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Sanity Test Performing a Pseudo-Translation

About this task

At this point, you’re ready to test the WorldServer configuration you’ve been working on. In this test, you perform a quick pseudo-translation of some of the content you’ve uploaded.

Procedure

  1. If you have created users in addition to Admin, we recommend that you test one of those users now. Select a user with administrator or translator privileges and log on to WorldServer.
  2. In the WorldServer Explorer, navigate into the content you uploaded, to: /wstut/en_US/eGate/news/thailand.
  3. Select body.jsp and click Edit > In Browser Workbench.
    Browser Workbench is an online editing tool. You can also use Desktop Workbench, which allows you to work disconnected from WorldServer.
  4. On the Select Asset Version dialog box, select The German (Germany) version, and then click Continue. Here’s what the choices mean:
    • If you want to edit the original asset, choose The selected asset.
    • If you want to translate the asset, choose one of the target locale versions, as you did in this step.
    These choices are available because of the setup work you have done in this tutorial – setting up locales, associating the locales with the appropriate folders, and establishing linkage.
    The Browser Workbench appears.

    The left panes contain the source text in small segments. The numbers inside curly braces, for example, {1}, are called placeholders and contain non-translatable content such as formatting information.
    The right panes contain translations. In this test, the right panes are empty because you have not associated a translation memory with the folder containing the content. In a production environment, the product or localization manager typically assigns translation memory to a set of assets.
  5. Type text into some of the target segments.
    The text does not have to contain a real translation, but for testing purposes, we recommend that you make the "translated" text different from the source text.

  6. Click Save.
    Green vertical lines appear next to your "translations" to indicate that the translations were done manually.
  7. Quit the Browser Workbench.
  8. Now you can see the results of your work. In the WorldServer Explorer, navigate to /wstut/en_US/eGate/news/thailand and select body.jsp. Click Asset > View, and then click Preview.
    You should see a formatted version of your "translation".
    Congratulations! You have successfully configured WorldServer and tested that the configuration was done correctly.