What is a good localisation tool for help files and/or exe, dll etc.? Thread poster: arterm
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arterm 
Serbia
Local time: 02:31
English to Russian
What are good tools for help files and/or software localisation? Some free tools?
Can Trados 5.0 Freelance handle something like this?
How about DejaVu?
| | | | Rita Damo
United Kingdom
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| arterm
Serbia
Local time: 02:31
English to Russian
TOPIC STARTER | We have both Wordfast and RWS | Sep 18, 2002 |
these are our main tools
However I\'m not sure the can handle help files or exe. Can they?
| | | | Rita Damo
United Kingdom
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You can download OpenFilter at http://www.opentag.com/downloads.htm
OpenFilter (v1.00 build 5, Dec-31-1998, 2.96 Mb) - A set of OpenTag filters offered by ILE Corporation. It includes filters for Quark XPress documents, plain text format as well as compiled Windows RC files. The product also includes utilities such as word-count, hard-coded string extraction, and so forth. With one of the filte... See more You can download OpenFilter at http://www.opentag.com/downloads.htm
OpenFilter (v1.00 build 5, Dec-31-1998, 2.96 Mb) - A set of OpenTag filters offered by ILE Corporation. It includes filters for Quark XPress documents, plain text format as well as compiled Windows RC files. The product also includes utilities such as word-count, hard-coded string extraction, and so forth. With one of the filter provided you can extract and merge compiled resources directly from EXE and DLL files
Screen shots and more information at http://www.opentag.com/openfilter.htm
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arterm
Serbia
Local time: 02:31
English to Russian
TOPIC STARTER | David Daduč
Czech Republic
Local time: 02:31
English to Czech
| Thank you, Rita! | Sep 19, 2002 |
Very useful links! I have visited OpenTag bfore but never had the patience to investigate. Now you gave me the necessary impuls...
Thank you!
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LionBridge has an application, ForeignDesk, made available through the Open Source initiative.
It offers native support for Windows resource script files (such as RC files) and Windows PEF files (.EXE, .DLL, .DRV and .OCX)
ForeignDesk can be downloaded from http://www.foreigndesk.net. Once the software is installed, you can check the detailed user guide in PDF format stored in the .... See more LionBridge has an application, ForeignDesk, made available through the Open Source initiative.
It offers native support for Windows resource script files (such as RC files) and Windows PEF files (.EXE, .DLL, .DRV and .OCX)
ForeignDesk can be downloaded from http://www.foreigndesk.net. Once the software is installed, you can check the detailed user guide in PDF format stored in the ..\\\\Program Files\\ForeignDesk\\Docs
As far as Trados is concerned, if you upgrade to version 5.5, you will be able to buy the T-Window Collection which allows you to handle executable files or .RC files ▲ Collapse
| | | | Rita Damo
United Kingdom
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| Free, but it is really free? | Sep 20, 2002 |
Tried ForeignDesk and found it extremely buggy. When tried to create a project, the last step was ForeignDesk spitting numerous errors at me. In some respects ForeignDesk is parasitical on Trados and won\'t work without it (e.g. on RTF/Help file projects). So it\'s not compelely free, despite the claim. To be able to process some files, it requires the presence of Trados (ver. 3 and above) in the system. But it is my experience after all.
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| Lots of tools are available, but they are mostly shareware | Sep 20, 2002 |
Regarding hlp/ñhm files - there are lots of free decompilers/compilers out there. However, if you need to do something greater than a couple of pages, nothing beats RoboHelp Office or Microsoft Help Designer, and those aren\'t free.
Regarding executable files - there was a great programe from Borland (Resource Workshop), it allowed direct editing of resource files, icons, any resources in *.exe files... However, it worked with Win 3.1 applications only, I\'m not sure, whether there i... See more Regarding hlp/ñhm files - there are lots of free decompilers/compilers out there. However, if you need to do something greater than a couple of pages, nothing beats RoboHelp Office or Microsoft Help Designer, and those aren\'t free.
Regarding executable files - there was a great programe from Borland (Resource Workshop), it allowed direct editing of resource files, icons, any resources in *.exe files... However, it worked with Win 3.1 applications only, I\'m not sure, whether there is such a tool for the newest file formats introduced with Win\'95.
Please don\'t waste your time on Trados or DejaVu - those are great tools, but they don\'t work with program files directly and support mostly DTP and Office formats. However, there may be a converter for Trados (which, of course, wouldn\'t be free).
As always, the best localization tools are the ones used for the creation of the software (provided you have source code  . ▲ Collapse
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