the game translator’s toolkit
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The Game Translator ToolkitOr how to boost your productivity
By Anthony TeixeiraJapanese/English > French TranslatorIGDA Localization SIG Co-chair
Ctrl + Backspace: Deletes a wordCtrl + Up/Down: Jumps to beginning/end of paragraphShift + Left/Right: (Un)selects a letter at a timeCtrl + Shift + Left/Right: Selects a word
It’s not all about finding new toolsDid you know the following shortcuts?You can use them right now
Lack of timeRoutineWe simply don’t know such shortcuts even exist
Why don’t we make the most of our tools?
To work more efficiently, we first need to be aware of what is holding us back
5 tools ready out of the box- XBench- Okapi Rainbow- WinMerge- XLTools- RDBMerge
AutoHotkey, a scripting&automation tool
Introducing two types of tools
Free until v2.9 QA checks
InconsistenciesGlossary mismatchesMissing numbers, tagsPunctuation issues (double spacing, unmatched parentheses)Repeated words
Converts various formats into TMX
1. XBench
Useful for large projects, especially when several translators are involved
Offers all the basic options you need from such a tool (stop words, min/max number of words per term, etc.)
Many other features (QA, batch search&replace, translation package creation, etc.)
Open source, cross-platform and regularly updated
2. Okapi Rainbow (Term extraction)
Tells you what lines have been changed, deleted or added between two versions of a file
Useful if you need to quickly compare two versions of a text
3. WinMerge
...you may also use Microsoft Word’s Compare function
Free version available with the most important featuresData cleaning: removes trailing/double spaces (common issue with CAT tools)Switches case on any range of cells
4. XLTools
Merges Excel files/tabsSaves time for QA/proofreading, word counts and other tasks when strings are spread over a large number of tabs/files
5. RDBMerge
Okapi Olifant (TM management)Notepad++ (Text and code editor)
Other recommendations
Scripting and automation toolMaps hotkeys to scripts or mouse/keyboard operationsRelatively easy to learn for non-programmers (macro recorder available on AHK’s website)Runs in the background, works in any software
Introducing AutoHotkey (AHK)
Automate online searchesRun/Switch to the program or folder of your choiceMap hotkeys to different key combinationsSwitch caseCount characters in selected textOutput special ©haracte®sGenerate text patternsAbout anything?
What can AHK do?
^+g:: run "http://google.com/search?q=%clipboard%"return
"^+g::“ represents the hotkey ("Ctrl + Alt + g" here)"run“ is an instruction used to run a program/open a page. Here, we’re opening a Google search with the content of the clipboard“return“ marks the end of the function
Example Script
For more information about the tools introduced in this document, feel free to contact me at: [email protected] AutoHotkey script used during this session is available at the following address: http://bit.ly/AHK-Scripts It comes with comments and links to help you create or customize your own scripts
Thank you!