SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide 2
SYSTRAN v6 Quick Start Guide
SYSTRAN Business Translator SYSTRAN Premium Translator
Congratulations on your SYSTRAN v6 purchase wh ich uses the latest generat ion of
language translation software products from SYSTRAN.
This Quick Start Guide will help you install and immediately begin using your new
SYSTRAN v6 product. The following table summarizes the topics in this Guide and how
they match your product.
SYSTRAN
Topics Page
Installing Your Product 3
Activating Your Product 4
Using the SYSTRAN Toolbar 5
Looking Up a Term 5
SYSTRAN Global Options 6
Translating Web Pages 7
Translating Microsoft Office Documents,
Spreadsheets, and Presentations
Translating Email in Microsoft Outlook 9
Translating Text from other Windows Applications
using the SYSTRAN Translation Toolbar
Translating Files Directly with the SYSTRAN Quick
File Translator
Translation and Lookup Keyboard Shortcuts 13
SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager (SDM) 14 Business Premium
SYSTRAN Translation Project Manager (STPM) 16 Business Premium
SYSTRAN v6 Product Features Comparison 21
Business
Translator
7
10
12
For more detailed information about the use of SYSTRAN v6 features, refer to the
SYSTRAN v6 User’s Guide, or cli ck Help in the product.
Available translation features and options vary depending on the product you
purchased. See pages 21-23 of this Quick Start Guide.
SYSTRAN
Premium
Translator
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Installing your Product
The following PC requirements must be met for SYSTRAN v6 to install successfully.
Processor PC with Intel
equivalent AMD
Memory Minimum 512 MB RAM
Disk Space 90 MB per language pair
500 MB available free space during installation plus
additional space as needed to unzip down loaded
Operating
Microsoft Office Microsoft
Web Browsers Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or 7.0
product
Microsoft
System
XP Professional, or W indows Vista
[Not required for SYSTRAN Web Tr anslator]
(free download available at www.microsoft.com
Mozilla
(free download available at www.mozilla.com
Installing 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. Double-click the setup.exe in this folder.
3. Click OK to complete .NET Framework installation. Continue installation at
Installing your SYSTRAN v6 Product.
Installing from the Packaged CD-ROM Case or Backup CD
1. Insert the installation disk in the CD-ROM drive. If Autorun does not start
click on the setup.exe in the installer directory.
The installation softwar e checks for the .NET Framework 1.1 on your PC
and installs it if it is not f ound.
2. Click OK to complete .NET Framework 1.1 installation. Continue installation
at Installing your SYSTRAN v6 Product.
Installing your SYSTRAN v6 Product
1. Click Next on the SYSTRAN – InstallShield Wizard Welcome screen.
2. Click Yes on the License Agreement screen.
3. Enter a User Name, Company Name, and Serial Number. If you obtained
your product by a download or Backup CD, look for your Serial Number in
the order confirmation that was emailed to you. If you purchased a packaged
CD-ROM product, your Serial Number will be on a sticker inside the case. If
you purchased a Backup CD from our online store, your Serial Number may
also appear on the face of the Backup CD and in the order confirmation that
was emailed to you. Click Next.
®
Pentium® 1 GHz processor, or
®
processor, or higher
®
Windows 2000 Professional, XP Home,
®
Office® 2000, XP, 2003, 2007
®
Firefox® 1.5 or 2.0
) or
)
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4. Select Compl ete installation. Accept the Destination Folder. 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.
5. Click Next to start the installation. The progress bar shows installation status.
6. Click Finish to complete the installation.
Activating your Product
If you have not yet activated your SYSTRAN v6 product, an activation dialog box will
display when you start the software. You can activate the product automatically, online
(over the Internet) or by phone.
To Activate Automatically
1. Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet.
2. In the SYSTRAN Product Activation Wizard dialog box, select Activate
your product now and click Next >. A new dialog box displays the
following options: Activate automatically and Activate manually.
3. Ensure that Activate automatically is selected and click Next >. Your
activation request is then sent to SYSTRAN, and the dialog will provide
notice once activation is suc cessful.
To Activate Manually Online or by Phone
1. To activate onl ine, make sure your computer is connected to the Internet.
2. In the SYSTRAN Product Activation Wizard dialog box, select Activate
your product now and click Next >. A new dialog box displays the
following options: Activate automatically and Activate manually.
3. Click the Activate manually radio button and then click Next >. The next
dialog displays your Serial Number, your Identification Number, and the field
for the Activation Number.
4. To obtain your Activation Number
a) Online, click on the Web link displayed in the dialog box, and fill in your
Serial Number and Identification Number in the appropriate fields.
b) By phone, contact one of the phone numbers for SYSTRAN support
displayed in your d ialog box, and p rovide your Serial Num ber and
Identification Number to the support specialist.
5. Enter your activation number into the provided field and click Next >. Your
product is activated.
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If you encounter problems activating your SYSTRAN product, please contact SYSTRAN
Technical Support at
http://www.systransoft.com/contact/Windows.html.
Using the SYSTRAN Toolbar
The SYSTRAN Toolbar is int egrated into specific W indows applications when you in stall
a SYSTRAN v6 product. The appearance and functionality of the Toolbar is similar
across all supported Windows application.
Select Source Language
Click to reverse
translation
Select Target Language
1. Select Source (the language you are translating from) and Target (the language
you are translating into) from the dropdown lists.
2. Click
to perform the transla tion.
Enter a word to
look up
Look up a word
Set Options
Hel
Open in STPM
Click to translate
Looking Up a Term
Using the Ctrl+L keyboard shortcut you can look up the definition for any highlighted
source language term at any time, across all available dictionaries.
The SYSTRAN Toolbar also provides you with easy access to SYSTRAN v6’s Lookup
feature.
Looking up a Term in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
1. Enter the term in the Look for:
Toolbar.
2. Press Enter. A list of meanings is displayed in an expanded Translation
Toolbar.
Looking up a Term in Microsoft Office 2007
1. Enter the term in the field provided in the SYSTRAN tab group.
field on the SYSTRAN
2. Click the Lookup button. A list of meanings is displayed in an expanded
Translation Toolbar.
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Looking up a Term in Internet Explorer, Firefox or other non-Office Windows
Applications
1. Enter the term in the Look for:
Toolbar.
2. Click
Toolbar.
. A list of meanings is displayed in an expanded Translation
field on the SYSTRAN
SYSTRAN Global Options
Click the Options button on any SYSTRAN Toolbar to display the SYSTRAN
Global Options dialog, from which you can set options for your SYSTRAN v6 product.
This dialog offers includes three tabs categories: Application Settings, Translation
Options, and License.
For each tab category you can click
view. Select an option in the left panel to display its possible settings in the right panel.
+ to expand or – to collapse a section in the tree
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Application Settings
Translation Options Establishes how SYSTRAN transl ates your files.
Resources Manage SYSTRAN’s use of the domains and
Linguistic Contr ol how SYSTRAN v6 treats specif ic
License
Determines how SYSTRAN is used in your eligible Windows
applications.
Filter
Indicator
Add remove or activate SYSTRAN v 6 licenses on your PC.
dictionaries on your PC.
Control the formatting of translated text and select
specific terms you do not want to tr anslate.
characteristics of the s ource language during
translation.
Highlight specific term types (Not Found Words,
User Dictionaries, Alternative Meanings, and others)
Translating Web Pages in Internet Explorer and Firefox
1. Open a Web page in either Internet Explorer or Firefox and confirm that the
SYSTRAN Toolbar is visible.
2. Select Source and Target languages from the dropdown lists.
Please note that if automatic language detection is enabled (refer to
SYSTRAN Global Options on page 6), the detected language will
automatically appear in the Source language dropdown.
3. Click Tran slate
If the fluid navigation option is activated enabled (refer to SYSTRAN Global
Options on page 6), SYSTRAN v6 will translate each page you
subsequently link to.
. A translated version of the Web page will display.
Translating Microsoft Office Documents, Spreadsheets, and
Presentations
1. Open the document, presentation, or spreadsheet you want to translate and
confirm that the SYSTRAN Toolbar is visible in the application.
Source and Target languages in the Toolbar’s dropdown lists.
2. Select
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3. Click Translate
only file.
. The translated file displays in a new window as a read-
4. Save the translated file using the File|Save command.
For Microsoft Office 2007
1. Click the SYSTRAN tab to display the SYSTRAN tab group in the ribbon.
2. If Automatic language detection is enabled, the detected language will
automatically appear in the Source language dropdown. Use the Source
and Target dropdown lists to change the source or target language.
3. Click the Translate button dropdown in the tab group and select Translate
Document.
Translating Selected Text in Word, PowerPoint, or Excel
Using SYSTRAN you can translate selected text in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
1. Highlight the text you want to translate.
2. Select Source and Target languages in the SYSTRAN Toolbar’s dropdown
lists.
3. Right-click the highlighted text and choose your preferred translation option.
• SYSTRAN Translate and Replace
• SYSTRAN Translate and Insert
Replaces highlighted text with translated text.
Inserts translated text directl y below the
highlighted text.
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