Configuring Machine Translation Adapters
Before you can use machine translation, you must configure the adapter in the page. Click Add in the row for the adapter you want to configure. In the configuration page that appears, you supply information that depends upon the adapter you are configuring. Adapters require the following:
- A name
- A description
- A URL to which WorldServer can connect to perform lookups (not required by the pseudotranslator adapters)
- (SDL BeGlobal) Job name
- (SDL BeGlobal) Account ID for the ToD account
- (SDL BeGlobal) User ID for the ToD user
- (SDL BeGlobal) API Key for the ToD account
- (SDL BeGlobal) Touchpoint ID used for translations
- A score that you want WorldServer to assign to all matches, which you can use when determining whether to use the machine translation or the translation memory translation. (not required by SDL BeGlobal)
You can test that your configuration works before exiting the configuration page.
Testing the Configuration
To test that your configuration works, click the Save and Test button to display the Machine Text Translator page.
- Select an MT adapter configuration to use.
- Select the source and target languages.
- Type or paste the text to translate and click the Translate button.
If your configuration is correct, the first translation returned by the MT adapter is displayed.
SDL BeGlobal Additional Configuration
SDL BeGlobal requires this additional configuration after you test and create an initial configuration:
- Select a language pair for the logged-in user.
- Select whether or not you want support for placeholders
- Enter an effective fuzzy score