Which program is suitable to process these texts ?

Samples 2

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Sample 3

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Hi, Tah Leang and Marisa,



Thank you for the messages and comments, from which I did learn something from you, but it seems to me the confusion or dispute here is caused by not understanding my advice correctly. I will be very happy to explain it again:



1. All these 3 samples can easily be handled by MS Word on PC. This is what I meant. Please open each file by using MS Word and do your Chinese translation. But the MOST important procedure at the end of the translation is to do a \"Save as\". In the \"Save as type\" scroll down window, select \"Plain Text\", name your file in a new name with \"txt\" extension. Then, the \"File Conversion\" window pops up, please select \"Other coding\", then select the Chinese code you used for your translation. This is the final delivery file to your client. By performing this procedure your client can \"copy and paste\" or \"dump\" your translation directly into their application program, and there will be for certain NO any corruptions happen to the Chinese codes after they are uploaded. If your client wants a different file format, it would be very easy for him or her to change it from there.



This is a safest and simplest way to handle these three Chinese translation files. The way that Marisa talks indicated to me that she does not know the difference between the Chinese text and the Italian text. Yes, you can save your file anyway the client want, but the procedure I suggested is proven to be the safest way by my experiences in working with Asian languages.



2. I do not think you have to be a web master or a programmer first before you can translate these files you sited. I think the most important thing is that you MUST know well the subject and required vocabulary; secondly, you must know well what you can touch or translate and what you cannot touch or alter. You can find that rule very quickly. To know programming will definitely a big help, but don\'t be intimidated by it. The way I work with my clients is that I always ask them to let me do a free final check after they uploaded. When you see how the translation file is in operation, it is very easy for you to spot the bugs and fix them.



3. As for \"Sample 2\", like Marisa said \"$ and K must be translated, + and # must NOT be translated\", this is what I would do:



+$#K使用在线帮助

________________________

+ BROWSE0002:000d

$ 对工具或控制进行识别

# KV9OKA

+ BROWSE0002:000e

$ 显示工具提示

# 19J21F_

K 一般常规



4.As for \"Sample 3\",what you can translate are these words:

\"Print\", \"Printer\", \"Range\", \"&All\", and \"S&election\". In Chinese, they are like this (Note: They all are in quotation marks. The tricky ones are \"&All\", and \"S&election\". Such feature does not work well with Chinese. You can suggest to put the 1st English letter in a parenthesis, ie. ( ), this this case would be \"全部(A)\" and \"选择(S)\".If I were you, I would discuss with your client about it first.):



PRINT DIALOG DISCARDABLE 15, 15, 181, 181

STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU

CAPTION \"打印\"

FONT 8, \"MS Sans Serif\"

BEGIN

LTEXT \"打印机:\",1093,6,4,25,8

GROUPBOX \"范围\",1072,5,27,106,75,WS_GROUP

RADIOBUTTON \"&全部\",1056,11,40,98,10,WS_GROUP | WS_TABSTOP

RADIOBUTTON \"&选择\",IDC_PRNTSTUP_SELECTION,11,51,98,10

...





Kevin



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