Virtual keyboard on Q10 for foreign languages?
Hey there,
On the Q10, when typing we have the ability to switch between different languages; however, if you are typing in Chinese or Hebrew for instance you don't see the letter/charecters on a keyboard. Is there a way to have a keyboard displayed for each language when switching to a language other than English?
Thanks,
Hello wissdd01
Welcome to the BlackBerry Support Community Forums.
Can you please confirm you are looking to change the language of the input text? As the BlackBerry Q10 smartphone has a physical keyboard and cannot be easily changed.
To change the input language of your BlackBerry Q10 smartphone please select the following:
Settings>Language and Input>Language
Settings>Language and Input>Region
I look forward to your reply wissdd01
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<s:Button id="btnA" x="90" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="a"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="A"/>
<s:Button id="btnS" x="130" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="s"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="S"/>
<s:Button id="btnD" x="170" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="d"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="D"/>
<s:Button id="btnF" x="210" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="f"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="F"/>
<s:Button id="btnG" x="250" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="g"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="G"/>
<s:Button id="btnH" x="290" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="h"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="H"/>
<s:Button id="btnJ" x="330" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="j"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="J"/>
<s:Button id="btnK" x="370" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="k"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="K"/>
<s:Button id="btnL" x="410" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="l"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="L"/>
<s:Button id="btnSemiColon" x="450" y="90" width="32" height="32" label=";"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase=":"/>
<s:Button id="btnQuote" x="490" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="'"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="""/>
<s:Button id="btnZ" x="110" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="z"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="Z"/>
<s:Button id="btnX" x="150" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="x"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="X"/>
<s:Button id="btnC" x="190" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="c"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="C"/>
<s:Button id="btnV" x="230" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="v"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="V"/>
<s:Button id="btnB" x="270" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="b"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="B"/>
<s:Button id="btnSpace" x="150" y="170" width="272" height="32" label="Space" click="handleButtonClick(event)"/>
<s:Button id="btnN" x="310" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="n"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="N"/>
<s:Button id="btnM" x="350" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="m"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="M"/>
<s:Button id="btnComma" x="390" y="130" width="32" height="32" label=","
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="<"/>
<s:Button id="btnStop" x="430" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="."
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase=">"/>
<s:Button id="btnForwardSlash" x="470" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="/"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="?"/>
</s:Group>I have created a simple Adobe Air Windowed Application. The application uses the mx:HTML controls to load a web page inside my application. I have tried other means to load the web page but due to formatting issue, all other methods fail to load the page correctly. Any solution will need to use the mx HTML controls.
I have added a virtual keyboard to my project. However, when I enter a text field and then select a key on the virtual keyboard, I lose focus on the text field.
I understand the concept of event listeners and using a variable to store the text field id and using a focus event to gain the id of the text field. However, I am not a programmer by no means and this is way above my head. I am looking for someone to spend 30 or 60 minutes adding the needed code to my project so I can use the virtual keyboard. I would be willing to send someone a gift card to their favorite restaurant as compensation.
I have included the 4 files that make up my project (File names are in read text).
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
Joe
Main.mxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:WindowedApplication xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
xmlns:components="com.uibuzz.components.*"
xmlns:local="*"
xmlns:keyboard=".*"
xmlns:panel=".*"
showStatusBar="false"
alwaysInFront="true"
creationComplete="RunFunction(event)">
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.events.FlexEvent;
protected function RunFunction(event:FlexEvent):void
nativeWindow.x = (Capabilities.screenResolutionX - nativeWindow.width) / 2;
nativeWindow.y = (Capabilities.screenResolutionY - nativeWindow.height) / 2;
// Mouse.hide();
html.location = 'https://google.com';
]]>
</fx:Script>
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
// Virtual Keyboard
import com.uibuzz.events.VirtualKeyboardEvent;
protected function HandleKeyEvent(event:VirtualKeyboardEvent):void
trace("Key pressed: " + event.keyLabel);
]]>
</fx:Script>
<mx:HTML id="html"
paintsDefaultBackground="false"
width="100%"
height="100%" x="0" y="0"/>
<fx:Declarations>
<!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
</fx:Declarations>
<components:VirtualKeyboard x="325" y="770" KeyClicked="HandleKeyEvent(event)"/>
</s:WindowedApplication>
Main-app.aml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/2.5">
<!-- Adobe AIR Application Descriptor File Template.
Specifies parameters for identifying, installing, and launching AIR applications.
xmlns - The Adobe AIR namespace: http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/2.5
The last segment of the namespace specifies the version
of the AIR runtime required for this application to run.
minimumPatchLevel - The minimum patch level of the AIR runtime required to run
the application. Optional.
-->
<!-- A universally unique application identifier. Must be unique across all AIR applications.
Using a reverse DNS-style name as the id is recommended. (Eg. com.example.ExampleApplication.) Required. -->
<id>Main</id>
<!-- Used as the filename for the application. Required. -->
<filename>Virtual Keyboard</filename>
<!-- The name that is displayed in the AIR application installer.
May have multiple values for each language. See samples or xsd schema file. Optional. -->
<name></name>
<!-- A string value of the format <0-999>.<0-999>.<0-999> that represents application version which can be used to check for application upgrade.
Values can also be 1-part or 2-part. It is not necessary to have a 3-part value.
An updated version of application must have a versionNumber value higher than the previous version. Required for namespace >= 2.5 . -->
<versionNumber>1.0.0</versionNumber>
<!-- A string value (such as "v1", "2.5", or "Alpha 1") that represents the version of the application, as it should be shown to users. Optional. -->
<!-- <versionLabel></versionLabel> -->
<!-- Description, displayed in the AIR application installer.
May have multiple values for each language. See samples or xsd schema file. Optional. -->
<!-- <description></description> -->
<!-- Copyright information. Optional -->
<!-- <copyright></copyright> -->
<!-- Publisher ID. Used if you're updating an application created prior to 1.5.3 -->
<!-- <publisherID></publisherID> -->
<!-- Settings for the application's initial window. Required. -->
<initialWindow>
<!-- The main SWF or HTML file of the application. Required. -->
<!-- Note: In Flash Builder, the SWF reference is set automatically. -->
<content>[This value will be overwritten by Flash Builder in the output app.xml]</content>
<!-- The title of the main window. Optional. -->
<!-- <title></title> -->
<!-- The type of system chrome to use (either "standard" or "none"). Optional. Default standard. -->
<systemChrome>none</systemChrome>
<!-- Whether the window is transparent. Only applicable when systemChrome is none. Optional. Default false. -->
<transparent>false</transparent>
<!-- Whether the window is initially visible. Optional. Default false. -->
<visible>false</visible>
<!-- Whether the user can minimize the window. Optional. Default true. -->
<minimizable>false</minimizable>
<!-- Whether the user can maximize the window. Optional. Default true. -->
<maximizable>false</maximizable>
<!-- Whether the user can resize the window. Optional. Default true. -->
<resizable>false</resizable>
<!-- The window's initial width in pixels. Optional. -->
<width>1280</width>
<!-- The window's initial height in pixels. Optional. -->
<height>1024</height>
<!-- The window's initial x position. Optional. -->
<!-- <x></x> -->
<!-- The window's initial y position. Optional. -->
<!-- <y></y> -->
<!-- The window's minimum size, specified as a width/height pair in pixels, such as "400 200". Optional. -->
<minSize>1280 1024</minSize>
<!-- <minSize>1024 768</minSize> -->
<!-- The window's initial maximum size, specified as a width/height pair in pixels, such as "1600 1200". Optional. -->
<maxSize>1280 1024</maxSize>
<!-- <maxSize>1024 768</maxSize> -->
</initialWindow>
<!-- We recommend omitting the supportedProfiles element, -->
<!-- which in turn permits your application to be deployed to all -->
<!-- devices supported by AIR. If you wish to restrict deployment -->
<!-- (i.e., to only mobile devices) then add this element and list -->
<!-- only the profiles which your application does support. -->
<!-- <supportedProfiles>desktop extendedDesktop mobileDevice extendedMobileDevice</supportedProfiles> -->
<!-- The subpath of the standard default installation location to use. Optional. -->
<!-- <installFolder></installFolder> -->
<!-- The subpath of the Programs menu to use. (Ignored on operating systems without a Programs menu.) Optional. -->
<!-- <programMenuFolder></programMenuFolder> -->
<!-- The icon the system uses for the application. For at least one resolution,
specify the path to a PNG file included in the AIR package. Optional. -->
<!-- <icon>
<image16x16></image16x16>
<image32x32></image32x32>
<image36x36></image36x36>
<image48x48></image48x48>
<image72x72></image72x72>
<image128x128></image128x128>
</icon> -->
<!-- Whether the application handles the update when a user double-clicks an update version
of the AIR file (true), or the default AIR application installer handles the update (false).
Optional. Default false. -->
<!-- <customUpdateUI></customUpdateUI> -->
<!-- Whether the application can be launched when the user clicks a link in a web browser.
Optional. Default false. -->
<!-- <allowBrowserInvocation></allowBrowserInvocation> -->
<!-- Listing of file types for which the application can register. Optional. -->
<!-- <fileTypes> -->
<!-- Defines one file type. Optional. -->
<!-- <fileType> -->
<!-- The name that the system displays for the registered file type. Required. -->
<!-- <name></name> -->
<!-- The extension to register. Required. -->
<!-- <extension></extension> -->
<!-- The description of the file type. Optional. -->
<!-- <description></description> -->
<!-- The MIME content type. -->
<!-- <contentType></contentType> -->
<!-- The icon to display for the file type. Optional. -->
<!-- <icon>
<image16x16></image16x16>
<image32x32></image32x32>
<image48x48></image48x48>
<image128x128></image128x128>
</icon> -->
<!-- </fileType> -->
<!-- </fileTypes> -->
<!-- Specify Android specific tags that get passed to AndroidManifest.xml file. -->
<!--<android>
<manifestAdditions>
<![CDATA[
<manifest android:installLocation="auto">
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
<uses-configuration android:reqFiveWayNav="true"/>
<supports-screens android:normalScreens="true"/>
<uses-feature android:required="true" android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch"/>
<application android:enabled="true">
<activity android:excludeFromRecents="false">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
]]>
</manifestAdditions>
</android> -->
<!-- End of the schema for adding the android specific tags in AndroidManifest.xml file -->
</application>
VirtualKeyboardEvent.as
package com.uibuzz.events
import flash.events.Event;
public class VirtualKeyboardEvent extends Event
public var keyLabel:String;
public function VirtualKeyboardEvent(type:String)
super(type);
override public function clone():Event
var eventObj:VirtualKeyboardEvent = new VirtualKeyboardEvent(type);
eventObj.keyLabel = this.keyLabel;
return eventObj;
VirtualKeyboard.mxml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Group xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
width="610" height="215" currentState="Lowercase">
<s:layout>
<s:BasicLayout/>
</s:layout>
<fx:Metadata>
[Event(name="KeyClicked", type="com.uibuzz.events.VirtualKeyboardEvent")]
</fx:Metadata>
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import com.uibuzz.events.VirtualKeyboardEvent;
protected function handleShiftButton(event:MouseEvent):void
if (this.currentState == "Lowercase")
this.currentState = "Uppercase";
else
this.currentState = "Lowercase";
protected function handleButtonClick(event:MouseEvent):void
var e:VirtualKeyboardEvent = new VirtualKeyboardEvent("KeyClicked");
e.keyLabel = event.currentTarget.label;
dispatchEvent(e);
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:states>
<s:State name="Lowercase"/>
<s:State name="Uppercase"/>
</s:states>
<fx:Declarations>
<!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
</fx:Declarations>
<s:Button id="btn1" x="50" y="10" width="32" height="32" label="1"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="!"/>
<s:Button id="btnTilde" x="10" y="10" width="32" height="32" label="`"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="~"/>
<s:Button id="btn2" x="90" y="10" width="32" height="32" label="2"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="@" fontSize.Uppercase="11"/>
<s:Button id="btn3" x="130" y="10" width="32" height="32" label="3"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="#"/>
<s:Button id="btn4" x="170" y="10" width="32" height="32" label="4"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="$"/>
<s:Button id="btn5" x="210" y="10" width="32" height="32" label="5"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="%"/>
<s:Button id="btn6" x="250" y="10" width="32" height="32" label="6"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="^"/>
<s:Button id="btn7" x="290" y="10" width="32" height="32" label="7"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="&"/>
<s:Button id="btn8" x="330" y="10" width="32" height="32" label="8"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="*"/>
<s:Button id="btn9" x="370" y="10" width="32" height="32" label="9"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="("/>
<s:Button id="btn0" x="410" y="10" width="32" height="32" label="0"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase=")"/>
<s:Button id="btnMinus" x="450" y="10" width="32" height="32" label="-"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="_"/>
<s:Button id="btnEquals" x="490" y="10" width="32" height="32" label="="
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="+"/>
<s:Button id="btnDelete" x="530" y="10" width="70" height="32" label="Delete" click="handleButtonClick(event)"/>
<s:Button id="btnEnter" x="530" y="90" width="70" height="32" label="Enter" click="handleButtonClick(event)"/>
<s:Button id="btnRightShift" x="510" y="130" width="70" height="32" label="Shift"
click="handleShiftButton(event)"/>
<s:Button id="btnLeftShift" x="30" y="130" width="70" height="32" label="Shift"
click="handleShiftButton(event)"/>
<s:Button id="btnTab" x="10" y="50" width="50" height="32" label="Tab" click="handleButtonClick(event)"/>
<s:Button id="btnQ" x="70" y="50" width="32" height="32" label="q"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="Q"/>
<s:Button id="btnW" x="110" y="50" width="32" height="32" label="w"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="W"/>
<s:Button id="btnE" x="150" y="50" width="32" height="32" label="e"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="E"/>
<s:Button id="btnR" x="190" y="50" width="32" height="32" label="r"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="R"/>
<s:Button id="btnT" x="230" y="50" width="32" height="32" label="t"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="T"/>
<s:Button id="btnY" x="270" y="50" width="32" height="32" label="y"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="Y"/>
<s:Button id="btnU" x="310" y="50" width="32" height="32" label="u"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="U"/>
<s:Button id="btnI" x="350" y="50" width="32" height="32" label="i"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="I"/>
<s:Button id="btnO" x="390" y="50" width="32" height="32" label="o"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="O"/>
<s:Button id="btnP" x="430" y="50" width="32" height="32" label="p"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="P"/>
<s:Button id="btnLeftBracket" x="470" y="50" width="32" height="32" label="["
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="{"/>
<s:Button id="btnRightBracket" x="510" y="50" width="32" height="32" label="]"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="}"/>
<s:Button id="btnBackSlash" x="550" y="50" width="32" height="32" label="\"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="|"/>
<s:Button id="btnA" x="90" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="a"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="A"/>
<s:Button id="btnS" x="130" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="s"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="S"/>
<s:Button id="btnD" x="170" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="d"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="D"/>
<s:Button id="btnF" x="210" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="f"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="F"/>
<s:Button id="btnG" x="250" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="g"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="G"/>
<s:Button id="btnH" x="290" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="h"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="H"/>
<s:Button id="btnJ" x="330" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="j"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="J"/>
<s:Button id="btnK" x="370" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="k"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="K"/>
<s:Button id="btnL" x="410" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="l"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="L"/>
<s:Button id="btnSemiColon" x="450" y="90" width="32" height="32" label=";"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase=":"/>
<s:Button id="btnQuote" x="490" y="90" width="32" height="32" label="'"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="""/>
<s:Button id="btnZ" x="110" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="z"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="Z"/>
<s:Button id="btnX" x="150" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="x"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="X"/>
<s:Button id="btnC" x="190" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="c"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="C"/>
<s:Button id="btnV" x="230" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="v"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="V"/>
<s:Button id="btnB" x="270" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="b"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="B"/>
<s:Button id="btnSpace" x="150" y="170" width="272" height="32" label="Space" click="handleButtonClick(event)"/>
<s:Button id="btnN" x="310" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="n"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="N"/>
<s:Button id="btnM" x="350" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="m"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="M"/>
<s:Button id="btnComma" x="390" y="130" width="32" height="32" label=","
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="<"/>
<s:Button id="btnStop" x="430" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="."
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase=">"/>
<s:Button id="btnForwardSlash" x="470" y="130" width="32" height="32" label="/"
click="handleButtonClick(event)"
label.Uppercase="?"/>
</s:Group> -
Why the Unavailability of Foreign Language Keyboards in the US?
I am a foreign language student (Russian), and am trying to buy a foreign language apple keyboard (preferably wireless) in the states. I know they are available in Europe (my stepdaughter confirms she can get one thriugh her apple store), yet when I try to do the same here, they deny they even exist!! (This is the case even on the online store!!!)
I tried to order one from one of the European Stores online (actually, more than one) and it won't let me complete the order, even if I make payment in the local currency (pounds, euros, francs, rubles, or what have you).
This is a frustrating (and in my opinion, fairly serious) problem, and I am sure I am not the only one who is going through this fiasco. I certainly don't want to pay 5x the price via a "smuggler", I would rather get peripherials FOR my apple FROM apple.
So Apple, what gives? There's a market for these products here, my MacBook Pro WILL support this product... So why won't you let me buy one (or even admit to me you even have such a thing, when those overseas have free access to them)?
Message was edited by: TheRoadhouseTheRoadhouse wrote:
I am a foreign language student (Russian), and am trying to buy a foreign language apple keyboard (preferably wireless) in the states. I know they are available in Europe (my stepdaughter confirms she can get one thriugh her apple store), yet when I try to do the same here, they deny they even exist!! (This is the case even on the online store!!!)
I tried to order one from one of the European Stores online (actually, more than one) and it won't let me complete the order, even if I make payment in the local currency (pounds, euros, francs, rubles, or what have you).
This is a frustrating (and in my opinion, fairly serious) problem, and I am sure I am not the only one who is going through this fiasco. I certainly don't want to pay 5x the price via a "smuggler", I would rather get peripherials FOR my apple FROM apple.
So Apple, what gives? There's a market for these products here, my MacBook Pro WILL support this product... So why won't you let me buy one (or even admit to me you even have such a thing, when those overseas have free access to them)?
Message was edited by: TheRoadhouse
I do not want to get on your case, but Apple is a business, one that tries to make a profit. Carrying items in inventory that serve a tiny number of individuals in the US actually costs them money. But they'd also have to carry inventory in every single foreign language keyboard, and the costs become huge.
Moreover, and with all due respect, if you're here in the US studying, you really need a US English keyboard. And as the other poster said, you have access to the Russian character map for keys, so if you have to write home, you can write in Russian, and you'll be happy.
By the way, all of us here are users like you. Getting annoyed hardly ever gets you help. If you want to complain to Apple go here. -
How can a structured frame be used for translating books to foreign languages?
I keep reading about how a structured approach can improve the translation process (from english to foreign languages), however, i can't seem to find specifics about a particular method or tutorials about how to go about it (specifically). My question is, how (specifically) can structured framemaker be used for translation from english to foreign languages? Links to tutorials on this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
@Ian Proudfood
A well organized XML based project will definitely save translation costs. There are many advantages to the XML approach to translation management including:
Almost zero DTP rework costs - make the EDD/Template do all of the work!
Translation is application version independent - no need to wait for the Translation Memory/CMS system vendor to support the latest version of FrameMaker.
»... a well organized XML based project will definitively save translation costs.« – I have read sentences like this from a lot of consultants. And I have consulted/supported a lot of customers after those consultants left the stage. I always hear more or less the same from all of those clients. No question, I hear a lot of arguments for working with XML in tech doc, most of the arguments you mention included. Most of the tech writers are happy with the new structured FrameMaker and enjoy writing. And, cross your heart: Finally there's no alternative to XML in the long term if you take your tech writer job seriously. No question – working with pure XML in a professional information architecture in a structured, guiding editing environment like FrameMaker is cool, fun, faster and produces more open, more accessible, more reusable, more reliable, more consistent, in a nutshell: more valuable data.
But what I have never ever heard, and I'm talking about several hundred companies, is: We save more money on translation now. You might imagine that this is surprising me since many years. This is why I always ask: Did you save any costs in your translation projects? Surprisingly the answer is always: No. Actually some – no, wait: many – tell me, that their translation agency even charges more now, because they have a lot of new costs:
Costs, to customize their translation memory system to the clients custom xml,
costs to follow badly or not documented changes in the client's xml structure (DTD/Schema changes) in the TMS,
costs because of more engineering work like
valididating xml in advance,
fixing invalid xml exports,
fixing invalid translations due to – sometimes massively – increased amount of tag errors because of tagging differences of "old" (legacy mif) and "new" (xml) tags,
dealing with just too big XML files that need to be carefully split, so that the TMS has a chance to read it, or alternatively:
"glue" the ten-thousand xml "snippets" to more handy chunks,
project managers and translators that need to do additional checks, validations, verifyings - and often not knowing what to do with those cryptic error messages, meaning additional support costs
Of course, many if no all of these and many other problems I did not mention here can be solved. And many are not exactly system immanent problems but communication problems (like introducing or renaming elements/attributes but not documenting this and not communicating this to the translation service provider) or would apply to any system change (e.g. also when switching from Word to Frame). However, I do not know of any single translation company on this planet (and I know virtually thousands of them from countries all over the world) that reduced the price per word for just a single pence, just because the client switched over from Word/Quark/FrameMaker/InDesign/Whatever to XML.
Just ask your translation service provider: Will you charge me less per word if I send you XML instead of MIF? I would really be surprised to hear a "yes". And frankly, if you have ever compared a professional FrameMaker document with the same document in xml format in a professional system like Trados: There is actually no difference that would justify any price difference. The text is the same, the amount of words identical, the number of tags is identical, it even looks identical in the translation system (I can post screenshots if you like). From the translation perspective there is no single reason why a translator should charge a single pence less.
So, it's a modern myth, that switching to xml reduces translation costs. That might be true, if you come from a really medieval documentation szenario with MS Word or the like, with manual formatting without any styles and so on (I see tech docs every day where even the TOC is typed in manually!!!) and swith from there to a modern structured xml authoring in combination with other supporting tools like authoring memory / authoring assistance, controlled language, translation memory and terminology managent and control, snippet based content management and so on. That will increase the consistency and quality of your data, which will reduce translation costs in the long term. But the truth is: This has nothing to do with XML per se, but with professional writing and professional management.
So, what's left in the money saving story? No more DTP in the target languages? I always hear, that with XML and FrameMaker you do not have to "format" the translated document. The truth is: If you have a professionally formatted (unstructured) document, you don't have to take care of it, too. Modern tools like Trados keep 100% of the formatting 100% correct in the translated document. If the underlying template is intelligent enough to take account of text amount changes due to longer translations, and if you don't have too many local formatting overrides, the DTP is actually zero and can be reduced to a few mintes/hours for "flying" of the document to check out for unexpeted problems wich can occure in both structured and unstructured documents.
Just to give some numbers on this: We are processing every day technical documentations for a quite big company. A typical documentation from them is about 250 pages in unstructured FrameMaker 9 (source language is English). Until now they were resistent to all my XML pushing. The Documentation is based on a straight, simple template (with our help "reduced to the max") and there are no formatting overrides (a script automatically checks this). The post translation Quality Assurance effort is - depending on the target language - usually something between 1 to 4 hours – that's a few seconds per page for the languages where already a lot of past Quality Assurance Steps went back into the Translation Memories and up to a minute per page for more "problematic" languages).
So, again: XML will not save you a single pence on translations. But it might help you to produce more open, more accessible, more reusable, more reliable, more consistent, in a nutshell: more valuable data. But if you already have properly set up (ustructured) FrameMaker Documents and already work with a professional translation memory system, you will be quite disappointed to learn, that the impressive money saving promises you recently saw on that great PowerPoint slides melt down to a few bucks over a couple of years.
Kind regards,
Stefan Gentz -
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How to install Virtual Keyboard with Different language (Arabic) in MacBook Pro ( Mac OS X v10.5.8 Leopard).
Thanks,How to install Virtual Keyboard with Different language (Arabic) in MacBook Pro ( Mac OS X v10.5.8 Leopard).
What are you talking about exactly?
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