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Thank you vm Natalie, and I feel sorry for not reminding myself of previous postings with solutions.
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SITE LOCALIZER | OpenDocument | Aug 14, 2012 |
Do we have any chance to see OpenDocument support in this life?
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| track changes? | Aug 15, 2012 |
I see no revisions in WFP 3.1 and also no track changes.
Could someone please provide a valid, clean, clear and solid answer about this?
Or at least the link for a full Manual to download in English.
Thanks,
Vanessa
| | | | Lianne van de Ven
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| Considerable changes - looking for manual | Aug 16, 2012 |
Is there an updated manual available for this new version?
I visited the change log but this is not helpful, it just lists the changes.
The biggest change I notice is a new tab for "segment changes", but it seems that the upgrade also has considerable changes in the shortcuts (keys).
In particular I am missing the command:
Next segment (TM Commit) in the (category) TXML Editor which binding I had customized to Alt+x.
It seems that this c... See more Is there an updated manual available for this new version?
I visited the change log but this is not helpful, it just lists the changes.
The biggest change I notice is a new tab for "segment changes", but it seems that the upgrade also has considerable changes in the shortcuts (keys).
In particular I am missing the command:
Next segment (TM Commit) in the (category) TXML Editor which binding I had customized to Alt+x.
It seems that this command has moved to the category Translation Memory
My customization didn't move along with it, but I applied my personal binding to this category, which seems to work the way things used to work.
But now I am looking for an explanation about this change - assuming it is an improvement - so I can actually benefit from it. I visited the installation folder where some developers include a manual, but it's not there.
I found this info, but it barely scratches the surface:
http://www.wordfast.net/wiki/Wordfast_Professional
Thanks.
Ah, I found a user manual for version 3 that has 205 pages, which is 57 pages more than my last version!
Here is the link:
http://www.wordfast.com/docs/Wordfast_Pro_3.0_User_Guide_v1.0.pdf
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| | Lianne van de Ven
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| Release statement | Aug 16, 2012 |
Thank you, Yasmin, for the link to online help.
I would like to take this opportunity to make a request to Wordfast.
Wordfast is one of my main pieces of software on which my livelihood depends. Like most translators, I am always very busy meeting deadlines and working on projects.
In my experience, WFP releases usually don't involve major changes. Especially if there are significant changes, the release should i.m.h.o. be accompanied by not just a list of releas... See more Thank you, Yasmin, for the link to online help.
I would like to take this opportunity to make a request to Wordfast.
Wordfast is one of my main pieces of software on which my livelihood depends. Like most translators, I am always very busy meeting deadlines and working on projects.
In my experience, WFP releases usually don't involve major changes. Especially if there are significant changes, the release should i.m.h.o. be accompanied by not just a list of release notes, but a statement that instructs us in finding, understanding and make use of, adjust to or integrate the changes.
In general, I feel there is room for improvement for Wordfast to tie together all documentation and support options and making them very accessible. From the homepage and the support button, there is no direct link to anything like documentation. The link knowledge base links to a wikipedia-like page, but not to the pdf I found or the link you provide. This is in addition to the need for a content rich release statement of new software versions.
This would help us (I am speaking for myself, at least) incredibly in our longterm commitment to the software: knowing that Wordfast focuses on supporting the users of their product.
There are more and more competitors out there for translation software. I personally need this sense of support from my preferred software. I know there is a community out there, but I always love complete documentation. I print it out and study it whenever I have a chance.
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| | | | | Bilingual review/sorting files | Aug 29, 2012 |
It would be nice if it was possible to sort files by filetype in the bilingual review window (I want to export the TXML, only, while it find also other formats,. such as *.doc and *.xls).
Besides, it says it can export TXML only.
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| The "track changes" | Aug 29, 2012 |
Vanessa Correa wrote:
I see no revisions in WFP 3.1 and also no track changes.
There are no "track changes" in the MS Word sense. What WFP 3.1 does is that as soon as you edit an existing translation, it saves the old translation (hidden) in the file. You can see these in the "revisions" tags in the TXML file in Notepad. You can "see" the revisions in the PM view (it's a bit complex and involves many steps) , but you can only see one segment at a time.
And if the TXML file is edited by someone without WFP 3.1, it looks like the TXML file says that person X had created a translation when in fact it was person Y.
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Paola Slajmer wrote:
It would be nice if it was possible to sort files by filetype in the bilingual review window (I want to export the TXML, only, while it find also other formats,. such as *.doc and *.xls).
Besides, it says it can export TXML only.
Dear Paola,
This has been reported. Many thanks for your feedback.
Kind regards,
Yasmin
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| 64-bit Linux? | Oct 31, 2012 |
Dominique Pivard wrote:
Gyula Erdész wrote:
Are you planning to release a native 64 bit Linux version in the near future? I experienced pretty serious problems with the installation of WFP on 64 bit Linux Mint operation system.
I have no idea about what it takes to make WFP work in 64-bit Linux out of the box. WFP does work without problems on 64-bit versions of Windows and OS X, but maybe Linux is trickier in that respect.
64-bit Linux sports a 64-bit Java VM, whereas Windows 7 provides only 32-bit Java, even if Windows itself is 64-bit. I know this because I am a Linux 64-bit user myself, and my workaround is to run WF on Windows in a VirtualBox, or alternatively to use the WINE emulator, which also provides 32-bit Java!
Given the fact that the 32-bit Java VM is the main reason for the 1.5 GB restriction, it would certainly be advantageous to have a 64-bit version of WF. Standard desktop computers are now shipped with 8 GB of RAM, and it does not make much sense to leave most of it unused.
Of course I do not know about the internals of WF, but given the fact that (unlike C++) Java was designed with machine independence in mind, recompilation for a 64-bit VM should do most of the work. Correct me if I should be mistaken.
It might also help the adaptation of WF if there were Debian and Red Hat packages prepared and submitted to the appropriate repositories (Ubuntu, at least, comprises one repository for closed-source software).
Best wishes,
RMF
| | | | | 64-bit Java is available for Windows too | Oct 31, 2012 |
sanctacaris wrote:
64-bit Linux sports a 64-bit Java VM, whereas Windows 7 provides only 32-bit Java, even if Windows itself is 64-bit. I know this because I am a Linux 64-bit user myself
Well, I'm a 64-bit Windows 7 user and what I know is that it does features 64-bit Java (both version 6 and 7), as you can see here:
You may want to update your knowledge about Windows...
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| eppur si muove -- Win7 Java is still running in 32-bit mode | Oct 31, 2012 |
Dominique Pivard wrote:
sanctacaris wrote:
64-bit Linux sports a 64-bit Java VM, whereas Windows 7 provides only 32-bit Java, even if Windows itself is 64-bit. I know this because I am a Linux 64-bit user myself
Well, I'm a 64-bit Windows 7 user and what I know is that it does features 64-bit Java (both version 6 and 7), as you can see here:
You may want to update your knowledge about Windows...
I have the same files on my hard disk, yet the task manager very clearly shows that it's running in 32-bit mode only. And BTW, this is the reason why we cannot allocate more than 1470 MG of RAM to WF. So there's absolutely no need for condescension here.
EDIT -- I assume that the "(64-bit)" suffix here means that this is compatible with the 64-bit Windows system, but that does not necessarily imply that it uses quadwords as internal pointers, rather than longwords, which is the crucial difference between 32 and 64 bit architectures.
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| 64-bit CAT tools | Oct 31, 2012 |
sanctacaris wrote:
Of course I do not know about the internals of WF, but given the fact that (unlike C++) Java was designed with machine independence in mind, recompilation for a 64-bit VM should do most of the work. Correct me if I should be mistaken.
I have no idea about the work involved, but the only CAT tool I'm aware of that has a 64-bit version is memoQ. Here it is sandwiched between 32-bit applications in Task Manager:
and it only became available a couple of months ago (with version 6.0.55). Not that I have noticed any particular advantages in practice.
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| THX for the hint! | Oct 31, 2012 |
Dominique Pivard wrote:
I have no idea about the work involved, but the only CAT tool I'm aware of that has a 64-bit version is memoQ. Here it is sandwiched between 32-bit applications in Task Manager:
and it only became available a couple of months ago (with version 6.0.55). Not that I have noticed any particular advantages in practice.
Essentially you are right, of course -- if an office application has problems fitting into a 32-bit address space, something must be wrong either about the design or the user . But then, l'appetit vient en mangeant, and just a week ago or so I had to handle a 600 MB (!) TM sent to me by a customer, while on some other list there was a colleague mentioning a project where he was required to use some 40 TMs concomitantly. And while the customer may not always be smart, he's always the customer...
There has been a sort of 32-bit revival lately, mostly due to the new pads and pods and whatever, but as even ARM are now offering 64-bit cores, I take that sooner or later 64 bit will become the general standard. I seriously hope that WF runs on 64 bit before my customer's TMs hit the ceiling -- if not, thanks a lot for pointing me into the direction of memoQ!
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| Wordfast with wine on Debian 64bit? | Jan 26, 2014 |
sanctacaris wrote:
64-bit Linux sports a 64-bit Java VM, whereas Windows 7 provides only 32-bit Java, even if Windows itself is 64-bit. I know this because I am a Linux 64-bit user myself, and my workaround is to run WF on Windows in a VirtualBox, or alternatively to use the WINE emulator, which also provides 32-bit Java!
How are you getting this to work?
I'm trying now on Debian 7, AMD64, and it "runs", but I get a blank window. I had to install the 32bit wine, because 64bit would not run it.
The installer ran fine, and when I start it, I see the splash screen, but then WFP just basically greys out the screen.
It might also help the adaptation of WF if there were Debian and Red Hat packages prepared and submitted to the appropriate repositories (Ubuntu, at least, comprises one repository for closed-source software).
Yeah, this will never be in an official Debian repo, of course.
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