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ANNOUNCING THE STC PAN-PACIFIC
CONFERENCE |
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Society for Technical Communication (STC) Pan-Pacific Conference
for communications professionals will be held October 19-21
in Honolulu, HI, USA. Over 100 sessions will address every
aspect of technical communication, including translation,
localization, and internationalization. Four hundred or
more communications professionals are expected to attend.
The keynote speaker will be Martha Baer, senior contributing
editor at Wired magazine. Baer has served as a writer, editor,
consultant, producer, and research chief for the publication,
guiding its edgy, pre-eminent voice while covering technology
in Silicon Valley. She will speak on a wide-range of subjects
dealing with the state of our profession as seen from one
of today's most exciting publications. Both members and
non-members of the STC are welcome to attend. Bargain-priced
airfares and hotel accommodations are available to attendees.
For program, registration, and travel information, see the
conference Web site at http://www.pan-pacific.org. For further
information contact conference chair Jack Molisani, jackm@ClarityTechnical.com.
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| FROM
THE MOUTH OF OUR CUSTOMERS: IDIGLOBAL.COM |
| Thanks
again for doing such a great job with our translation project.
I apologize for the unrealistic deadline due to our client's
situation. I look forward to working with you on future
projects. With Gratitude, David Christiansen IDIGLOBAL.COM
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| INSTALLING
MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEMS |
| Q.
Is it possible to set up our computers with multiple
language operating systems, such as English Windows and
Japanese Windows on the same machine?
A.
Yes. Especially when dealing with Asian languages, it may
become necessary to have individual operating systems available.
This article will cover the basic requirements and guidelines
for setting up multi-boot systems.
Requirements:
1.
Each installation of Microsoft Windows 95/98 with Microsoft
Office and other essential programs occupies about 500
MB of space. Therefore, if you wish to install four operating
systems (the maximum allowed to be installed into separate
partitions) you will need at least 2 GB of hard disk space
on the same physical drive.
2. A disk partitioning program and multi-boot loader (e.g.
System Commander, PartitionMagic/BootMagic, etc.).
3. A boot disk for the desired operating system.
Installation
Instructions:
The following instructions are for setting up a PC with
four different language versions of Windows 98 using System
Commander on a new hard drive (no partitions setup). Similar
instructions apply to other programs. If you are not familiar
with setting up drive partitions in DOS, consult with someone
who is familiar with DOS before continuing, as loss of data
may occur.
I. Preparing the First Partition
A.
Boot the computer using a Windows 95/98 boot disk (this
can be created using the "Add/Remove Programs" section
of the Control Panel in Windows).
B. At the DOS prompt, type 'fdisk' to start the Fdisk
program. Choose "Yes" on the initial question, if prompted.
C. Choose option "1" to create a partition, then, choose
"1" for a primary partition.
D. Fdisk will ask if you want to use the maximum amount
of space. Because we will be installing multiple systems,
answer "No".
E. Fdisk now asks what amount or percentage of the hard
drive you would like to set aside for this partition.
For this example, we will choose 25 percent.
F. Now exit out of the Fdisk program and restart the computer
with the boot disk inserted.
II. Installing the Operating System
A.
After rebooting, format the newly created partition and
install your first operating system as usual.
III.
Installing the System Commander
A.
In Windows, install the System Commander (or other) software.
B. After doing this, you will be prompted to restart the
machine. Upon reboot, System Commander will recognize
your first operating system and place it in its start
menu. You may want to rename the title of the operating
system to correspond to its respective language.
IV.
Adding Additional Installations
A.
Once the first operating system is installed and the multi-boot
loader is running, you can begin to install your other
operating systems.
B. To do this, you must first hide your current Primary
DOS partition in order to create another partition. System
Commander comes with a utility called Scdisk.exe, which
allows you to hide partitions. Run this program and choose
to "Change partition information for OS install". Pressing
"9" on this screen will hide all current partitions. Now
exit the program.
C. Restart the computer with your operating system boot
disk.
D. Follow the instructions in steps I and II to install
your next operating system. Do not be concerned if, in
Fdisk, your previous partition appears as a non-DOS partition.
This is due to the fact that it is being hidden by System
Commander.
E. After following steps I and II, you will need to reinstall
the boot record so that System Commander can launch at
boot. To do this, run Checkmbr.exe from the System Commander
setup disk. Now restart the computer. Your new operation
system should now be recognized, and you can repeat these
actions for additional installations. Note: DOS is limited
to four primary partitions. Thus you can realistically
only have four operating systems installed. You can install
more than one OS per partition, but it is not recommended,
especially if the operating systems use different character
sets.
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TRANSIT TIP: USING REFERENCE EXTRACT FILES |
| Question:
We have several freelance translators that we use on a continuous
basis. When we send them files to translate via e-mail,
it becomes a hassle to send them all of the relevant reference
material (memories), as this often may encompass several
hundred files. Is there a better way to handle this?
Answer:
Yes. A feature that is extremely underused in Transit 2.7
is the "Create Reference Extract" option. This option will
allow you to include all relevant fuzzy matching material
into a single file pair. To accomplish this, do the following:
1. When importing new files into Transit, in the "Import/Export"
window, choose the "Options" button.
2. Choose the "Pretranslation" tab. In this tab, check
the "Create Reference Extract for Fuzzy Matches" box.
3. Continue with the import. Transit will now create a
new file pair entitled "assoref" with the extensions of
your source and target language. This file pair will contain
all relevant fuzzy matches for the translation. Sending
this file pair to the translator eliminates the need to
send any further reference material.
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