Selecting Translators

After selecting the collections that you want to assign for translation, you need to select the translator(s) to whom you want to assign the collections.

If you want to remove collections from translators' assignments you also need to select the translators in question.

Recommendation

For performance reasons as well as to enable a clear overview, we recommend that you avoid multiple assignments. In short, assign each relevant collection to one translator per target language.

End of the recommendation.

Prerequisites

The user(s) to whom you want to assign collections are created as translators in LXE_MASTER.
Your translator profile includes the authorization USCO with value 01.
You are defined as a coordinator for all languages.
You have selected the collections that you want to assign. For more information, see Selecting Collections.

Procedure

After selecting the collections you want to assign, choose Continue.

The Translators dialog box appears.

Selecting translators in the Translators dialog box consists of 1 or 2 steps:

Selecting translators according to one or more selection criteria.
Fine-tuning the selection you made in step 1 (this step is optional)

Step 1: Selecting Translators

Here are the options for making a simple selection of translators according to one criterion:

Selection Option	Procedure
Select all translators in the system	Choose Choose next to Total. Caution Assigning the same collections to more than one translator for the same target language can cause performance and organizational problems. Where possible, make sure that each collections is assigned to one translator per target language only! End of the caution.
Select all translators that have a specific text string in their name	Enter the generic string in the Generic field and choose Choose next to Generic. Example To select a specific translator, enter the entire user name of the translator in the Generic field. To select all translators whose user names end with the string LO, enter LO in the Generic* field. Take care as this field is case-sensitive! End of the example.
Select all translators for one or more target languages	Choose Choose next to Targ. Langs, then double-click the target language(s) you require in the dialog box that appears. Choose (Execute).
Select all translators to whom specific collections are already assigned	Choose Choose next to Collections. The Collections dialog box appears. Select the collections you require and choose Continue. You have now selected all translators to whom one or more of the collections you selected are assigned.
Select translators from the clipboard	Copy a list of translators to the clipboard from an external application (e.g. an email or document). Choose F4 on the field next to Clipboard, double-click the required target language, then choose Choose next to Clipboard.

You can also use the other selection functions to make more complex selections. Below are a few examples:

Complex Selection	Procedure
Select translators that both have a specific text string in their user name and all users in your clipboard	Enter the text string (e.g. XX) in the Generic field and choose Choose next to Generic. Choose F4 on the field next to Clipboard, double-click the required target language, then choose (Insert Rows) next to Clipboard.
Select all translators for a specific target language that do not have any collections from a specific translation graph in their assignment	Choose Choose next to Targ. Langs, then double-click the target language you require in the dialog box that appears. Choose (Delete Rows) next to Collections, and in the Collections dialog box, choose Choose next to Graphs. Double-click the graph you require in the dialog box that appears and choose (Execute). Choose Continue.

Step 2: Fine-Tuning Your Selection (Optional)

After defining your selection in step 1, you can now fine-tune it by displaying it and removing translators that you do not require.

Simply choose the Standard pushbutton under Fine Tune Result.
A dialog box appears, listing the translators that are currently selected.
Simply double-click the translators that you do not require and choose (Execute).

Result

You have selected the translators to whom you want to assign collections, or for whom you want to remove collections from their assignments.

Now choose Save (Save) to complete the assignment of collections to these translators or the removal of collections from these translators' assignments.