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After you have called up a worklist, you can access the objects that it contains to translate them. You can translate the objects in your worklist individually by double-clicking them, or you can use the sequential processing function.

The worklist screen contains more functions, which are described below.

Prerequisites

Procedure

Calling up Objects for Translation
  1. Place the cursor on the top node in your worklist and choose Expand, so that you can see the individual objects.

  2. You can edit the objects in your worklist in the following ways:

    • You can double-click an individual object to access it, and then return to the worklist after translating the object so that you can open the next object by double-clicking it too.

    • You can process the objects sequentially, without returning to the worklist after translating an object. Your worklist settings determine how the system opens objects one after the other for translation.

      Place your cursor on the first object underneath a specific object type node and choose Sequential Processing. After you have translated an object, you can access the next object to be translated by choosing Next Object (Next Object) or   Translation   Next Object  . You can return to the previous object by choosing Previous Object (Previous Object) or   Translation   Previous Object  .

      When you have finished editing all of the objects under the object type node, the system returns to the worklist screen.

      Note Note

      If you want to process all of the objects in your worklist sequentially, place the cursor on the top node and choose Sequential Processing.

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  3. The system branches directly to the short text editor or long text editor, depending on the object type of the object. Translate the object and then save.

More Functions in the Worklist Screen
  • Text search

    You can perform a text search in all of the objects in your worklist, for example to correct translations. For more information, see Performing Generic Text Searches.

  • Get/Extend Worklist

    To add more objects to your existing worklist, choose Get/Extend Worklist or   Translation   Get/Extend Worklist  . This takes you to the Get Worklist screen, where you can maintain the parameters for calling up objects on the Standard Worklist tab page. You can restrict your selection to specific collections, domains, or object types in the usual way. Further information about the parameters for calling up worklists is available under Calling Up a Worklist.

    When you choose Reserve Objects, the system takes you back to your worklist which has been extended by the objects you just selected.

  • Sort Worklist

    According to the standard setting, the objects in your worklist are sorted alphabetically by the technical name of the collection, object group, object type, and object. To sort the objects in your worklist to suit the way you work, choose   Utilities   Sort Worklist  . This setting is retained even if you log off the system, log on again, and then call up the worklist again.

  • Refresh Status

    You can update the translation status that is displayed for objects in your worklist. To do so, place the cursor on the object (or on the node to which several objects are assigned) and choose   Utilities   Refresh Status  .

  • Select Locally Saved Versions

    To see the long text objects in your worklist for which a raw version exists, place your cursor on the node for the collection or object group in question (depending on how your worklist is sorted), and choose   Utilities   Select Locally Saved Versions  . The system displays * next to the long text objects for which a raw version has been created.

  • Display technical information

    To display technical information for an object, place your cursor on the object and choose   Utilities   Technical Information  .

  • Preview

    To display objects in the worklist the way the end users will see them, place your cursor on an object and choose   Utilities   Preview  . The system displays two dialog boxes in which you double-click the source and target languages in which you want the object to be displayed.

  • Unicode Text Length Check

    This function is only relevant for you if you translate short text objects into a multibyte language, such as Japanese, Korean or Chinese, in a Unicode system. If you choose Unicode Text Length Check (Unicode Text Length Check) or   Utilities   Unicode Text Length Check  , the system highlights the short text objects whose translations exceed the permitted length. You can also use this function in the short text editor for the object you have just opened. For more information on this function, see Unicode Text Length Check.

  • Creating Session-Bound Top Texts

    Session-bound top texts are lists of source texts in your worklist that are sorted according to how frequently they occur in your worklist. They only contain short texts and are displayed in your worklist as demonstration objects. By choosing   Utilities   Generate Top Texts (All)  , you can generate session-bound top texts for all of the source texts in your worklist, irrespective of their translation status. If you only want to take the new (untranslated) source texts into account, choose   Utilities   Generate Top Texts (New Texts Only)  .

    For more information on session-bound top texts, see Generating Session-Bound Top Texts.