Progress
Translation Manager
Guide


Overview of the Progress Translation Process

Translation Manager facilitates the process of translating Progress 4GL applications, but it does not eliminate the need for planning ahead. To successfully create a multi-lingual product, developers must design and create applications with translation in mind. For more information on preparing a project for translation, be sure to read "Preparing Your Application for Translation," and the Progress Internationalization Guidee.

The Progress Translation Management system consists of two tools designed to work together—the Translation Manager and the Visual Translator. Together, these tools facilitate and manage the entire process of translating the text phrases in a Progress application into one or more languages. This book describes how to use the Translation Manager tool. For information on how to use the Visual Translator, see the Progress Visual Translator Guide .

The translation project manager uses the Translation Manager tool to prepare code for translation and then sends a kit to the translator, who uses the Visual Translator tool to translate the text phrases. The translator then sends the translated kit back to the project manager, who uses Translation Manager to consolidate the kit and produce the final translated application.

As the translation project manager—the person in your company who oversees the entire process of translating your company’s software applications—you are responsible for:

The Translation Manager tool helps you, the project manager, complete these tasks.

The translator—the person who translates words and phrases from one language into another—uses the Visual Translator to translate an application’s text phrases. The Visual Translator presents the translator with views of the text phrases as they actually appear in an application so that the translator can ensure that the translation’s meaning is appropriate for the context and so that the translator can fit the translation into space allowed by the application’s interface.

Figure 2–1 illustrates the technical concepts involved in translating the text phrases in a Progress 4GL application.

Figure 2–1: Overview of Translating a Progress Application

Figure 2–2 illustrates the steps the project manager follows with the Translation Manager tool and the interaction between the Translation Manager tool and the Visual Translator.

Figure 2–2: The Translation Manager Translation Process


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