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CafeTran Espresso 2018 Akua Update 5

CafeTran Espresso 2018 Akua Update 5 is available for download. The update can be performed via Drag and Drop as follows:


1. Run CafeTran.


2. Download 20180409_update.zip file from here and place it on your desktop. Do not unzip or rename the file after downloading.


Note:   On Mac OSX system, Safari web browser may unzip the file automatically  after downloading it. Before you download the update file, uncheck the  following Safari option:


Safari > Preferences > General > Open "safe" files after downloading.


3. Drag and Drop the downloaded 20180409-update.zip file anywhere in CafeTran's initial screen - the Dashboard.


Alternatively,   you can install 20180409_update.zip file via the "Install Update"  button in the Help > About panel instead of dragging and dropping.


Important! Please complete all your translation projects in your current CafeTran version before updating.


What's new:

  • Option to turn off the "greedy" exact matching for translation memories - see it in the TM options panel. With this option off, CafeTran does not stop the search at the found exact match(es) for the current segment, but it continues looking for fuzzy matches and fragments. Switching off this option is not recommended for slower computers and huge translation memories.
  • Automatic removal of the misspelled words from the Auto-completion list.
  • Splitting and joining of adjacent segments in the Filter mode as well.
  • Adjustments to the MS Word filter.


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> option to show only the first segment in the "Repeated and propagated segments" filter.

The optrion is great, but the ever returning question when filtering is annoying (there are users in this forum that are in favor of clean GUIs, less clutter and less dialog boxes, just imagine). Maybe there is another solution possible: maybe one more menu entry does less harm than this permanently popping dialog box.

 

In combination with that a menu command "Insert all exact matches and mark them as checked" could save a lot of clickediclick.

 

> (there are users in this forum that are in favor of clean GUIs, less clutter and less dialog boxes, just imagine)


And then, you suggest another menu.

> In combination with that a menu command "Insert all exact matches and mark them as checked"


and another one.

Not exactly, only a menu entry (or two).


Menu entries are much less disturbing and less intrusive than dialog boxes that pop up and cannot be stopped from popping up.


We can do it reverse and look for menu entries that are unnecessary. If there is one, we can put those above in. Deal?

 

> "Insert all exact matches and mark them as checked"


But then, another user might also suggest:


"Insert all exact matches and mark them as locked"

"Insert all exact matches and mark them as translated" etc.


Instead, you can do:


1. Filter > Matches > Exact and context matches.

2.  Task > Set checked status for target segments.


Then, we keep having "clean GUIs, less clutter and less dialog boxes" and fewer menu items.

"Insert all exact matches and mark them as translated". Impossible, as any EM gets the status Translated. If you plan to finally create a state "Edited", this would be another thing.


Found one. The command "Edit" > "Select all" is not needed. As CT is a program that does not have menu entries for Copy, Paste, Cut, why then should it have one for Select all?

 

> "Insert all exact matches and mark them as translated". Impossible


Possible, for "Translated/Confirmed" status of sldxliff/mqxliff files.


> As CT is a program that does not have menu entries for Copy, Paste, Cut


It doesn't need them in the menus because it has a fast access to those frequent actions via the buttons in the toolbar.

I guess that with editing an SDLXLIFF file I needn't wait until I finish it before I update? It's quite a big file.

... and via the usual shortcut keys.

 

Speaking of statuses, I think CTE segments will probably get  the "Final" status for segments in the future. Although I find it as the perfect example of oversophistication to finalize/confirm the already checked segments, but it will enable better mapping to  "Translated/Confirmed" status of sldxliff/mqxliff files.  

MAybe this is already part of the last update, and maybe I ticked somewhere where I shouldn't have, but in my very humble opinion the replacement of the submenu "Project templates" (with the corresponding templates) by "Open project template" is really a rather bad idea.

Less convenient, more clicks. Not to think of users who might get lost in their directories. Although I have everything in one directory, there maybe people who have their templates spread around on their hard disk (eg. in clients'folders), not to forget the case where CT opens any other folder than the one with the project templates (= even more clicks).

 

> there maybe people who have their templates spread around on their hard disk


That's exactly why you can select the templates directly via your system file chooser now - (e.g Finder on Mac). CTE remembers their storing location so you don't need to navigate much if you keep them in one folder. The system file chooser also sorts them nicely, as was requested by other users. Besides, the previous submenu solution got quickly overcrowded and ugly with lots of templates.

> got quickly overcrowded and ugly with lots of templates

I wonder if there is anybody having more than, let's say, 20 templates.


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