Changes introduced in SDL Passolo 2016
This section provides an overview of the new features, enhancements and other changes introduced in SDL Passolo 2016.
Application
- Enhancements:
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- SDL Passolo 2016 features a refreshed user interface, with flat-style icon set. The application look and feel puts it in line with current SDL language products and Microsoft Office suite.
- SDL Passolo 2016 features enhanced support for displaying white space characters:
- Space - replaced with "·" - can be inserted using the space key
- Zero Width Space - visualised by the character "◊" - can be inserted using [Ctrl+Alt+Space]
- LTR/RTL markers - can be inserted using [Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M] and [Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R] respectively
- Non-breaking space - replaced with "°" - can be inserted using [Ctrl+Shift+Space]
- Characters can also be inserted using the [Alt+Unicode value] method (such as [Alt+0160] for the non-breaking space).
- SDL Passolo 2016 features an enhanced character map for inserting symbols and special characters.
- SDL Passolo 2016 displays the information about strings length limitations more clearly.
- Made improvements to Report functions so that string list paths are displyed in the report header. Also, it is now possible to generate an error report in Excel format.
- SDL Passolo 2016 features a new licensing module. Nalpeiron licensing module was completely replaced by Safenet-based licensing technology.
- SDL Passolo 2016 features an enhanced comment display: comments are split into parser (non-editable), comment and tanslator comments (language specific comments added by translators), plus some generated comments like source text changed or other internally generated messages.
- Added a new option for calculating fuzzy match value for changed sources of translated strings in String List Operations Options.
- SDL Passolo 2016 features an improved splitting algorithm for the new strings and added resources.
- SDL Passolo 2016 provides an option to store the logs in the project folder when running in Automation mode.
- SDL Passolo 2016 provides more information about the errors found when performing a check operation.
- SDL Passolo 2016 has an option to update the attached glossaries upon validating a string.
- SDL Passolo 2016 provides a detailed fuzzy match report in statistics.
- Debug logging - Exceptions option was removed.
- New language added: Mongolian (Cyrillic, Mongolia)
- A new command line to synchronize exports was added. Passolo Collaboration Edition is now synchronizing changes with translators and translation vendors by exchanging files via FTP.
- Passolo Collaboration Edition supports editing translation lists after exporting them and synchronizes them considering a conflict management algorithm.
- Fixed issues:
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- Fixed issue related to dialogs storing and getting their last position.
- Autoupdate is not triggered anymore when in batch or automated mode.
- Fixed issue which changed some setup windows language.
- Fixed issue related to Quick Access Toolbar Settings window.
- Fixed issues related to string list display refresh, some tooltip display and other display issues.
- Once comments are saved, the grids comments list is now also updated.
Add-Ins
Android Parser
- Enhancements:
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- Android Parser supports APK files as sources for translation.
- Android Parser features support for APK files signing.
- Android Parser features a Setup window to allow signing of the target APK files for store publishing.
- Android Parser features support for Multilanguage APKs.
.NET Parser
- Enhancements:
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- .NET Parser features an improved shortcut handling and display.
- .NET Parser features a checking module for BAML resources.
- .NET Parser check function was improved to detect access keys in all strings.
ODBC Parser
- Fixed issue:
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- Fixed issue related to ODBC database connection.
Text Parser
- Enhancement:
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- Enhanced Text Parser Resource display in Translator Edition.
MultiTerm Add-in
- Enhancements:
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- Multiterm Add-In features a new option for specifying a fuzzy match threshold value.
- Fixed issue:
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- Fixed issue related to multiple termbases connection.
Studio Add-in
- Enhancements:
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- Studio Interface offers generic language support for translation memories.
Automated Translation Add-in
- Enhancements:
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- Automatic translation with SDL Language Cloud has been made more robust when internet connection issues appear - a retry mechanism was implemented.
- Fixed issue:
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- There was an issue with the Automated Translation setup when selecting more than nine languages on SDL Language Cloud Machine. This is now fixed.
TMX Export Add-in
- Enhancements:
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- TMX Export Add-In offers the possibility to choose which string statuses should be taken into consideration when exporting strings.
FTP Export Target Add-In
- Enhancements:
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- SDL Passolo 2016 features support for SFTP.
- SDL Passolo 2016 features an option for notifying external team members by email after synchronization was performed.
- FTP Settings are now stored inside the project, and not on local Passolo settings.