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Transit/TermStar NXT

Reference Guide

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1 Using startup parameters for Transit/TermStar NXT

1.1 -U (Start with a specific user)............................................................ 91.2 -H (Start with a specific user role)...........................................10

2 Exchanging reference material via TMX2.1 Overview ............................................................................................... 12

2.2 Exporting language pairs to TMX file .............................................. 132.2.1 Exporting files to a TMX file ..................................................................... 132.2.2 Exporting the current project to a TMX file.............................................. 15

2.3 Importing TMX files in Transit NXT................................................. 162.3.1 Naming and saving of language pairs ..................................................... 162.3.2 Performing a TMX import......................................................................... 182.3.3 Using segments from TMX import as reference material ........................ 19

2.4 Compatibility of the language and country codes of TMX files 202.4.1 Overview .................................................................................................. 202.4.2 Differences in the usage of language and country codes ....................... 202.4.3 Importing TMX files from Transit into Trados .......................................... 212.4.4 Importing TMX files from Trados into Transit .......................................... 22

3 Managing roles3.1 Overview ............................................................................................... 23

3.2 Opening a role ..................................................................................... 23

3.3 Creating a new role............................................................................. 263.3.1 Creating completely new roles ................................................................ 263.3.2 Editing an existing role............................................................................. 273.3.3 Allocating passwords to user roles.......................................................... 28

3.4 Overview of standard roles ............................................................... 303.4.1 Overview .................................................................................................. 303.4.2 Ribbon bar, general functions ................................................................. 313.4.3 Ribbon bar, Transit-specific functions..................................................... 333.4.4 Ribbon bar, TermStar-specific functions................................................. 363.4.5 Transit/TermStar button........................................................................... 373.4.6 Resource bar ........................................................................................... 38Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 3

Contents4 Customising Transit/TermStar NXT4.1 Overview............................................................................................... 41

4.2 Automating tasks using macros ........................................................ 414.2.1 Overview.................................................................................................. 414.2.2 Tips for creating macros ......................................................................... 424.2.3 Recording a new macro .......................................................................... 434.2.4 Running the macro .................................................................................. 444.2.5 Editing the macro .................................................................................... 454.2.6 Example macro: Inserting Unicode characters ....................................... 47

4.3 Customising the system environment ............................................. 494.3.1 Overview.................................................................................................. 494.3.2 Common access to settings and folders in a network............................ 494.3.3 Multithreading for multilingual projects ................................................... 504.3.4 Restricting a background search with shared dictionaries ..................... 524.3.5 Updating common dictionaries ............................................................... 534.3.6 Specifying dialogue box fonts................................................................. 54

4.4 Spellchecking: list of unknown words ............................................ 554.4.1 Opening and editing the list of unknown words...................................... 56

4.5 Customising index buttons for TermStar NXT .............................. 574.5.1 Overview.................................................................................................. 574.5.2 Configuration file for index buttons ......................................................... 574.5.3 Changing index buttons .......................................................................... 57

4.6 Checking and changing abbreviation list ....................................... 58

5 Print definition set-up5.1 Overview............................................................................................... 60

5.2 Opening a print definition................................................................. 605.2.1 Saving the print definition........................................................................ 615.2.2 Setting page margins .............................................................................. 635.2.3 Defining separators for dictionaries ........................................................ 645.2.4 Specifying headers and footers .............................................................. 675.2.5 Specifying the page layout...................................................................... 70

6 Customising projects6.1 Overview............................................................................................... 72

6.2 Compressing files with formatting information (cod files) ......... 736.3 Excluding hidden or locked text from translation in Excel ........ 73

6.4 Optimising the pretranslation time ................................................. 756.4.1 Overview.................................................................................................. 754 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 1306

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206.4.2 The MaxPreTransHits parameter..................................................... 756.4.3 Customising the MaxPreTransHits parameter .................................... 76

7 Fields in the TermStar dictionary7.1 Overview ............................................................................................... 77

7.2 Field types ............................................................................................. 777.2.1 Header fields............................................................................................ 787.2.2 Language fields........................................................................................ 807.2.3 Entry fields and subentry fields................................................................ 817.2.4 Subentry types......................................................................................... 84

8 Customising layouts8.1 Overview ............................................................................................... 85

8.2 Managing layouts................................................................................. 858.2.1 Overview .................................................................................................. 858.2.2 Creating a new layout .............................................................................. 868.2.3 Opening existing layouts ......................................................................... 868.2.4 Saving the layout and closing the layout editor....................................... 88

8.3 Working with the layout editor ........................................................ 908.3.1 Areas of a layout ...................................................................................... 908.3.2 Layout editor interface............................................................................. 908.3.3 Available Fields ........................................................................................ 928.3.4 Structure of the language units ............................................................... 93

8.4 Editing the layout................................................................................. 958.4.1 Selecting and removing fields for the layout ........................................... 958.4.2 Inserting and deleting static text unit....................................................... 968.4.3 Specifying the order of fields................................................................... 97

8.5 Specifying field properties ................................................................. 988.5.1 Overview .................................................................................................. 988.5.2 Formatting units....................................................................................... 998.5.3 Formatting entries and subentries ......................................................... 1008.5.4 Formatting the fields .............................................................................. 1028.5.5 Entering and formatting static text units................................................ 1038.5.6 Variables ................................................................................................ 1048.5.7 Formatting automatic cross-references ................................................ 1048.5.8 General layout settings .......................................................................... 107

9 Customising dictionaries9.1 Overview ............................................................................................. 110Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 5

Contents9.2 Modifying field names ...................................................................... 1109.2.1 Overview................................................................................................ 1109.2.2 Changing field names for all languages ................................................ 1119.2.3 Changing field names for specific languages ....................................... 1129.2.4 Resetting changed field names............................................................. 1139.2.5 Transferring field names from other dictionaries................................... 114

9.3 Setting graphics file access.............................................................. 115

9.4 Specifying cross-reference separators .......................................... 116

9.5 Specify additional sort field ............................................................ 117

10 Spellcheck dictionaries10.1 Installing a spellcheck dictionary .................................................. 12410.1.1 Uninstalling spellcheck dictionaries ...................................................... 125

11 Managing database links11.1 Overview............................................................................................. 126

11.2 Creating a database link .................................................................. 12611.2.1 Overview................................................................................................ 12611.2.2 Connecting an MS Access database .................................................... 12711.2.3 Connecting an MS SQL database......................................................... 132

11.3 Deleting a database link .................................................................. 136

11.4 Transferring database connections to other computers ........... 137

11.5 Deleting incorrect database links .................................................. 140

11.6 Compressing databases and dictionaries ..................................... 141

11.7 Database driver information........................................................... 141

12 Compacting Microsoft Access database or transferring it to SQL server

12.1 Overview............................................................................................. 143

12.2 Transferring TermStar databases from Microsoft Access to an SQL server........................................................................................... 147

12.2.1 Renaming an ODBC connection in Windows........................................ 14812.2.2 Creating a database in Transit/TermStar NXT ...................................... 15012.2.3 Transferring a database from Access to an SQL server ....................... 1546 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 1306

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2013 Regular expressions13.1 Overview ............................................................................................. 15813.1.1 What are regular expressions? .............................................................. 15813.1.2 Basic settings for searches in Transit NXT............................................ 15813.1.3 What can you use regular expressions for? .......................................... 159

13.2 Defining regular expressions........................................................... 160

13.3 Control characters............................................................................. 161

13.4 Overview of meta characters.......................................................... 162

13.5 Wildcards: . [ ] & ......................................................................... 16313.5.1 Wildcard for any single character: . (dot) ............................................. 16313.5.2 Wildcard for any of a specified group or class: square brackets ([])... 16413.5.3 Wildcard for any sequence of characters: ampersand (&)..................... 16613.6 Quantifiers: +*?................................................................................. 16813.7 Escapement: \..................................................................................... 17113.8 Applying meta characters to character strings: ( ) .................. 17313.9 Placement: ^ $ .................................................................................. 17513.10 Negation: ! ......................................................................................... 17713.10.1 Negation of a character or character string........................................... 17813.10.2 Negation of a character group............................................................... 17913.10.3 Negation of beginning/end of line.......................................................... 180

13.11 Alternatives: | .................................................................................... 18213.11.1 What does Transit NXT interpret as an alternative? .............................. 18213.11.2 Alternatives and character groups/classes............................................ 18313.11.3 Alternatives and negated character strings ........................................... 184

13.12 Variables: # ......................................................................................... 18513.12.1 Why use variables?................................................................................ 18513.12.2 How are variables used? ....................................................................... 18613.12.3 Changing the case when replacing ....................................................... 18813.12.4 Changing number formats when replacing ........................................... 18913.12.5 Performing mathematical calculations when replacing ......................... 19013.12.6 Rounding figures when replacing .......................................................... 192

13.13 Invalid regular expressions .............................................................. 19413.13.1 Ambiguous regular expressions ............................................................ 19413.13.2 Syntax errors.......................................................................................... 194

13.14 Appendix overview of meta and control characters .............. 196

14 Keyboard shortcuts14.1 Overview ............................................................................................. 199

14.2 Keyboard shortcuts for Transit NXT .............................................. 199Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 7

Contents14.2.1 General functions .................................................................................. 19914.2.2 Moving between windows..................................................................... 20014.2.3 Translating in the Transit editor............................................................. 20014.2.4 Working with terminology...................................................................... 20114.2.5 Moving the cursor ................................................................................. 20214.2.6 Formatting text manually....................................................................... 20314.2.7 Selecting and editing text blocks .......................................................... 20314.2.8 Searching for notes ............................................................................... 204

14.3 Keyboard shortcuts for TermStar NXT ......................................... 20514.3.1 General functions .................................................................................. 20514.3.2 Navigating within a dictionary ............................................................... 20514.3.3 Editing data records .............................................................................. 20614.3.4 Edit mode .............................................................................................. 206

14.4 Keyboard shortcuts for Alignment................................................. 207

15 Codes and extensions15.1 Files in Transit/TermStar NXT ........................................................ 208

15.2 3-letter language code ..................................................................... 211

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1 Using startup parameters for Transit/TermStar NXT

As an experienced user, you can use startup parameters so that Transit/TermStar willautomatically start with a specific Transit user and/or automatically use a specificstandard user role or open a specific project and/or a specified language pair onstartup.

In doing so, you use a desktop shortcut, the command prompt or a batch file for start-ing Transit/TermStar NXT and defining the startup parameters.

The following startup parameters, which you can combine in any way, are available:

1.1 -U (Start with a specific user)This parameter starts Transit/TermStar NXT automatically with a specific user.

Without this parameter, Transit/TermStar NXT starts with the user whose short namematches the Windows logon name.

Transit/TermStar NXT uses the user for the following functions among others:

Selection of the folder in which Transit/TermStar NXT saves settings for theUser scope

Identification of the author of changes to the dictionary

Identification of the author of changes to segments

Syntax of the startup parameter

-U[]Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 9

Using startup parameters for Transit/TermStar NXT11.2 -H (Start with a specific user role)This parameter starts Transit/TermStar NXT automatically with a specific user role.

Without this parameter, Transit/TermStar either starts with the user role last selectedor with the Select user role window if the option Don't ask again at startup hasnot been selected in this window (not suitable for automatic startup).

This parameter does not alter the user role saved, i.e. the next time the program isstarted without the parameter, Transit/TermStar NXT again uses the user role lastselected in the Select user role window.

Attribute Attribute (optional):Short name of user with which Transit/TermStar NXT is to start.

Please note that this is not the full name that is used as the folder name and displayed in Transit/TermStar NXT.

The attribute value ignores case. In other words, the parameter does not distinguish between user names that differ only in terms of use of lower/upper case.

Default: Without specifying an attribute, Transit/TermStar NXT displays the Select user window containing a list of the existing users and waits for input from the user (not suitable for automatic startup).

Sample call "d:\Transit_NXT\bin\transitnxt.exe" -UconTransit/TermStar NXT starts with the user with the short name con.

Syntax of the startup parameter

-H[]

Attribute Attribute (optional):User role with which Transit/TermStar NXT should start.10 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 1306

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0620Possible values:

1 Project Manager user role (Transit only) 2 Project Calculation Manager user role

(Transit only)

3 Translator user role (Transit only) 4 Reviewer user role (Transit only) 5 Markup Specialist user role (Transit only) 6 Reference Material Manager user role

(Transit only)

7 Alignment Specialist user role (Transit only) 8 Terminology Manager user role (Transit/

TermStar)

9 Terminologist user role (Transit/TermStar) 10 Terminology Translator user role

(Transit/TermStar)

11 Localisation Specialist user role (Transit only)

12 Super User user role (Transit/TermStar)Sample calls "d:\Transit_NXT\bin\transitnxt.exe" -H4

Transit NXT starts with the Reviewer user role. "d:\Transit_NXT\bin\transitnxt.exe" -H12

Transit NXT starts with the Super User user role.Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 11

Exchanging reference material via TMX2

2 Exchanging reference

material via TMX

2.1 Overview

TMX (Translation Memory eXchange) is a data format based on XML for exchangingdata between different translation memory systems.

You have the following options for exchanging reference material via TMX:

Exporting Transit language pairs into a TMX file, importing this file into anothertranslation memory systems and using it there as reference material

For instructions on this refer to section 2.2 Exporting language pairs to TMX fileon page 13.

Importing TMX files into Transit, creating language pairs from them and usingthem as reference material

For instructions on this refer to section 2.3 Importing TMX files in Transit NXTon page 16.

Compatibility of the language and country codes of TMX filesTo identify a language Transit NXT uses a combination of language and country codesin accordance with the TMX standard. A code of this type consists of a 4-digit combi-nation of language and country codes. Transit NXT essentially uses the codes inaccordance with the ISO 639-1 and ISO 3166 standards. There can be differencesbetween the identifiers for certain languages (Afrikaans, Basque, Catalan, Farsi,Hebrew and Serbian) if exchanging with programs which only partly follow thisstandard.

Please refer to section 2.4 Compatibility of the language and country codes of TMXfiles on page 20 for detailed information.

TMX versions supported by Transit NXTTransit NXT uses TMX version 1.4 for the TMX export. For imports of TMX files,Transit NXT supports TMX versions 1.1 to 1.4.12 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 1306

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Transit offers the following options for exporting language pairs to a TMX file:

Exporting files to a TMX file on page 13

Exporting the current project to a TMX file on page 15

2.2.1 Exporting files to a TMX file

Using the following function you can export any number of projects, reference folders,reference files and languages to the TMX format.

How do I export files to a TMX file?

1 Select Reference material | TMX interface | Export TMX from the resource bar.

Transit NXT displays the Create TMX file window:

Fig. 2-1: Create TMX file windowTransit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 13


2 Specify which files you want to export into the TMX format.

Select Add project to export the files of a project.

Select Add folder to export the files of a folder.

Select Add files to export individual files.

Click on Remove reference to undo your selection.

3 In the Export languages section, select the languages which you want to exportto TMX format.

If you selected several target languages for the project in the project settings,you can select one, several or all languages. Languages which you are notexporting now can be exported at a later stage.

Activate Select all if you want to export the files for all languages. Transit NXTselects all languages.

4 Specify the TMX file to which the data should be exported.

Click on the button to the right of the TMX file field.

Transit NXT displays the Create TMX file window.

Enter a file name in the File name field and the file name extension .tmx forthe file to which the data are to be exported. Click Save to confirm the infor-mation specified.

Transit NXT exports the files of the selected languages to a single TMX file.

5 Specify the following options, if required.

Via the Also export protected segments option you can specify if segmentsthat consist exclusively of markup information are exported in addition to thetext segments.

Selecting this option is necessary only if you want Transit NXT to correctlyexport the files at a later point in time (not necessary for exchanging referencematerial).

NOTE: This option works only if you have also selected the Also export unal-tered segments option.

Via the Also export unaltered segments option you can specify if segmentswith an identical content (including markups) in source and target languageare exported (selected by default).

Via the Minimum segment status option you can specify that only segmentswith the selected minimum status are to be exported.

Under File format you can specify how the TMX file is to be encoded (UTF-8or UTF-16).

6 Create the TMX files by clicking Start.

7 Transit NXT displays the Export progress window during the export.

Once Transit NXT has completed the export, it displays the following messagein the Export progress window:

Completed successfully.Transit has saved the TMX file to the folder you selected.

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0620Transit NXT now displays the TMX export window again in the foreground.

If you want to carry out another export, you can change the settings accor-dingly and carry out another export.

If you do not want to carry out another export, simply click on Close.

2.2.2 Exporting the current project to a TMX file

Using the following function you can export the language pairs of the currently openedproject to an TMX file.

Transit automatically uses basic settings of the current project:

Data to be exported: All language pairs of the current project

Source language: Source language of the current project

Export languages: Source language and all target languages of the current project

This function is a simplified alternative to the more complex function for the TMXexport with which you can export any number of projects, reference folders, referencefiles and languages (see section Exporting files to a TMX file on page 13).

How do I export a project to a TMX file?

1 Select Reference material | TMX interface | Export current project as TMXfrom the resource bar.

Transit NXT displays the Create TMX file window:

2 Specify the TMX file to which the data should be exported.

Click on the button to the right of the TMX file field.

Transit NXT displays the Create TMX file window.

Navigate to the desired folder and enter a file name in the File name field andthe file name extension .tmx. Click Save to confirm the information specified.

Fig. 2-2: Create TMX file windowTransit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 15


3 Specify the following options, if required.

Via the Also export protected segments option you can specify if segmentsthat consist exclusively of markup information are exported in addition to thetext segments.

Selecting this option is necessary only if you want Transit NXT to correctlyexport the files at a later point in time (not necessary for exchanging referencematerial).

NOTE: This option works only if you have also selected the Also export unal-tered segments option.

Via the Also export unaltered segments option you can specify if segmentswith an identical content (including markups) in source and target languageare exported (selected by default).

Via the Minimum segment status option you can specify that only segmentswith the selected minimum status are to be exported.

Under File format you can specify how the TMX file is to be encoded (UTF-8or UTF-16).

4 Create the TMX files by clicking Start.

5 Transit NXT displays the Export progress window during the export.

Once Transit NXT has completed the export, it displays the following messagein the Export progress window:

Completed successfully.Transit has saved the TMX file to the folder you selected.

6 Click OK to close the Export progress window.

2.3 Importing TMX files in Transit NXT

2.3.1 Naming and saving of language pairs

If you import TMX files to Transit, Transit generates language files. How Transit namesthe language files generated depends on the following factors:

Were the TMX files generated by Transit or another Translation MemorySystem?

In TMX files from Transit NXT, the file names of the original language pairs aresaved in the TMX files which means that Transit NXT can restore the file nameduring import. For this reason, you do not have to specify files names for TMXfiles from Transit NXT.

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0620 In the TMX files from other Translation Memory Systems (e.g. Trados), no filenames are saved. When you are working with such TMX files, you alwaysneed to specify the file name for the file to be created.

Since a TMX file from other Translation Memory Systems does not containany information on the origin of the references, a single language pair isgenerated from it which contains the entire data.

In this respect, please note that other Translation Memory Systems useunusual language and country codes for some languages (see section 2.4Compatibility of the language and country codes of TMX files on page 20.)

Should Transit create the language files in the working folder of the currentproject, or in another location?

If Transit NXT is not to create the language files in the working folder of thecurrent project, please specify another folder for the files.

In this case, it is necessary to specify a file name - even if the TMX file was orig-inally created from Transit language pairs. When you select a different folder,Windows requires a file name to be entered. However, on creating the languagepairs Transit NXT uses the names of the original language pairs and not thename you have entered.

Specifying file name extension .txt for the language pairs to be createdIn the case of TMX files created from other translation memory systems, you have tospecify a name for the language files to be created. In these cases, use .txt as thefile name extension.

During the TMX import, Transit NXT then creates language files with the file names youspecified and the file name extension corresponding to the 3-letter language code.

Example:

For the import of an English-Swedish TMX file, you specify the file namemanual_scan.txt. Transit NXT then creates the language files manual_scan.engand manual_scan.sve.Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 17


2.3.2 Performing a TMX import

How do I import TMX files into Transit NXT?

1 Select Reference material | TMX interface | Import TMX from the resourcebar.

Transit NXT displays the TMX import window:

2 Click . to the right of the TMX import file field to select the TMX file you wantto import.

Transit NXT displays the Open TMX file window.

3 Select the TMX file you wish to import. Confirm your choice by clicking Open.

4 Specify the file names and folder for the language files which Transit NXT shouldgenerate from the TMX file.

How you specify this depends on the following factors:

Were the TMX files generated by Transit NXT or another Translation MemorySystem?

Should Transit NXT create the language files in the working folder of thecurrently opened project, or in another location?

Importing a TMX file created by Transit in the current working folder:

You do not have to specify file name for a TMX file that was originally createdfrom Transit language files.

Importing a TMX file created by Transit in another folder:

Click on right from the field Resulting language pair .

Transit NXT displays the Create language pairs from TMX file window.

Select the desired folder in the Create language pairs from TMX filewindow.

Enter any file name in the File name field and the file name extension .txt.During import, Transit NXT saves the language pairs under their original filenames.

Click Save to confirm the information specified.

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0620 Importing a TMX file created by another translation memory system into thecurrent working folder:

Enter the file name for the language pair to be created in the Resultinglanguage pair field of the TMX import window . Use the file name extension.txt. During the import, Transit NXT creates a language pair with the nameyou have entered. If the file size exceeds 15,000 segments, Transit NXTcreates another language pair.

Importing a TMX file created by another translation memory system intoanother folder:

To the right of the Resulting language pair field, click on .

Transit NXT displays the Create language pairs from TMX file window.

Select the desired folder in the Create language pairs from TMX file window.

Enter the file name for the language pair to be created in the Files namesfield. Use the file name extension .txt. During the import, Transit NXTcreates a language pair with the name you have entered.

Click Save to confirm the information specified.

5 Once you have checked the options and made any necessary changes, start theimport by clicking Start import.

Transit imports the selected TMX file and generates the language files from it.

Transit NXT displays the Import progress window during the import.

Once Transit NXT has completed the import, it displays the following messagein the Import progress window:

Completed successfully.Transit NXT has imported the TMX files and saved them to the language files inthe folder you selected.

6 Click OK to close the Import progress window.

Transit NXT now displays the TMX Import window again in the foreground.

If you want to carry out another import, you can change the options accor-dingly and carry out another import.

If you do not want to carry out another import, simply click on Close.

2.3.3 Using segments from TMX import as reference material

TMX files do not contain any information about the status of the segments theycontain. During the TMX import, Transit NXT automatically assigns the segment statusTranslated to the source and target languages of the language pairs created. Under certain circumstances, it might still be required to check the newly createdlanguage pairs and to assign them a different segment status before they are used intranslation projects as reference material. You can do so either by checking eachsegment and assigning it a status individually or by changing the status globally forthe entire language file. Please refer to section 6.8 Proofreading mode of theTransit NXT User's Guide for more detailed information.Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 19


2.4 Compatibility of the language and country

codes of TMX files

2.4.1 Overview

To identify a language Transit NXT uses a combination of language and country codesin accordance with the TMX standard. A code of this type consists of a 4-digit combi-nation of language and country codes. Transit NXT essentially uses the codes inaccordance with the ISO 639-1 and ISO 3166 standards.

Example: zh-CN

In compliance with ISO 639-1, zh is the language code for Chinese; In compliancewith ISO 3166, CN is the country code for China. The 4-digit code thus designatesthe language Chinese for the People's Republic of China.

2.4.2 Differences in the usage of language and country codes

If you compare the standard for the import and export of TMX files in Transit with thatof SDL/Trados, you will determine certain differences with regard to the languagecodes (Table 2-1 on page 20) or country codes (Table 2-2 on page 21) that are used.These differences are listed below.

Language Language code according to ISO 639-1

Language code used in Transit NXT

Language code used in SDL Trados

Afrikaans af af af

Basque eu eu eu

Catalan ca ca ca

Persian fa fa fa

Hebrew (Israel) he iw iw

Norwegian (Nynorsk)

nn no no

Norwegian (Bokml)

nb no no

Serbian sr sr sh

Tab. 2-1: Language codes according to ISO 639-1 in Transit NXT and in SDL Trados20 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 1306

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06202.4.3 Importing TMX files from Transit into Trados

Essentially, Transit NXT uses codes that match the pattern described in section 2.4.2for the TMX export. In a few cases (see Table 2-3), however, the codes used in Transitdeviate from this pattern. TMX files that contain such languages cannot be importedinto Trados, because Trados uses other country or language codes in these cases.

Country Country code according to ISO 3166

Country code used in Transit NXT

Country code used in SDL Trados

Afrikaans - - 01

Basque - - 01

Catalan - - 01

Persian - - 01

Hebrew (Israel) il il 01

Norwegian (Nynorsk)

no ny ny

Serbian yu yu yu

Tab. 2-2: Language codes according to ISO 3166 in Transit NXT and in SDL Trados

Language Identifier as per ISO and in Transit NXT

Afrikaans af

Basque eu

Catalan ca

Persian fa

Hebrew iw-il

Serbian sr-yu

Tab. 2-3: Identifier from Transit NXT as per standardTransit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 21


2.4.4 Importing TMX files from Trados into Transit

Transit NXT, on the other hand, can also handle the following identifiers which arecreated during a TMX import/export in SDL Trados:

The following identifier generated by Trados cannot be imported as the language codedoes not comply with the standard:

Language Identifier in Trados

Afrikaans af-01

Basque eu-01

Catalan ca-01

Persian fa-01

Hebrew iw-01

Tab. 2-4: Identifiers from SDL Trados which do not follow the standard

Language Identifier in Trados

Serbian sh-yu

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06203 Managing roles

3.1 Overview

The role administration of Transit/TermStar NXT enables you to view the definitions ofthe 12 standard roles that are supplied (see section 3.2 Opening a role on page 23)as well as to create your own roles (see section 3.3 Creating a new role on page 26).

At the end of the section, you will see in tabular overviews what effects the choice ofeach individual standard role has on the functions that Transit/TermStar NXT providesin the user interface (see section 3.4 Overview of standard roles on page 30).

3.2 Opening a role

In the role administration of Transit/TermStar NXT, the functional elements whoseprovision is affected by your role selection are displayed hierarchically in the form of atree. These five function levels are under the top level Transit NXT:

General: General areas of the ribbon bar

Transit: Transit-specific areas of the ribbon bar

TermStar: TermStar-specific areas of the ribbon bar

Arranged below each of these three areas of the ribbon bar are the groups of theseareas

under these the individual functional elements

subfunctions below these etc.

File menu: Menu of the Transit/TermStar button

below these submenus (if applicable)

Resource bar

below these the buttons of the resource bar

below these submenus (if applicable)

Other elements of a role definition are the windows and views linked to the role.Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 23

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How do I open a user role?1 Select User roles | Manage user roles from the resource bar.

Transit/TermStar NXT opens the Manage user roles window (Fig. 3-1):

2 Select Open.

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0620Transit/TermStar NXT opens the Open user role window (Fig. 3-2):

3 Select the user role you want to open and confirm your choice by clicking Open.

Transit/TermStar NXT closes the Open user role window. In the Manage userroles window, you can now see the definition of the role you have selected.

The tree structure of the function levels is displayed in the upper section of thewindow. Initially, you only see the top level with the name Transit NXT. Naviga-tion through the tree structure works in the same way as navigation through afile structure using the Windows Explorer:

Click on the plus sign in front of the name to get to the next-lowest levels. Thesub-levels fold out; the plus sign becomes a minus sign.

To close the sub-levels of a level, click on the minus sign.

To see the entire structure with all sub-levels, select Details.

To reverse the view of all sub-levels, click once again on Details.

If a function element is available in the selected role, there is a check mark in thebox in front of the name of that element. If this mark is absent, the element is notavailable to the user in the selected role.

You will find the set of windows assigned to the role in the Windows section.

You will find the view in Transit/TermStar NXT assigned to the role in the Viewsection.

Fig. 3-2: Open user role windowTransit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 25

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3.3 Creating a new role

Using an existing role as the basisYou can create a completely new role. However, it is generally easier to open anexisting role (see section 3.2 Opening a role on page 23), save it under a differentname and then edit it. This makes the process of creating a new role quicker.

3.3.1 Creating completely new roles

How to create a completely new role:1 Select User roles | Manage user roles from the resource bar.

Transit/TermStar NXT opens the Manage user roles window.

2 Click Create.

A new role is displayed in a tree structure function in the upper section of thewindow. In this tree, all the functions are enabled, i.e. the names of all functionalelements are marked with check marks. Information on the tree structuring andhow to navigate within it can be found in section 3.2 Opening a role on page23.

3 You can now define your new role by clicking away check marks and byselecting sets of windows and views in the Windows and View sections.

If you do not want the ribbon bar to display groups that are completely inactive,activate the Hide greyed-out groups in the ribbon bar option.

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0620Transit/TermStar NXT displays the Save user role window with the existingroles (Fig. 3-3).

5 Enter a name for the new role in the Filename field.

6 Select a scope of validity for your new role at Scope.

7 Click Save to confirm the information entered.

Transit/TermStar NXT saves the role under the selected name.

8 As an option, a password can be allocated for the role.

3.3.2 Editing an existing role

How to edit an existing role:1 Open the role as described in section 3.2 Opening a role on page 23.

To reduce editing work to a minimum, it is recommended that a role is selectedwhich is as similar as possible to your expected role.

2 Click Save As.

Transit/TermStar NXT displays the Save user role window with the existingroles (Fig. 3-3).

3 Enter a name for the new role in the Filename field.

4 Select a scope of validity for your new role at Scope.

5 Click Save to save the information entered.

Transit/TermStar NXT saves the role under the selected name.

Fig. 3-3: Save role window with existing rolesTransit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 27

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6 In the Manage user roles window, edit the structure tree for the functions by

adding or removing check marks and selecting windows and views in theWindows and Views sections. Information on the tree structuring and how tonavigate within it can be found in section 3.2 Opening a role on page 23.

If you do not want to display groups on the ribbon bar which are completelyinactive, activate the Hide greyed-out groups in the ribbon bar option.

7 As an option, a password can be allocated for the role

8 Click Save to save the information entered.

9 Click OK to start using the new role directly or Cancel to go back to the user rolecurrently loaded.

3.3.3 Allocating passwords to user roles

You have the option to protect user roles with passwords. This option is mainlyintended for when you want a particular user, e.g. a translator or proofreader, to onlybe able to work with the password-protected role you have created and to also ensurethis role cannot be changed.

Ensuring that a user can only select the password-protected role you have created:1 Create an individual new role which meets your needs; either by creating a com-

pletely new role or by editing an existing role (see section 3.3.1 Creating com-pletely new roles on page 26 or 3.3.2 Editing an existing role on page 27).

To ensure that the user cannot change the role, when it is created, you mustdeactivate the Managing roles option in the tree structure with the functionalelements (Fig. 3-4).

Fig. 3-4: Manage user roles window, tree structure28 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 1306

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0620The password can be specified by clicking the Password option in the Manageuser roles window and entering a password in the Assign new passwordwindow and confirming this (Fig. 3-5).

The password is saved under the attribute name URPWD in the ACT file for eachrole in the subfolders for each of the selected areas in the \config folder. It willbe displayed in the ACT file in encoded form.

2 Ensure that the standard roles for all users cannot be selected and are displayedas greyed out.

The user's administrator can make this setting at the same time for all standardroles via the starte.ini file only, in which the following parameter and valuehave been inserted in the [Options]section:StdActorsDisabled=1To ensure this setting cannot be changed, the user must not have access to the\bin folder of his or her Transit/TermStar NXT installation.If the user has already set up individual roles, these must be deleted by theadministrator.

3 Send each user the ACT file for the role and the relevant password, so that he orshe can open the role.

The ACT file for the role is found in the subfolder for each selected section in the\config folder.

To allow a user to use the password-protected role that was sent:1 Place the ACT file for the role in the subfolder for the desired section in the

\config folder. 2 If Transit/TermStar NXT is already open, the role can be opened as described in

section 3.2 Opening a role on page 23.

If you are restarting Transit/TermStar NXT, you can open the role quicker byselecting it directly in the Role overview window or via the resource bar (Roles |My roles).

Fig. 3-5: Assign new password windowTransit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 29

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Transit/TermStar NXT opens the Enter password window.

3 Enter the password you have been given.

3.4 Overview of standard roles

3.4.1 Overview

The following tables provide a complete overview of the effect of the selectedstandard role on the functions available in Transit/TermStar NXT:

Tab. 3-1: Roles and general functions of the ribbon bar on page 31.

Tab. 3-2: Roles and Transit-specific functions of the ribbon bar on page 33.

Tab. 3-3: Roles and TermStar-specific functions of the ribbon bar on page 36.

Tab. 3-4: Roles and the Transit/TermStar button on page 37.

Tab. 3-5: Roles and the resource bar on page 38.

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06203.4.2 Ribbon bar, general functions

Table 3-1 shows the effect of the selected role on the available general groups in theribbon bar:

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Create x - x x x x x - x x x x

Open x x x x x x x - x x x x

Open language pair

x x x x x x x - x x x x

Settings x x x x x x x - x x x x

Save x x x x x x x - x x x x

Save as x - x x x x x - x x x x

Delete x - - - - x x - x x x x

Workflow |

Import x - - - x x x - - - x x

Export x - - - - x x - - - x x

Merge extract x - - - x x x - - - x x

Exchange |

Pack x - - x x - x - x x x x

Forward project x - x x x x x - x x x x

Unpack x x x x x x x - x x x x

Tab. 3-1: Roles and general functions of the ribbon barTransit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 31

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Pack translation x - x x x x x - x x x x

Unpack translation


Template x - - - - - x - - - x x

Customer x x x x x x x - x x x x

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Terminology x x x - - - - x x x x x

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Clipboard - - x x x x x x x x x x

Format - - x x x x x x x x x x

Macros - - x - - x x x x x x x

Text |

Character table - - x x x x x x x x x x

Bookmark - - x x - - x x x x x x

Set flag - - x x x x x x x x x x

Go to flag - - x x x x x x x x x x

AutoText - - x x - - x x x x x x

Read only - - x x - x x x x x x x

Change case - - x x - x x x x x x x

Miscellaneous - - x x x x x x x x x x

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Activate x x x x x x x x x x x x

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06203.4.3 Ribbon bar, Transit-specific functions

Table 3-2 shows the effect of the selected role on the available Transit-specific groupsin the ribbon bar:

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Replace x x x x - x x - - - x x

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Number x x x x x x x - - - x x

Translate |

Confirm - x x x x x - - - - x x

Next - x x x x x - - - - x x

Navigate - x x x x x x - - - x x

Segment status - x x x - x x - - - x x

Join - x x x - x x - - - x x

Undo join - x x x - x x - - - x x

InternalRepetitions |

On/Off x x x x - x - - - - x x

Next x x x x - x - - - - x x

Translate group - x x x - x - - - - x x

Navigate x x x x - x - - - - x x

Markups - x x x x x x - - - x x

Tab. 3-2: Roles and Transit-specific functions of the ribbon barTransit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 33

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Spellcheck - x x x - x x - - - x x

Terminology - x x x - x x - - - x x

Format check - x - x x x x - - - x x

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x x x x - x - - - - x x

Fuzzy search (target)

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Find x x x - x - - - x x x x

Options - x x - x - - - x x x x

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Automatic insert | File

- x x - - - - - x x x x

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Confirm proposal - x - - - - x - - - x x

Segments - x - - - - x - - - x x

Confirm man. align. - x - - - - x - - - x x

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Language pair x x x x x x x - x x x x

Segments x x x x x x x - x x x x

Display text x x x x x x x - x x x x

Terminology layout

x x x - - - - - x x x x

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Save x x x x x x x - x x x x

Save as x x x x x x x - x x x x

Delete x x x x x x x - x x x x

Reset x x x x x x x - x x x x

View for Transit editor

x x x x x - x - x x x x

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Tab. 3-2: Roles and Transit-specific functions of the ribbon bar (cont.)Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 35

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3.4.4 Ribbon bar, TermStar-specific functions

Table 3-3 shows the effect of the selected role on the available TermStar-specificgroups in the ribbon bar:

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Data record - - x x - - x x x x x x

Language entry - - x x - - x x x x x x

Global changes - - - x - - x x x x x x

Find

In the dictionary x - x x x x x x x x x x

Dynamic Linking x - x x - - - x x x x x

Vie

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Data record filter |

Create x x x x x - x x x x x x

Change x x x x x - x x x x x x

Delete x x x x x x x x x x x x

Data record filter x x x x x x x x x x x x

On/Off x x x x x x x x x x x x

Default data record filter

x x x x x x x x x x x x

Terminology display

x x x x x x x x x x x x

Administration x x x x x x x x x x x x

Tab. 3-3: Roles and TermStar-specific functions of the ribbon bar36 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 1306

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06203.4.5 Transit/TermStar button

Table 3-4 shows the effect of the selected role on the available functions in the menuof the Transit/TermStar button (counterpart to the File menu in version XV):

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Open dictionaries x x x x x x x - x x x x

Open language pair x x x x x x x - x x x x

Save language pair x x x x x x x x x x x x

Save all language pairs x x x x x x x - x x x x

Save as x x x x x x x - x x x x

Printing x x x x x x x x x x x x

Close language pair x x x x x x x - x x x x

Close all language pairs x x x x x x x - x x x x

Tab. 3-4: Roles and the Transit/TermStar buttonTransit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 37

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3.4.6 Resource bar

Table 3-5 shows the effect of the selected role on the available functions in theresource bar:

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My roles x x x x x x x x x x x x

Manage roles x x x x x x x x x x x x

Role overview x x x x x x x x x x x x

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MS Office x - - - - x x - - - x x

CAD x - - - - x x - - - x x

DTP x - - - - x x - - - x x

Graphics x - - - - x x - - - x x

HTML x - - - - x x - - - x x

SGML x - - - - x x - - - x x

XML x - - - - x x - - - x x

Localisation files x - - - - x x - - - x x

Text files x - - - - x x - - - x x

RTF x - - - - x x - - - x x

Trados (TTX) x - - - - x x - - - x x

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Maintain reference material

- - x x - x - - - - - x

Create reference extract

- - x - - x - - - - - x

Exchange reference material (TMX)

- - x - - x - - - - - x

Alignment - - x - - x x - - - - x

Convert reference materialXV --> NXT

- - x - - x - - - - - x

Convert reference materialNXT --> XV

- - x x - x x - - - - x

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Open dictionary - - x - x x - x x x - x

Dictionaries / databases

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WebTerm interface - - x - - - - x x - - x

Import terminology - - - - - - - x x - - x

Export terminology - - - - - - - x x - - x

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06204 Customising Transit/TermStar NXT

4.1 Overview

You can customise Transit NXT and TermStar NXT to achieve optimum results for thetasks you perform.

Automating tasks using macros section 4.2 on page 41

You can use a macro to automate a task you want to perform repeatedly inTransit/TermStar NXT.

Customising the system environment section 4.3 on page 49

The starte.ini file contains a wide range of settings for running Transit NXTor TermStar NXT. Please refer to section 4.3 Customising the system environ-ment for information on these settings and how you can change them.

Spellchecking: list of unknown words section 4.4 on page 55

When performing a spellcheck, you can record unknown words in a list. If thisterm occurs in another part of your text, Transit NXT will not display it again asunknown because the term is now treated as a known term.

Customising index buttons for TermStar NXT section 4.5 on page 57

The letters and letter groups of the TermStar NXT index buttons are specified ina configuration file. You can create an individual configuration file for eachsource language to generate language-specific index buttons (e.g. St and Schfor German).

Checking and changing abbreviation list section 4.6 on page 58

When segmenting by sentences, Transit NXT works in each language with twofiles to determine whether a string is an abbreviation or not.

4.2 Automating tasks using macros

4.2.1 Overview

You can use a macro to automate a task you want to perform repeatedly in Transit/TermStar NXT.

A macro comprises a number of commands and instructions which are automaticallycarried out when the macro is run. When creating a macro, you must assign it ashortcut which you select. Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 41

Customising Transit/TermStar NXT4

A macro is more or less a user-defined sequence of commands: You no longer needto manually carry out a sequence of individual actions in Transit/TermStar NXT - nowall you have to do is execute the macro using one shortcut.

Typical uses for macros are:

To speed up editing and formatting tasks

To combine several commands

To improve accessibility of an option in a window

Before creating a new macro, please pay special attention to our recommendations insection 4.2.2 Tips for creating macros on page 42.

To use a macro, you must first record it. Transit/TermStar NXT saves all thecommands and instructions you give when recording the macro. Please refer tosection 4.2.3 Recording a new macro on page 43 for more detailed information.

You can run the macro once you have recorded it. In this way, Transit/TermStar NXTautomatically carries out all the commands and instructions contained in the macro.Please refer to section 4.2.4 Running the macro on page 44 for information on howto run a macro.

You also have the option of altering, correcting or deleting an existing macro. Pleaserefer to section 4.2.5 Editing the macro on page 45 for more detailed information.

4.2.2 Tips for creating macros

Before recording a macro, plan out the steps and the commands which you wantthe macro to perform. If you make an error while recording a macro, Transit/TermStar NXT will also record the corrections made. You can edit the macrolater and remove any unnecessary steps.

Try and think one step ahead to avoid unnecessary queries and messages.

For example, if you want to close a modified language file with a macro, TransitNXT may display a message telling you that you have not yet saved the file. Toavoid Transit NXT displaying the message in the middle of a macro, save thelanguage file first and then close it.

If a macro contains the Search or Replace command, click on Processing | Find/Replace | Find and select Entire document from the Search direction list.If you do not do this, Transit NXT will stop the macro when it reaches the startor end of the language file and will display a message as to whether the searchshould be continued.

If you wish to use the macro recorded for other language files, ensure that themacro is not dependent upon the contents of the current language file.

For each macro, you must specify a keyboard shortcut which you can use tostart the macro. Please ensure that you do not use standard Transit/TermStar NXT keyboard shortcuts with which you normally work.

Transit/TermStar NXT does not record any mouse movements in macros. Forthis reason, only use keyboard shortcuts for actions which the macro shouldcarry out. Note down keyboard shortcuts you are not familiar with beforerecording a macro. 42 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 1306

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06204.2.3 Recording a new macro

Transit/TermStar NXT saves all the commands and instructions you give whenrecording a new macro.

Recording macros without mouse movementsOnly use keyboard shortcuts or keyboard input for macros.

Transit/TermStar NXT does not record any mouse movements. This means thatcommands you carry out using the mouse cannot be saved.

How do I record a macro?1 Select Edit | Macros | Record.

Transit/TermStar NXT displays the Record macro window (Fig. 4-1).

2 In the Macro name field, enter a name for the macro.

3 In the Hotkey section, specify the hotkey with which you want to run the macro.

Select SHIFT+ for a keyboard shortcut using the Shift key.

Select CTRL+ for a keyboard shortcut using the Control key.

From the Key list, select the key if necessary in conjunction with the SHIFTand/or CTRL key with which you want to run the macro.

4 To have Transit/TermStar NXT display the commands recorded after recordingthe macro, select Show macro definition after recording.

Transit/TermStar NXT can also display the macro definition any time at a laterdate (see section 4.2.5 Editing the macro on page 45).

5 Confirm your entry with OK.

Transit/TermStar NXT displays the following message if you have entered aname which is already used for another macro:Macro name already exists.

Fig. 4-1: Record macro windowTransit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 43


Confirm the message by clicking OK and in the Macro name field, enteranother name which is not already in use (Step 2).

If you have not selected anything from the Key list, Transit/TermStar NXTdisplays the following message:No hotkey selected.Confirm the message by clicking OK and select a key in the Macro namefield (Step 3).

From this point, Transit/TermStar NXT records all the keyboard input andcommands you execute using keyboard shortcuts.

6 Carry out all the commands and keyboard inputs which you want to record inthe macro.

7 To stop recording the macro, use the mouse to select Edit | Macros | Stop.

Make sure you select this option using the mouse. Do not use a keyboardshortcut as this would be recorded with the macro.

Transit/TermStar NXT stops recording the macro.

If you selected the Show macro definition after recording option in the Recordmacro window (Step 4 on page 43), Transit/TermStar NXT displays the Edit macrowindow with the recorded macro. You can edit the macro as described in section 4.2.5Editing the macro on page 45.

Saving macrosTransit NXT saves macros on a user-related basis at \config\users\\ in the file default.prf. A macro definition then appears under [Macros],as soon as you open the User preferences window after recording the macro andclick on Save.

4.2.4 Running the macro

You can run the macro once you have recorded it. Transit/TermStar NXT then auto-matically carries out all the commands contained in the macro. Please refer to section4.2.3 Recording a new macro on page 43 for information on how to run a macro.

There are two ways of running a macro:

Using a hotkey

Using Edit | Macros | Play.

How do I run a macro using a hotkey?1 Press the hotkey which you specified for the macro.

You specified this hotkey while recording the macro (see Step 3 on page 43).

You can view or alter this hotkey at a later stage (see section 4.2.5 Editing themacro on page 45).

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0620How do I run a macro using the ribbon bar?1 Select Edit | Macros | Play.

Transit/TermStar NXT displays the Edit macro window.

2 From the Macro name list, select the name of the macro which you want to run.

3 Click on Run.

Transit/TermStar NXT runs the macro selected.

4.2.5 Editing the macro

You can edit existing macros. You have the following options:

Display the contents of a macro

Change a macro

Delete a macro

Change the hotkey for a macro

Re-recording an existing macroIf you want to re-record an existing macro, delete the macro and then record it underthe same name.

Transit/TermStar NXT displays the contents of a macro:1 Select Edit | Macros | Play.

Transit/TermStar NXT displays the Edit macro window (Fig. 4-2).

Fig. 4-2: Edit macro windowTransit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 45


2 From the Macro name list, select the name of the macro which Transit/TermStar

NXT should display.

In the Shortcut and Macro definition sections, Transit/TermStar NXT displaysthe shortcut or the contents of the macro.

3 Click OK to close the window without changing the macro.

How do I change a macro?1 Select Edit | Macros | Play.

Transit/TermStar NXT displays the Edit macro window (Fig. 4-2 on page 45).

2 From the Macro name list, select the name of the macro which you want tochange.

Transit/TermStar NXT displays the commands which are saved in the macro inthe Macro Definition field.

3 Change the commands to suit your requirements.

4 To confirm the changes, click Apply and close the window by clicking OK.

How do I delete a macro?1 Select Edit | Macros | Play.


2 From the Macro name list, select the name of the macro which you want todelete.

3 To delete the macro, click Delete and close the window by clicking OK.

Transit/TermStar NXT deletes the macro.

How do I change the hotkey for a macro?1 Select Edit | Macros | Play.


2 From the Macro name list, select the name of the macro whose hotkey you wantto change.

Transit/TermStar NXT displays the hotkey of the macro in the Hotkey section.

3 In the Hotkey section, specify the keyboard shortcut with which you want to runthe macro (see Step 3 on page 43).

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06204.2.6 Example macro: Inserting Unicode characters

In some languages (e.g. Venda, Sotho (Northern) and Tswana), there are Unicodecharacters which cannot be simply inserted with a keystroke as other letters.

Display of Unicode charactersAn appropriate font for the Transit editor must be used if you want Transit NXT todisplay Unicode characters correctly. If necessary, you can make the required settingsin the User preferences window at Colours and fonts in the Font list box. Pleaserefer to section 8.3.5 Specifying the font and colours displayed by the editor of theTransit NXT User's Guide for more detailed information.

To insert Unicode characters, click Edit | Text | Unicode Characters to open theCharacter Table window. However, if you need the characters more often, we recom-mend a better option: Specify appropriate macros.

How do I record a macro which can be used for inserting a Unicode character?1 Select Edit | Macros | Record.

Transit/TermStar NXT displays the Record macro window.

In the Macro name field, enter a name for the macro.

Example: Latin capital letter D with circumflex below.

In the Hotkey section, specify the hotkey with which you want to run themacro.

Example: SHIFT + CTRL + D

Select Show macro definition after recording.

Confirm your entry with OK.

From this point, Transit NXT records all the keyboard input and commands youexecute using keyboard shortcuts.

2 Finish recording of the macro immediately afterwards. To do so, select Edit |Macros | Stop using the mouse.

Make sure you select this option using the mouse. Do not use a keyboardshortcut as this would be recorded with the macro.

Transit NXT displays the empty macro in the Edit macro window.

3 In the large empty field, enter the command that Transit NXT uses for insertingthe Unicode character in text (Fig. 4-3). Table 4-1 on page 48 provides an over-view of the characters and commands for the Venda, Sotho (Northern) andTswana languages.Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 47

Customising Transit/TermStar NXT44 To confirm the changes, click Apply and close the window by clicking OK.

Now, you can simply insert the Unicode character in Transit NXT (in example D withcircumflex below) with the defined shortcut (in example SHIFT + CTRL + D).

Fig. 4-3: Macro for Unicode characters

Language Command Character

Venda LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH CIRCUM-FLEX BELOW

LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH CIRCUMFLEX BELOW

LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH CIRCUM-FLEX BELOW

LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH CIRCUMFLEX BELOW

LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH CIRCUM-FLEX BELOW

LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH CIRCUMFLEX BELOW

LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH DOT ABOVE

LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH DOT ABOVE

LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T WITH CIRCUM-FLEX BELOW

LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH CIRCUMFLEX BELOW

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06204.3 Customising the system environment

4.3.1 Overview

The starte.ini file contains a wide range of settings for running Transit/TermStar NXT.

The file starte.ini is located in the \bin folder of your Transit/TermStar NXT instal-lation.

This section describes the following system modifications:

Common access to settings and folders in a network (section 4.3.2 on page 49)

Restricting a background search with shared dictionaries (section 4.3.4 on page52)

Updating common dictionaries (section 4.3.5 on page 53)

Specifying dialogue box fonts (section 4.3.6 on page 54)

Changes to the file starte.ini only take effect after Transit/TermStar NXT is restartedUse a text editor to open and edit the file. Please note that the changes only come intoeffect if you restart Transit/TermStar NXT after saving the starte.ini file.

4.3.2 Common access to settings and folders in a network

In the starte.ini file, you have to specify the paths that all users should be able toaccess in order to guarantee access to common resources in a network.

The following paths are set as default in the file starte.ini:[PATHS]CONFIG\SYS=c:\Programs\Transit NXT\config\customers\CONFIG\GLOBAL=c:\Programs\Transit NXT\config\global\CONFIG\USERS=c:\Programs\Transit NXT\config\users\CONFIG\CUSTOMERS=c:\Programs\Transit NXT\config\customers\

Sotho (Northern)/Tswana

LATIN CAPITAL LETTER WITH CARON

LATIN SMALL LETTER WITH CARON

Language Command Character

Tab. 4-1: Macro commands for Unicode characters from Venda, Sotho (Northern) and Tswana Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 49


PROJECTS=c:\Programs\Transit NXT\projects\HELP=c:\Programs\Transit NXT\help\DB=c:\Programs\Transit NXT\db\SPELL=c:\Programs\Transit NXT\spell\The folders have the following meaning:

CONFIG\SYS configuration files for Transit/TermStar NXT CONFIG\GLOBAL folder for global scope CONFIG\USERS folder for user scope CONFIG\CUSTOMERS folder for customer scope

Transit/TermStar NXT saves the user preferences, the settings for segmentfilters, lists of abbreviations, data record filters etc. in the folders for the areasGlobal, Users and Customers.

PROJECTS root folder for the working folder HELP help files DB TermStar databases with the dictionaries SPELL Files for dictionary-based spellchecks

How do I set up the paths for common access?1 Open the file starte.ini in an editor and replace the specified paths with the

paths that contain the data you want to share.

Example: When all working folders are saved in the path Z:\data\translation\jobs,modify the line as follows:PROJECTS=Z:\data\translation\jobsIf you do not want to change the individual default paths, leave them unchanged.

2 Save and close the file.

Transit/TermStar NXT now uses the folders specified in the changed paths.

3 If necessary, copy the files you want all users to use together to the appropriatefolders.

4.3.3 Multithreading for multilingual projects

To speed up the pretranslation process for multilingual projects in Transit NXT, youcan use what is known as Multithreading.

This is used for multilingual projects to import and pretranslate the correspondingnumber of languages at the same time, depending on the number of CPUs. Forinstance, if a computer has four CPUs, then four languages can be pretranslated atthe same time. This allows NXT to carry out the pretranslation four times as fast.50 Transit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 1306

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0620For bilingual projects, a further improvement can be made, as the fuzzy index can becreated during filtering rather than these processes having to be carried out in turn.This means that the creation of the fuzzy index starts in parallel to filtering. So, iffiltering takes 5 minutes to complete, for example, then the creation of the fuzzy indexwill take 5 minutes less.

Multithreading is set up as follows:1 In the area [Options], add the following line and enter the desired value:

MaxPretranThreads=Instead of , including the characters < and >, use the maximum number ofCPUs or threads.

You can enter either positive or negative values.

Example: If your high-performance computer has 8 CPUs and you have a maximum of8 languages to pretranslate, enter the following lines:

MaxPretranThreads=8One thread will be opened per CPU.

If your high-performance computer has 8 CPUs and you have a maximum of 16languages to pretranslate at the same time, enter the following lines:

MaxPretranThreads=-16Two threads will be opened per CPU.

2 Save and close the file and restart Transit NXT.

If you do not specify this option, Transit NXT will automatically use the maximum avail-able number of CPUs for parallel pretranslation.

File starte.iniRange [Options]Parameter MaxPretranThreadsPossible values

Instead of (including the characters < and >), enter the maximum number of CPUs or threads.

Tab. 4-2: MaxPretranThreads parameterTransit/TermStar NXT Reference Guide 51


4.3.4 Restricting a background search with shared

dictionaries

Transit NXT provides the possibility that a number of users can share access to diction-aries across a network. As default, the background search is started in a dictionary assoon as a user opens a language pair in Transit NXT. If a number of users simulta-neously access a dictionary across a network, this can impair the speed of the indi-vidual computers.

In such cases, you can limit the background search to the current segment and thenext segment that has not yet been translated. To do so, insert the following entry inthe file.

How to restrict the background search for shared dictionaries:1 In the area [Options], add the following line or, if applicable, modify it as

follows:

MultiUserBGS=12 Save and close the file and restart Transit NXT.

Transit NXT limits the background search to the current segment and the nextsegment that has not yet been translated.

File starte.iniRange [Options]Parameter MultiUserBGSPossible values 0 (Default) Background search enabled

1 Background search restricted to the current segment and the next segment that has not yet been translated

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