Selecting Translators in the Select Translators Dialog Box

Use

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.

Prerequisites

The user(s) to whom you want to assign collections are created as translators in LXE_MASTER.
Your translator profile must include the authorization object COSE with value 01 (so that you can select all collections in the system), and authorization object USCO with value 02 (so that you can maintain the collection assignments of all translators in the system.)
You are defined as a coordinator for all target 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 Save.

The Select Translators dialog box appears.

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

Selecting translators according to one or more selection criteria.
Editing 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 Select 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 collection is assigned to one translator per target language only!
Select all translators that have a specific text string in their name	Enter the generic string in the Generic field and choose Select 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!
Select all translators for one or more target languages	Choose Select next to Target Languages, 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 Select next to Collections. In the Select Collections group box, select the collections you require and choose Save. You have now selected all of the translators to whom the collections you selected are assigned.
Select translators from the clipboard	Copy a list of translators to the clipboard from an external application (for example, an e-mail or document). Choose F4 on the field next to Clipboard, double-click the required target language, then choose Select next to Clipboard. Note If the translators in the clipboard are defined for more than one target language and you want to select all of them, select the All Languages checkbox next to clipboard before choosing Select.

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

Complex Selection	Procedure
Select translators that have a specific text string in their user name and all users in your clipboard	Enter the text string (for example, * XX*) in the Generic field and choose Select next to Generic. Select the All Languages checkbox and then choose (Add) next to Clipboard.
Select all translators for a specific target language and then remove all translators that have a specific text string in their user name	Choose Select next to Target Languages, then double-click the target language you require in the dialog box that appears. Choose Execute. Enter the text string (for example, XX) in the Generic field and choose Remove next to Generic.

Step 2: Editing Your Selection (Optional)

After defining your selection in step 1, you can use the following buttons displayed in the upper section of the Select Translators dialog box to redefine the selection you previously made:

Redefining Option	Procedure
Copy Current Result	Use this button to copy the result in the Result field across to the Selection Basis field
Deduct Current Result	Deducts result currently displayed in Result field from the result in the Selection Basis field
Initialize All	Resets all selection values to 0.
Edit Result	Lists all of the translators in the Result field according to target language. To remove translators from the selection, double-click them and choose Execute.
Select All	Restores result to Result field.
Invert	Switches the selected and deselected translators in the Result field.
Deselect All	Deselects all translators in the Result field.

Result

You have selected the translators to whom you want to assign collections, or for whom you want to delete collection assignments.

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