce our first seamless integration with an online translation tool, Transifex.  You can watch a 5-minute video featuring this cool integration at How to QA Transifex Projects with Xbench 3.0 - YouTube

To download the latest build of ApSIC Xbench 3.0, just visit Download

[spiros]

We're happy to announce the ApSIC Xbench Connector for Memsource, currently in beta available for PM and Admin users of the Memsource Ultimate Edition.

The connector allows you to instantly run a QA session for your cloud projects. Also, for projects with workflow, it allows you to quickly get a comparison report with all translation changes between two workflow steps.

You can watch a 5-minute video featuring this cool integration at

ApSIC Xbench Connector for Memsource - YouTube

[spiros]

Xbench Add-In for SDL Passolo is now available

The Add-in for Passolo is currently in beta and supports SDL Passolo 2011 and SDL Passolo 2016 Translator Edition.

To run a QA from Passolo with the Add-in, just choose Tools and then Xbench→Run QA in Xbench. Xbench 3.0 will be launched with the relevant information from the SDL Passolo project.

To download the Xbench Add-In for Passolo, visit Download

For more information on how the plugin works, visit BETA - New ApSIC Xbench Addin for Passolo! - Announcements - ApSIC Xbench Forum