| User | Thread poster: Joanna25 Reviewing/resizing boxes in Passolo |
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Joanna25
United Kingdom
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I just downloaded a demo version of Passolo and created a practice project using .resx files but dont know how to actually see the dialogs/buttons etc. to check whether the translated text is displayed correctly/buttons are the right size etc.
Can someone help? Thanks.
Apologies if my question is silly, I am just starting with localization.
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Selcuk Akyuz 
Turkey
Local time: 20:51
  Member (2006)
English to Turkish
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Ctrl+R is the shortcut for "Show Resource" command.
HTH,
Selcuk
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Joanna25
United Kingdom
TOPIC STARTER | | still cant see.. | Jul 18, 2011 |
But I still cannot see the UI, I can just see the table..
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Selcuk Akyuz
Turkey
Local time: 20:51
Member (2006)
English to Turkish
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| | Check other folders | Jul 18, 2011 |
Strings under Menu and Dialog folders generally include images, but those under String Table do not have visual elements. Look at the Resource Display, the following message "No displays available for this resource type" means that you are translating a difficult project without visual references.
Selcuk
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Joanna25
United Kingdom
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Indeed, there is no display available. So how am I supposed to check everything will be displayed correctly and without any truncations? Thank you.
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Achim Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 19:51
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Selcuk Akyuz
Turkey
Local time: 20:51
Member (2006)
English to Turkish
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| | It is the engineer's work | Jul 19, 2011 |
The engineer will check the layout and mnemonics. Such QA checks are carried on various operating systems (e.g. XP, Vista, 7) and for different screen resolutions.
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Joanna25
United Kingdom
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I am just trying out a demo version, is this why it is not working? Thank you.
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AGV
Spain
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Resx files are just simple text files, that is why you cannot see boxes/dialogs etc. You need the compiled software pack in order to see or modify boxes.
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Achim Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 19:51
English to German
| | Can you check the content of the RESX files | Jul 20, 2011 |
Hello Joanna,
Have you checked the pre-requisites and that the correct .NET Framework is installed? The demo version is able to correctly display the dialog.
Please open the resx file in the text editor. A resx file may contain String Table resources that will look like:
<data name="ID_SHOWALL" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Show All</value>
</data>
<data name="ID_ERROROPEN" xml:space="preserve">
<value>The file could not be loaded:</value>
</data>
<data name="ID_ERROR" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Error</value>
</data>
RESX files may also contain static layout information from dialogs. Using this information the dialog can be visualized, changed and checked. The structure in the file is the same but the content is different.
<data name="btnClose.Location" type="System.Drawing.Point, System.Drawing">
<value>350, 429</value>
</data>
<data name="btnClose.Size" type="System.Drawing.Size, System.Drawing">
<value>75, 23</value>
</data>
<data name="btnClose.TabIndex" type="System.Int32, mscorlib">
<value>3</value>
</data>
<data name="btnClose.Text" xml:space="preserve">
<value>Cl&ose</value>
</data>
For String Table resources there is no visualization.
@Selcuk: In many cases there is no localization engineer and in some cases it doesn't make any sense as the localization engineer usually doesn't speak the target language and is not able i.e. to abbreviate strings if necessary.
Strings that appear in dialogs are usually short and the ability to visualize the dialog will offer additionally context to the translator that helps to improve the translation quality.
@AGV: This is not completely true (see above). Even with RESX files SDL Passolo can visualize and change dialogs. But: Localization managers and engineers must be aware of the limitations when advanced dialog design techniques like inheritance are used. Our recommendation is to localize the binary files: Less files to process and better visualization.
Achim Herrmann
SDL Passolo Business Consultant
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Joanna25
United Kingdom
TOPIC STARTER | | Problem with creating strings list for a large XML file | Jul 20, 2011 |
Dear Achim,
Now I have another problem. I am uploading an XML file (pretty big) and error message comes up saying it cannot be scanned. When I double click it says 'There are no translatable strings in this source'. Why is that?
Thanks,
Joanna
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Achim Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 19:51
English to German
| | XML parsing rule | Jul 21, 2011 |
Hello Joanna,
the structure of XML files is usually user defined and you have to create a rule, telling Passolo which elements and attributes must be extracted for translation.
Achim Herrmann
SDL Passolo Business Consultant
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