Content Translation/Localization

Content Translation/Localization

SiberSafe enables documentation teams to cost-effectively generate the same product documentation in many languages by producing temporary documents that include only the subset of content that needs to be translated. The functions that facilitate translation operations are:

Translation Branching

The "Translate" operation in SiberSafe creates a snapshot of the stream when the documentation development is sufficiently advanced for translation to begin. This new translation stream mirrors all the objects from the original stream (files, folders, granularities, etc.). The translation stream does not contain an actual copy of the original objects, but rather a reference to the original objects. This means that SiberSafe can keep track of those objects that have changed both in the source stream and in the translation stream, It also means that creating translation streams is fast, and does not consume large amounts of disk space.

The document in the translation stream starts out as content in the original language. As it is being translated, the translation stream will contain some content in the original language and some content in the translated language. Finally, the translation will contain only translated content.

Translation Merging

As a document is being translated, the source document in the original language stream is often still evolving. The challenge is to incorporate the changes made in the original language stream to the translation stream, while preserving all the translation work done to date. The solution is to create another snapshot, consisting of all the objects in the current version of the original language stream, merged with all the translated objects in the first snapshot. This new merged stream will include any content that has changed in the original language stream, along with any translated content that remains the same. The translation team can therefore focus only on content that still requires translation, and never has to translate content more than once.

Additional translation support

Because documentation development and translation into different languages often occur in parallel, tracking multiple versions of original language content while matching them with already translated content can become complex. SiberSafe incorporates additional features that allow teams to manage this complexity, such as:

Reuse of content fragments across different versions of product documents. The SiberSafe Document Composer allows the user to include reusable elements into any part of an existing or a new document.
Editing of document fragments by multiple users. SiberSafe identifies changes to tracked fragments to determine the need to (re)translate.
Maintaining the structure of documents in translation streams. No part of a document can be deleted or added during translation. Only content can be changed in a translation stream, not structure.
Version control. No version of a document is ever lost with SiberSafe. The user can recover any of the previous versions of any document in the repository.
Searching the repository. Translators can search either current content or historical content. They can find any word that was ever present in their documents, even if they have already replaced this word or phrase in the current version of the documentation.
Accessing the repository remotely: Translation agencies or freelance translators can remotely access the repository through their web browser. All translation activity occurs in one place eliminating the necessity to manage multiple copies of files. The documentation manager can specify limited access rights for each translator or agency, ensuring that they see and change only appropriate translation streams.

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News

XLIFF-based interoperability with Sun OLT translation workbench open source TM tool

Jan 1, 2009

SiberSafe announces XLIFF-based interoperability with Sun OLT translation workbench open source TM tool

XLIFF support

Dec 15, 2008

SiberSafe adds XLIFF support as part of its translation management feature set

Bi-lingual side-by-side publishing

Dec 1, 2008

Bi-lingual side-by-side publishing support has been built into the SiberSafe publishing framework

Pre-translation, release management and cross-server replication

Nov 3, 2008

Pre-translation, release management and cross-server replication in SiberSafe now operate at the element level as opposed to the fragment level

Translation

Demos/presentations

Identify which parts of your content need to be translated, to reduce translation costs and time.

TRADOS-based translation support

Demos/presentations

TRADOS and SiberSafe working together to streamline content translation.

SiberSafe XLIFF Content Translation and Update

See how XLIFF facilitates the content translation, update and review process.

SiberSafe DITA Edition

This document describes the various features included in SiberSafe's DITA solution

Translation Management

This document decribes SiberSafe's approach to translation managment

Translation support in SiberSafe

White papers

SiberSafe tools that streamline the translation of product documentation into different languages.

Products

DITA XML CMS: SiberSafe DITA Edition

SiberSafe CMS DocBook Edition

SiberSafe S1000D CMS/CSDB

Standards

DITA

DOCBOOK

S1000D

Solutions

Content Differencing

Content Rendering/Publishing

Content Translation/Localization

Integrations

Open Language Tools XLIFF Translation Editor (OTE)

Trados Translation Memory Integration