SYSTRAN 7
Quick Start Guide
Ref : DSK-7-QSG-BP-EN
SYSTRAN 7 – Quick Start Guide
Welcome
Congratulations on your SYSTRAN 7 purchase which uses the latest generation of
language translation products from SYSTRAN, the leading supplier of translation software.
SYSTRAN 7 offers a variety of features and capabilities for the translation of text in any
Windows-based application. A new common interface is always available, allowing you to
perform translations between more than 50 of the world’s most common language pairs.
The software quickly yields a gisting-level translation (the ability to understand the general
idea of what is written) and even better translation quality when users take the time to train
the software to learn their company or subject terminology.
This Quick Start Guide will help you install and immediately begin using your new
SYSTRAN 7 product. The following table summarizes the topics in this Guide and how
they match your product.
Topics Page
Business
Premium
Translator
Translator
Installing, Activating, and Registering 2
Managing Your SYSTRAN Account 5
Translating Online Using SYSTRANet 5
Leveraging Your Resources Using the SYSTRAN
Customization Wizard
Building Translation Memories with the SYSTRAN
Document Aligner
Using SYSTRAN Interactive Translator 6
Translating Text 6
Looking up a Term 8
Translating Web Pages 9
Translating Selected Web Page Text 10
Translating Microsoft Office Files 10
Translating Email in Microsoft Outlook 12
Setting Your Global Options 13
Translation Options 14
Profiles 14
Using Quick File Translator 15
Using SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager (SDM) 16
Launching SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager (SDM) 17
Adding Dictionary Entries 17
Coding User Dictionary Entries 18
Using SYSTRAN Translation Project Manager (STPM) 19
SYSTRAN Desktop 7 Products comparison 26
For more detailed information about the use of SYSTRAN 7 features, refer to the
SYSTRAN 7 Desktop User’s Guide, or click Help in the product.
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Available translation features and options vary depending on the product you
purchased. See pages 17-18 of this Quick Start Guide.
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Installing, Activating, and Registering SYSTRAN Desktop 7
You can initiate the installation of SYSTRAN Desktop 7 using either a purchased DVD or
an executable application (downloaded product) purchased online. Of course, as with all
software installation, there are decisions and choices you will need to make as you
proceed.
To use SYSTRAN Desktop 7 your system must meet the following minimum requirements:
Processor PC with Intel® Pentium® 1.2 GHz processor, or
Memory Minimum 1GB RAM (Windows XP), 2 GB RAM
Disk Space 300 MB for base software
Operating
System
You must have the following products installed on your PC to fully use SYSTRAN
Interactive Translator and the SYSTRAN Toolbar:
Microsoft Office Microsoft® Office® XP, 2003, 2007, or 2010
Web Browsers
Installing SYSTRAN Products
Procedures for installing new SYSTRAN products depend on the manner in which you
acquired these products.
equivalent AMD® processor, or higher
(higher Windows versions)
100 MB per language pair
500 MB available free space during installation
plus additional space as needed to unzip
downloaded product
Microsoft® Windows XP Home, XP Professional,
Windows Vista, or Windows 7
Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or later
(free download available at www.microsoft.com) or
Mozilla® Firefox® 2.x or later
(free download available at www.mozilla.com)
Installing from a Downloaded File
Installing from a Packaged DVD or Backup DVD
You will need a valid serial number to install your SYSTRAN product. If you purchased
your SYSTRAN product in DVD format your serial number will be found inside the
packaged DVD, and if you purchased your SYSTRAN product online your serial number
will be sent to you via email. Keep your serial number in a safe place in case you need to
reinstall your SYSTRAN product.
Prior to installing any SYSTRAN product you should ensure that your Windows
installation is fully up-to-date. Also, if you are running a version of Microsoft Office
prior to Office 2007, you should ensure that you have installed the Microsoft Office
Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats pack, which allows
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these older versions of Office to open and save files created in the newer Microsoft
Office formats (.docx, .xlsx, and .pptx). Visit http://download.microsoft.com for more
information.
Starting from a Downloaded File
1) Double-click on the downloaded file and select a temporary extraction folder (this is
not the folder where the software will be installed). The installation program will be
extracted into this folder.
2) If the installation does not automatically launch, double-click the setup.exe in the
extraction folder.
3) Next, refer to Completing Your Installation.
Starting from the Packaged DVD or Backup DVD
1) Insert the installation disk in the DVD drive. If Autorun does not start click on the
setup.exe in the installer directory.
2) Next, refer to Completing Your Installation.
Completing Your Installation
1) Select your installation language. The installation software checks for the .NET
Framework and other required software on your PC and installs whatever packages
are needed.
2) Click Next on the SYSTRAN – InstallShield Wizard Welcome screen.
3) Click Yes to accept the License Agreement.
4) Enter a User Name, Company Name, and Serial Number and click Next.
5) Select Complete installation. Accept the Destination Folder and click Next.
If you select Custom installation, check the box for each feature and language pair to
install. Uncheck features and language pairs you do not want to install.
6) Click Next to initiate the installation. The progress bar shows installation status.
7) Activate and Register your SYSTRAN product (refer to Activating SYSTRAN
Products and Registering Your SYSTRAN Product).
8) Click Finish to complete the installation.
Activating SYSTRAN Products
You must activate your SYSTRAN product to use it beyond the trial period.
You can have more than one SYSTRAN product license active on a PC at the same
time (e.g. licenses offering multiple language pairs).
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Your first opportunity to activate your SYSTRAN product is at the end of the installation
process.
If you choose not to activate your product at installation, each time you start your
SYSTRAN product thereafter the Product Activation dialog will display, detailing your
SYSTRAN licenses and their activation status.
Click Activate your product now to continue. The following screen, Product activation,
presents you with the following options: Activate automatically and Activate manually.
Three methods are in place by which you can activate your SYSTRAN software: Automatic
Activation, Activate by Phone, and Activate by Web.
No personal information is sent to SYSTRAN as a result of the Activation process.
Automatic Activation
Assuming you have an active Internet connection, when you click Activate automatically
on the Product activation screen, SYSTRAN Desktop 7 will send your Serial Number and
Identification Number to SYSTRAN to activate your product.
Following successful product activation the Product registration dialog will display.
If you encounter any problems activating your SYSTRAN product, please contact
SYSTRAN Technical Support at http://www.systransoft.com/translation-support/v7desktop-products.
Activate by Phone
Click Activate manually on the Product activation screen to display the Activate
manually screen, which offers SYSTRAN support telephone numbers that you can call to
obtain your Activation Number.
Enter the Activation Number provided over the phone into the Enter your Activation
Number field and click Next >.
Following successful product activation the Product registration dialog will display.
If you encounter any problems activating your SYSTRAN product, please contact
SYSTRAN Technical Support at http://www.systransoft.com/translation-support/v7desktop-products.
Activate by Web
Click Activate manually on the Product activation screen to display the Activate
manually screen, which offers a Web link that you can use to obtain an Activation Number
and the field into which you will enter that number for activation.
Enter the Activation Number provided over the Web into the Enter your Activation
Number field and click Next >.
Following successful product activation the dialog the Product registration form will
display.
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If you encounter any problems activating your SYSTRAN product, please contact
SYSTRAN Technical Support at http://www.systransoft.com/translation-support/v7-
desktop-products.
Managing Your SYSTRAN Account
You can easily log into and manage your SYSTRAN account via the SYSTRAN Website
(www.systransoft.com / www.systran.fr). Also, once your SYSTRAN Desktop 7 product is
registered you can access your SYSTRAN account information by clicking the My
SYSTRAN Account section in SYSTRAN Global Options | Application Settings.
Translating Online Using SYSTRANet
If you are a registered user of a SYSTRAN Desktop 7 product, and a subscriber to
SYSTRANet online translation service, you can translate online and benefit from special
SYSTRANet translation features directly from your SYSTRAN Desktop 7 applications.
Leveraging Your Resources Using the SYSTRAN Customization
Wizard
SYSTRAN Customization Wizard automatically uses the content of your files and emails to
learn new terminology and improve the quality of your translations. It extracts and analyzes
the text contained in your data and builds linguistic resources (Wizard User Dictionaries
and Language Models) that will be used by your SYSTRAN Desktop 7 product to adapt the
translation to your domain(s).
SYSTRAN Customization Wizard allows you to select:
Which text to scan from any files or email folders
The language pairs for which you want to build linguistic resources
This feature is available in all SYSTRAN Desktop 7 products. SYSTRAN Business
Translator and SYSTRAN Premium Translator allow you to manage multiple configurations.
A configuration records the list of resources to scan and the target language pairs.
Managing several configurations allows you to adapt SYSTRAN machine translation to
multiple domains corresponding to different content stored on your machine (e.g. technical,
cooking).
Building Translation Memories with SYSTRAN Document Aligner
SYSTRAN Document Aligner allows you to build a Translation Memory out of a source
language file and the file containing its translation.
Translation Memories (TMs) generated from SYSTRAN Document Aligner can be used via
a translation profile to enhance translation in any SYSTRAN Desktop 7 product. These TMs
can also be modified using SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager (SDM).
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Using the SYSTRAN Interactive Translator
Translating Text
Using the SYSTRAN Interactive Translator, you can translate text from any Windows
application simply by cutting/copying and pasting it into the Translator's source text entry
field. You can also type text directly into the source panel for translation.
1) Start the SYSTRAN Interactive Translator either by clicking the SYSTRAN
Interactive Translator icon on your Windows Desktop, or by clicking Start > All
Programs > SYSTRAN > SYSTRAN Interactive Translator. The SYSTRAN
Interactive Translator appears.
2) Use the Source language dropdown to select a source language.
Activate automatic language detection by selecting Auto in the Source language
dropdown.
3) Use the Target language dropdown to select a target language.
4) Input the text into the source text entry panel of the SYSTRAN Interactive Translator.
Note that prior to being translated the input text will display in grey.
5) Click the Translate button
field of the SYSTRAN Interactive Translator.
By default, SYSTRAN Interactive Translator is set to Translate During Typing. You
can change this setting via the toggle setting or with the SYSTRAN Global Options
dialog.
. The translated text appears in the translated results
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