| Newsletter February 2003 |
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Software Translator - Localization and Translation Software -
Software Translator is by far the quickest and cheapest way of translating a Windows program.
Software Translator will translate your Windows program into another language, without affecting or changing your source code in any way.
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Run a Windows program in two languages simultaneously!
See AVI presentation of Extra Tool
Tip for Windows at
www.eurocitysoftware.com
Run a Windows program in two languages simultaneously!
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Problem: |
One person wants the program in English and another wants the same program in his or her own language The reason for wanting a program in English in a non-English-speaking country may perhaps be that documentation or course material is not available in the language in question, or that users are perhaps working for a company which has English as its corporate language. Another reason for not translating into another language may be that traditional translation is costly and time-consuming.
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Today Tool Tips can be lost where for reasons of space the text has to be shortened or where a picture (icon) needs to be explained in words. Extra Tool Tip for Windows can insert new, freestanding Tool Tips anywhere at all in a Windows program, e.g. in a menu, on a button, or to accompany a tab or background text in a dialog box, and produce the same text there but in another language of your choice. The result is that the user sees the original English text and the same text in the other language at the same time. The user thus understands the meaning of the English terminology while at the same time learning the English expressions.
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Tool Tip containing translation of menus |
Tool Tip containing translation of tabs |
Tool Tip containing translation of background text in dialog boxes |
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“Read but not understood” For natural reasons, program developers have to be economical with the available screen space, which often makes menu choices and background text difficult to interpret. That is why manuals, guides, wizards and on-line help are provided. They are there to explain further the meaning of words and sentences on the screen, and they are there whether the program has been translated or not.
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Extra Tool Tip for Windows gives schools and educators a tool for moving information and explanations to exactly the spot where they best belong. The program user or course participant is spared the bother of clicking on a question mark or browsing through the Help menu to find the right information. The information can be placed in a large Tool Tip which follows the pointer and pops up in the right place at the right time, i.e. when and where the user needs help. Just like a regular Tool Tip, the new Tool Tip only becomes visible when the user rests the mouse pointer on the item. So Tool Tip help is always on hand when you want to view it.
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The “Avancerat…”(Advanced) button without the Tool Tip does not tell the user much about what is hidden beneath.
By employing Extra Tool Tip for Windows to make it easier for users to use the Windows program, program developers, program distributors, IT managers and others can reduce the workload on their customer support service and helpdesk.
Extra Tool Tip for Windows can even translate the operating system itself (Windows NT, 98, 2000, XP). It is also possible, of course, to insert large Tool Tips with explanatory text in an optional language for new or unaccustomed users.


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