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Pseudotranslation

The Pseudotranslation option copies source content to target. Pseudotranslated target content will have accented characters and the text will be expanded by 20%. This will help you preview what content will be selected as translatable and how complex formatting will appear in the target. Either source files or TXML files can be pseudotranslated.

 

To pseudotranslate files:

  1. Open Wordfast Pro and click .
    The PM perspective appears

  2. Click Pseudotranslation.
    The Pseudotranslation window appears.


     

  3. Select files from the available list or click , to browse for files.

  4. Select the folder with the files and click OK.
    The Choose Format dialog box appears.


     

  5. Select Add files from subfolders checkbox if you want to add all files within a folder, including the files in the sub folders.

  6. Select the file Format.
    The file Extension appears automatically.

  7. Click OK.
    The files appear.


     

  8. Click + to open the file folder and select specific files.
    Note
    : You can pseudotranslate to 20 files at a time using Wordfast Pro in Demo mode. If you want to pseudotranslate more files you will need to purchase the Wordfast Pro license from www.wordfast.com.

  9. Select Source and Target language codes.

  10. Select Create pseudotranslated target file to create a pseudo translated file in the chosen language and source format. For example, if you pseudotranslate a word document from English (US) to German (Germany) then the PM plugin will create a pseudotranslated TXML file and word document. These files will be placed in the same folder as the source file.

  11. Click Pseudotranslate.
    The selected file(s) are pseudotranslated and the summary appears.



    The pseudotranslated files are placed in the same folder as the source file. An example screenshot of the pseudotranslated TXML and source file are below.