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Well, XBench is a very good tool to check for unlimited things such as inconsistencies, mismatches, spelling, punctuation, double spaces, and many many other things you can think of. This tool can save you hours of work!
Here we´ve prepared some basic guidelines so that you can get started taking advantage of this great tool :)
1) Create a New Project
2) Add files to be controlled and you select the format, then Next.
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3) Then you select Low for Priority and Ongoing translation. Low priority means that you might want to add a Translation Memory or a Term Base to compare the translated files against, and they you will call the latter as High priority, to set the level of importance.
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4) Once the files to be reviewed are loaded, then you need to Add the term base or TM against which you´ll compare the bilingual files.
NOTE: you might only review translated files with no TM or no TB, just to check the content of the files.
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5) You click Add, and then select the format for the TM or TB. And again, Next, and then, you pick the file.
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6) Once you selected the TM or TB, you need to give this file High priority, and you also need to check for Key Terms
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7) This is how it should look like when you loaded all the bilingual files and you can distinguish what´s low priority from what´s high. And click ok.
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8) Files are processed. And then you need to go to Tab QA. Once in there, you click whatever you consider necessary for your control and click Check Ongoing Translation
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9) Once you checked Check Ongoing Translation, you come up with the results. Here in the screenshot you can see when there´s a mismatch between bilingual file and TM or TB, in the resport you´ll see it as Key Term Mismatch.
Sometimes not all the results need to be corrected, but it´s a huge help.
In case you need to export this log, you can go to Tools > Export QA Results...And you can pick the report format that suits you best!
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Great post Ana, this really helps a lot. Do you know if there is a way to create QA checklists so as to look for specific things in a translation? That would save us a lot of time, but I'm not that familiar with Xbench. Thanks in advance for your support. Cheers.Marcos.
Hi Marcos
How you doing?
Right, that´s what checklists are meant for... :)
For instance, if a particular client doesn´t want gerunds to be used, you can create a checklist to spot gerunds...And then, you can use that checklist as a template for another project, and then you can add more restrictions to that checklist.
The time you invest in one checklist, you gain a lot of time or quality in many other projects :)
Great Ana. I'll put that into practice and share some screenshots I hope will help others too. Cheers. Marcos.
Hi team! I need your help with this matter. I need to perform a QA in Xbench but so far I've used it for en-es/es-en translations. Do you know if there are licenses to be paid or something like that so as to do the same in other languages? How does that work? Can it be used for asian languages as well without any issues? Thanks in advance for your help.
Hi there!
Yes! you can QA other languages other than English and Spanish. Im not sure how many languages each licence covers... I should check that.
Here you can see the languages I have loaded, with their corresponding dictionaries for the Spelling QA.
http://www.english-spanish-translato...-languages.gif
I haven´t seen any of the Asian languages, not at least in the version I have, but I guess there should be included in recent versions... Anyone knows?
Thanks as usual Ana!
I'm really having some issues when working with asian languages and would be great if someone knows how to use Xbench for them. Cheers.
Hi!
I often need to export the QA report in Excel. However, Xbench opens it automatically after the export. Do you know where is the option that prevents the Excel to open?