This article will go into detail about the Actions/Options bar found in the project's Overview tab.
If you need to learn more about the project and its tabs, please refer to Project - Overview.

 

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Several actions can be performed to a single work unit or in bulk to the entire project, and they are all conveniently located in the initial tab of a project.

 

The Actions/Options bar has the following actions and options:

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1. Import/Export

• To download the original files, click on Import/Export and Source Files

- Clicking on Whole Project, all project's original files will be downloaded.

- Clicking on Selected Work Units, only the original files from the selected workflow will be downloaded.

⚠️ The Work Units must belong to the same workflow to be downloaded simultaneously.

 

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• To download the translated files, click on Import/Export and Translated Files

- Clicking on Whole Project at workflow, you will be able to select the files from the desired workflow.

- Clicking on Selected Work Units, only the translated files from the selected workflow will be downloaded. They must belong to the same workflow.

⚠️ It is also possible to export XLIFF files in case you need to work outside of the BWX platform. To know more about exporting XLIFF files, please consult the article How to Export/Import XLIFF files from/to BWX.

 

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• To download the .XLIFF or the .XLSX versions of the files, click on Import/Export and XLIFF or XLSX

- Clicking on Whole Project at workflow, you will be able to select the files from the desired workflow.

- Clicking on Selected Work Units, only the translated files from the selected workflow will be downloaded. They must belong to the same workflow.

When downloading a .XLSX file, a two-column spreadsheet file containing the source and target languages will be generated. You can find an exemple of how it looks like bellow:

The file will have the following fields, in order to facilitate comprehension and working directly on it.

1. Legend: a legend of format pattern of each cell.
2. Context key: some files will have a context key in order to preserve integrity of the translated file and make sure the translated content will be placed back in the corresponding place.
3. Segment number: displays the number of that segment.
4. Source: contains the source content as well as displays the source language.
5. Target: contains the target content as well as displays the target language. Depending on the translation progress at the time of the download, can be empty. Can be edited to receive translation directly in the .xlsx file to be imported back to the platform.
6. Origin: displays where the translated content originated from. Ex: translation memory match and it's percentage (TM 101%), machine translation (MT), artificial intelligence (AI), and others.

 

⚠️ To know more about exporting XLIFF files, please consult the article How to Export/Import XLIFF files from/to BWX.

 

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• To download the loc-kit 

- Clicking on Whole Project at workflow, you will be able to select the files from the desired workflow.

- Clicking on Selected Work Units, only the translated files from the selected workflow will be downloaded. They must belong to the same workflow.

It is possible to select which type of file you need to download. You can select:

• All files - a compressed file containing .TMX, .XLIFF and .XLSX files will be created.
• .TMX
• .XLIFF
• .XLSX -  a two-column spreadsheet file containing the source and target languages will be generated.

 

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• To upload files click on Import/Export and Bulk import zip

 

This option allows uploading several XLIFF or XLSX files into BWX simultaneously.

- Click on Import/Export and Bulk import zip, then select the .zip file to be uploaded.

1. It is possible to import files from the following extensions, but it important to mention that they first need to be compressed into a .zip format:

• .XLIFF
• .XLSX

2. It is possible to define whether or not imported segments should be automatically confirmed.

3. Select the file to be uploaded.

4. Import the file into the platform.

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2. Join in Editor

This feature allows you to simultaneously open in Editor several work units that share the same target language and workflow.

- Select the work units and click on Join in Editor

 

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3. Upload Files

This feature allows creating a new repository and adding one or more files. You should choose the Target Language and select the Workflows that need to be performed. Different files can have different workflows.

A pop-up window will open. You must go through all the steps in order to import the new file.

1. Select the new file target language. It can be more than one, but can not be left empty.
2. Define the worflow the new file should go through. Can be a different workflow already defined at project's creation.
3. Select the new files. More than one file can be selected, but note that all selected files will be imported with the parameters defined in the previous steps.

⚠️ Note that you can only create new repositories in Projects with the "Draft" status.

 

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4. Actions

4.1 Translate

This action allows to auto-translate files according to the pre-settled translation configuration.

• To configure the translation options, go to Translation Settings tab, set your preferences and click on Save

• To auto-translate the files, click on Actions

- Clicking on Whole project at workflow right below Translate, all files from the selected workflow will be translated.

- Clicking on Selected Work Units, below Translate, only the selected work units will be translated.

 

4.2 Copy source to target where empty

This action will affect the content of the translated file, by populating its empty segments with correspondent source content.

• To copy source content to empty target segments, click on Actions

- Clicking on Whole project at workflow right below Copy source to target where empty, all empty segments from all files of the selected workflow will be populated.

- Clicking on Selected Work Units, below Copy source to target where empty, only the selected work units empty segments will be populated.

 

4.3 Logfile

• To generate a new logfile for your project, click on Actions

• Clicking on Whole Project, right below Logfile, a new pre-analysis logfile will be generated.

• After selecting the work unit(s), clicking on Selected Work Units, below Logfile, will open a pop-up window where some settings can be defined.

  • In this window, it is possible to choose whether to create a pre or a post-analysis logfile, based on the selected work units.
    1. Define the logfile name and its number.
    2. Define the logfile type.
    3. Pre-analysis logfile will allow you to choose the following options:
       • Ignore confirmed segments - the already confirmed segments will be ignored and will not affect the analysis;
       • Ignore locked segments - the already locked segments will be ignored and will not affect the analysis;
       • Ignore subsequent non-translatable(s) as Repetitions - subsequent non-translatable segments will not be considered as repetition. This can affect the project costs, depending on its net rate.
       • Count 100% TM match over repetition - segments with 100% match will be taken into account even if they are repetitions. This can affect the project costs, depending on its net rate.

• • Selecting the post-analysis logfile will display two more options to be selected:
    • Calculate translation memory reuse - when enabled, segments having translation memory matches that was solely verified by the linguist will be regarded as TM reuse in the logfile calculus. When disabled, if the linguist only confirms segments with TM matches, the logfile will consider them as regular linguist work (0%-49%). May impact estimated pricing of each task.
    • Calculate machine translation reuse - when enabled, segments having machine translation content that was solely verified by the linguist will be regarded as MT reuse in the logfile calculus. When disabled, if the linguist only confirms segments with MT matches, the logfile will consider them as regular linguist work (0%-49%). May impact estimated pricing of each task.

• After the logfiles creation, click on the Logfiles tab to access the log content

 

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5. Filters

This feature allows filtering the files by:

• Targets: You can select none or all languages, or even click individually in each language to select/unselect them. Remember to apply filters to get the results.

• Workflows: You can select none or all workflows to filter, or even select one or more, like translation and in-country review, for example. Remember to apply filters to get the results.

• Files: You can type the file full name or a part of it in order to filter directly for an aimed file. Remember to apply filters to get the results.

• Content: You can filter by content specifying the source language and/or target language. You can type a word or a sentence. Remember to apply filters to get the results.

⚠️You must keep at least one item on Targets and Workflows when filtering.

 

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If any questions were not answered in this article, please don't hesitate to contact our support team at help@bwx.io.