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Hi Simona,

I'm sorry for the late reply. Hopefully this information is still helpful!

If you're only dealing with one child project, and all you're importing is a stylesheet, then I don't see the need to have a Global project per language. I would just have that stylesheet translated locally, in ...

I would imagine that the gap between the dropdown body and header is due to the padding-top or margin-top of the dropdown body, but it could be the padding-bottom or margin-bottom of the header, I suppose. Although my money would be on the body. And even if the undesired spacing is just a Flare 9 ...

Hi Simona,

I work at a translation company, and specialize in Flare/Lingo projects.

Typically speaking, filenames are not translated. This is because it causes a whole lot of rework in the project -- all the topics have to be relinked to each other, and to the TOC. Granted, Flare will do most of ...

Ah yes, those languages are some of the more difficult to deal with in Flare -- not that Flare can't handle them, because it can. There are just so many extra considerations than in English and European languages, and more potential customizations needed. Smart not to have to deal with them, if you ...

Yes, I would agree that in general, having a separate global project and separate child projects for each language is the best. Not only because it allows more room to "grow", when more languages are added, but also because maintaining separate language files in one project would be a pain -- there ...

Hello! I'm the person Nita was talking about :)

Well the first issue to determine is: is the software translated or going to be translated during the project? If no, if the software is staying in English (as some people do), then the only thing that has to change in the Capture images during ...

For Msquared, I would say that if you send only Lingo files to the translator, and import the translated files back into Lingo before generating the Flare project yourself, that will definitely increase your own time working on translations. Many people don't realize it, but there's a fair amount of ...

Yes, I would have suggested you simplify your workflow by excluding Lingo, presuming that either you work with a translation agency that knows Flare really well or you know how to pull in the right files for translation yourself. Assuming that those types of things aren't an issue in your case ...

Hi again,

Sorry this reply is a little late, pelikano. But yes, the project's Glossary is usually the first place we look for unique terminology. It's especially helpful, because the definitions are right there, and we know that the author considers the terms important. But most glossaries in Flare ...

A little late, but no I haven't. I could actually make several recommendations for their default language skins... I'll try to do that soon!

Yes, you definitely can use drop down text inside an ordered list. (I tested this with WebHelp output in Flare 8.)

There are two ways that I know of to do it, but for both steps, you first have to make the list item in question a Paragraph Item. To do this, right click on the <li> block on the left ...

Hello!

From what I can tell based on your description and your screenshot (which is very helpful!) you've actually only created one index term here. By using colons between each phrase, you're telling Flare that the next phrase is a sub term of the previous phrase. So you may be getting ...

I find that usually the best place to include a vertical-align: top in a table is the table row. So try adding that style to the "tr" element in the stylesheet.

If that doesn't work, check the code of the topic in question. Make sure that there is no inline style that is overriding your stylesheet ...

For clarification, I will go ahead and note... Flare uses whatever is in the Language Skin, unless it's overridden by something in the stylesheet or the actual project Skin (stored in Project/Skins). So for example, if you had a German stylesheet that specifically said to use another phrase, that ...

Actually, to edit the default German breadcrumb text in Flare, you need to edit the Language Skin. Here's how, using Flare 8 :

In the Tools menu/ribbon, select Manage Language Skins. Click on the correct German language variety (matching what you set in the Project Properties or in the Target ...

By the way, you also might find this thread/post helpful:
http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewto ... 13&t=13316

Hello,

I'm the localization manager (and Flare specialist) at a translation company (Nita was referring about me). The route you use depends entirely on the translation vendor you're working with. (Sorry in advance for the long post!)

Ramon S is right that some translator or translation agencies ...

Hi Philip,

It's great that you want to plan ahead and make sure you understand the process ahead of time! Ramon is right about several things. Here are my thoughts:

- You do want to have a separate project for each language. This means that all filenames will remain exactly the same -- no language ...

Hi! I'm the colleague Nita was talking about :)

Yes, you should send along the Global project as well. If your translation vendor knows how to work with Flare correctly, they will translate the shared files one time, in the global project, and then reimport them to the child projects. The child ...

Hi Bernie,

I apologize for not replying these last few months. I've been caught up on a huge Flare project that almost drained the life out of me ;) Hopefully this reply doesn't come too late!

Lingo, Trados, and Across Language Server essentially attempt to do the same thing. They are all CAT ...

Oh no problem, I'm always seeing posts/replies late myself!

That Help tool sounds like a lot of software localization tools. It's definitely a nice feature to have, to be able to export any language by selecting it in the dropdown, and to have all the content stored virtually in the same project ...

There's no way that I know of to convert all variables to text in one step. Variables do make translation more difficult, but they don't make it impossible -- unless you're using variables all over the place, and for ordinary, everyday words. We usually leave all the variables intact when we ...

I've imported/merged a lot of translations through Lingo, and I've run into some similar issues. I've discovered that there's usually one file in the bunch that has some non-XML complying character/entity, or maybe even there's a non-Lingo file tucked in there somewhere (like a .backup file). The ...

Yes, that's correct. Lingo can be used in one of two ways: either (a) you have an in-house translator who sits down in front of Lingo and manually enters all the translations, or (b) you use Lingo to package up the files for translation and send them for translation. When they're done with ...

You make some good points, Ramon. Of course, the goal is always to get a translator familiar with the industry. But while you might get a translator who's familiar with the industry in general, it really helps to give them an orientation on the product itself, or a demo version of the software ...