MadCap Flare and Translation: Five Things to Consider When
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1. Conditions Notes and Tables Concept proxy Requires Concept keywords in topics e Online only pop up Conditions Conditions Notes and Tables Notes Examples and Blockquotes Tables Conditioned for Online and User Guide A e Contextual Cross References pageref see Text Hyperlinks below e Optimal Complete sentence or Standalone gt are For more information consult b para b on page page For more information consult Links and Lists on page 1 See paratext e Optimal Just the link no outside text or period i paratext i Visit to read more about hyperlinks quote paratext quote on page page Links and Lists on page 1 provides information about lists For details about saving a file see Links and Lists on page 1 e Possible Link in independent clause no end punctuation Stay grammatical see quote paratext quote on page page see quote paratext quote on page page Multiple list types are possible see Links and Lists on page 1 S maacap Avoid hard coding both dimensions Why Localized images different size 5 Hard coding locks in English ox cance proportions Localize images appear distorted require manual correction e Option A Adjust size manually ha Lenath Set one dimension to auto T x ei Allows proportions to change o madcap Option B Se2. MadCap Flare and Translation Five Things to Consider When Developing Multilingual Content Jennifer Schudel Jose Sermeno February 24 2015 ZR n NZ c Avoid Hyperlinks to topics or bookmarks using the header as link text Cross references let you do the same but Update link text automatically gt No inconsistencies No extra work Don t need translation Use for topics bookmarks tables images etc Use Hyperlinks for external links Use Hyperlinks for link text that s not the header text Click to view the copyright information More details about the Save screen appear in the o madcap e Automatically generated lists of topics Mini TOC proxy Relationship tables Requires relationships of related topics Relationship Table E t Ea ES EHI j i E E Warnings Row Name concept task Related Information E C Conditions Notes Tab E D Images ImagePositio E A Introduction Topics DropDowns htm E C Conditions Notes Tab E A Introduction Topics Headings htm Single Sourcing B Links and Lists Links htm E C B Links and Lists Lists htm Related Tasks amp D Images Images htm D Images ImageWithin gt Advanced EN D Images Thumbnaillm List of proxy Requires set of tags or tags with a class applied e Example List of H1 tags Welcome Heading 1 Drop Downs Links and Lists Links and Footnotes Lists Conditioned for Online and User Guide A
3. ndividual projects or complete end to end translation and localization services Our services include Language Translation e E Learning Localization Software Localization e Project Management Website Localization And more SAN DIEGO APRIL 12 14 2015 madcap THANK YOU FOR A TENDING TODAY S WEBINAR Asa webinar attendee receive 100 OF our next advanced training course J ust 499 per student MadCap Rare CSS Training March 16 17 2015 web based MadCap Hare Responsive HIML5 Mobile and EPUB Training March 23 24 2015 web based Offer valid through Friday February 27 2015 Note Courses subject to change Availability based on student registration Contact usforthe latest schedule and course availability TO RECEIVE YOUR DISCOUNT CONTACT salesemadcapsoftware com 1 858 320 0387 66 d Jennifer Schudel Localization Specialist MadTIranslations JenniferS gMad Translations com Contact our Sales Dept with questions or to schedule a demonstration SalesiowMadTranslations com Thanks for watching 7 Jose Sermeno Product Evangelist EZ Te Oz eMe Tei IST JSermeno MadCapSoftware com V MadCan ose MadCapSoftware MadCapDocleam
4. t Move formatting into structure tag lt p gt lt li gt etc Here is some general text for a topic Replace this with your own content e Empty lt span gt tag no class or style e Extra tags clutter up text to translate e Best to remove before translation Author ranslation company S maacap e Inline styles lakes longer to adjust formatting in translation Different fonts e Avoid italics underline bold e Change font size line height or color span style font style italic VS lt gt lt p style font family Helvetica text decoration underline gt VS p class Alert S maacap e Avoid common nouns as variables or in line snippets device application Settings manual User Manual except used as title Context in translation is key opelling changes Different variable values for different targets device vs machine Change surrounding text S maacap Examples The machine should be plugged in Then turn it on French J dolt tre Puis allumez La machine doit tre branch e Puis allumez la JJ Turn on the machine The machine should be plugged in e Russian MawunHa gonxHa 6biTb nonkniouegna BKNHOUNTe e Workarounds are possible More time more effort o madcap CY mactranslari Mad I ranslations specializes in i
5. t max width or max height on images In Topic vs In CSS Individual Image vs class of Images Best if only size restriction is PDF page Size A Edit Image General Size Print Size Position Thumbnail Borders amp Margins Background Size Width default Minimum Size Width default Maximum Size Width default am Height default Height default Height default e Use MadCap Capture for callouts translatable tex Props file XML Quick and easy to translate Single Source High Low quality Images Vector amp Raster Auto size callouts during build 1 Delry Untrtbed Le My Bubble B niining Mame Translation Editor Pate ri Pra H Inline sheet Bi Untitied 1 png Sarde Fitir Span Puerta Rane Use skin Files to change the appearance of Cea your cwn output ibas Crea tus propos anchros d salida ELBEEBBBC E 4 Crea lus propias archivos de salida TM Suggeitieht Segment Hobes Conia Lapeer r e Extra span lt b gt lt i gt etc tags Usually result of conversion from RoboHelp or other tool Consolidate multiple tags into single tag your own content Here is some general ptext for a topic Replace content span class Here is some lt span gt lt span class gt general lt span gt lt span class text for a topic lt span gt Replace this with your own conten
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