Pseudo Translation

Pseudo-translation simulates the entire translation process. This is particularly useful for several situations.

Use to verify successful completion of the extraction, translation, and creation of a translated file.
Use to identify any text expansion issues that might occur during translation.
Use to identify any font issues during creation of the translation file.
Use to identify any formatting or missing content issues.

You can copy the source content to the target content to preview translatable content for target languages and the complexity of associated formatting. This preview is particularly useful when content has accented characters and when the content is likely to expand during translation.

Note:

Pseudo-translation requires source files in a supported file format, such as .DOC or .TXT files.
If you use Wordfast Pro in Demo Mode, the limit on processing pseudo translation is 20 files. To simultaneously pseudo-translate more than 20 files, obtain a Wordfast Pro license.

To pseudo-translate files:

Click the Wordfast Pro drop-down menu and select Quick Tools.
Click the Pseudo Translation tab, if it is not already selected.

On the TXLF Files panel, choose one of the following actions:

Note:

To search the File Name column for a particular string, enter the search string in the available search field next toon the TXLF Files panel.

Add Files	Click to browse and select a file from a folder.
Add Folder	Click to browse and select a folder and all its files.
Remove File(s)	Click to remove a folder and all its files or all selected files from the list.

Select a Source Language and Target Language for the Language Selection section.
(Optional) In the Pseudo Translation Options section, select either or both options for creating a target file and adding a suffix to the target filename, then click an option to either place it next to the source file or to browse and select an alternate location.
Click Pseudotranslate Files.
(Optional) On the Progress bar dialog, you can select Always run in background to preserve the background batch action for future analysis actions, then click Run in Background.
If you chose to run Pseudotranslate Files in the background, you can monitor its progress.

Note:
If you choose to run more than one batch action in the background, each action will have its own progress bar.

The pseudo-translation is created and a successful completion message is displayed.