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Rigi Documentation

Translate using the Rigi online editor

Rigi online editor is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) tool that offers an online in-context translation environment. 

  • Translators see a preview of the user interface texts.

  • Translated strings are instantly displayed on the previews.

  • The system offers translation suggestions for similar source texts.

The Rigi online editor has a number of useful features. For details, see the Translation suggestions section below and the Use the 'Find and replace' feature guide.

After you get an email invitation from a project manager, perform the following steps:

  1. Open the email and click the link to sign up or log in to the Rigi online editor. For details, see the Sign up to Rigi and Log in to Rigi guides.

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    If you are already logged in to the Rigi online editor, click the Open the translation task link in the email instead.

    After you log in, you will be directed to the My translation task module in the online editor.

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  2. Click the translation language or the Translate_in_context.png icon to open the translation task. The online editor page will be displayed in the current browser tab. Rigi Viewer be displayed in a new browser tab.

    To find out more about the Rigi Viewer, see the Rigi Viewer section.

    For maximum convenience, open the Rigi Viewer and online editor on two monitors. Alternatively, open them in two separate windows and place them side by side.

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  3. Go to the Rigi Viewer and make sure it displays the Context mode.

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  4. (Optional) In the online editor, adapt the filter to only see only the specific strings, for example, those with the Untranslated status.

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  5. In the online editor, select a text string. In Rigi Viewer, a corresponding text will be highlighted on a preview, or another preview with the string in question will be displayed.

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    Alternatively, you can right-click on a string in the preview in Rigi Viewer. The corresponding string will then be selected in the online editor.

  6. Enter the translation in the online editor. The corresponding string in Rigi Viewer will instantly reflect the translation.

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  7. Click the save.png icon to mark this string as Translated.

    To change the string status, click the Mark_as_translated.png icon and select the required status.

  8. When you have translated all the required strings, mark this task as completed:

    1. Close the online editor by clicking the close.png icon in the top right-hand corner.

    2. Hover over the finished task and click the Complete.png icon.

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Rigi online editor has a set of hot keys used for quick translation editing. To check the hot keys, hover over the hot_keys.png icon in the top right-hand corner of the online editor.

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The editor shows suggestions for translated strings with a similar source text. Translations can have various sources:

  • Translations from this project.

  • Translations from other projects.

  • Translation Memory (TM).

  • Machine translations engine (MT).

The suggestions are shown at the bottom of the online editor in the Matches tab.

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To use a suggestion, hover over it and click:

  • the Paste.png icon to insert the suggestion into the translation field.

  • the Copy.png icon to copy the suggestion to the clipboard.