GlobalSight release 8.0

GlobalSight release 8.0

Release webinar and Q&A

GlobalSight 8.0 is a new release of the GlobalSight system. It contains the new features, enhancements to existing features and bug fixes listed below.

For instructions on upgrading to the new release, see Upgrading GlobalSight.

New features

1. Support for Microsoft Office 2010 (DOCX/XLSX/PPTX) and Adobe InDesign CS5 (IDML) file formats. These are pure-Java implementations that do not need external converters to run, unlike previous Office and InDesign support
2. Support for WorldServer translation kits (.XLZ) and WorldServer XLIFF (.XLF) file formats. These are treated as source files and produce a bilingual target
3. Support for PO, RESX, and RC file formats
4. Support for the LISA Term Base eXchange (TBX), a terminology interchange format
5. Integration to the Asia Online machine translation system
6. Integration to the Translation Matching feature of the TAUS Data Association
7. A new storage system for translation memories that offers improved leverage performance and better scalability for large TMs
8. Support for Windows 7 Office 2003 and Office 2007 converters
9. Access control groups for TMs

Support for Microsoft Office 2010 and Adobe InDesign CS5 file formats

GlobalSight now supports Microsoft Office 2010 (DOCX/XLSX/PPTX) and Adobe InDesign CS5 (IDML) file formats.

Both are pure-Java implementations that do not need external converters to run, unlike previous Office and InDesign support.

Contact your admin to enable them.

Support for WorldServer translation kits and XLIFF

GlobalSight now supports WorldServer translation kits (.XLZ) and WorldServer XLIFF (.XLF) file formats. Both are treated as source files and produce a bilingual target.

You can export an XLZ file from WorldServer and import it into GlobalSight when creating a job or a project. This allows you to use the building support of GlobalSight for Machine Translation engines, workflows, Online Editor and so on.

Once the GlobalSight job is complete, GlobalSight exports it in XLZ format - the same file format in which it is imported into GlobalSight.

You can also export from WorldServer in XLIFF format and import into GlobalSight when creating a job.

Contact your admin to enable them.

Support for PO, RESX, and RC file formats

GlobalSight now supports PO (Portable Object), RESX (Resource file for .NET applications) and RC (Resource Compiler) file formats.

Contact your admin to enable them.

Support for the LISA TBX

GlobalSight now supports the LISA Term Base eXchange (TBX), a terminology interchange format.

Contact your admin to enable it.

Integration to the Asia Online MT system

GlobalSight can now be integrated to Asia Online's Machine Translation system.

Contact your admin to enable it.

Integration to TDA Translation Matching

GlobalSight can now be integrated to TAUS Data Association (TDA) Translation Matching.

This feature allows association members to leverage their content against the TDA's archive of shared translation memory. TDA membership is required to use this feature. For more information, see the Taus Data Association.

GlobalSight supports TDA Translation Matching as part of the leveraging step. It is configured in a similar way to Machine Translation providers.

TM3: a new storage system for TMs

TM3 is a new TM storage engine in GlobalSight that provides better leverage performance and scalability. TM3 is not yet enabled by default, and must be enabled on a per-company basis.

Contact your admin to enable TM3 when creating the company.

Support for Windows 7 Office 2003 and Office 2007 converters

The MS Office converters for 2003 and 2007 now run as a standalone desktop application. You can run it on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.

Contact your admin to enable them.

Access control groups for TMs and terminology

Administrators can now restrict access to TMs and termbases to particular users. Access is configured on TM or TB basis.

Restricting access to a TM affects:

• The TMs that are listed in TM Management
• The TMs that are displayed when creating or editing a Translation Memory Profile
• The TMs that are available for searching in the Corpus Browser

Restricting access to a termbase affects:

• The Terminology page
• The termbases that are available when creating or editing a project
• The termbases that are available in Search Terms

Enhancements

• The number of Available and In Progress Activities for the user now shows on the home screen
• Online editor/Segment Editor improvements:
  • Online Editor allows the filtering of segments based on SID or translator ID
  • Online Editor allows pagination by segment, which works better for large files
  • Segment Editor highlights the differences between the source text and fuzzy matches
  • Segment Editor shows both the source and target information for TM matches
  • Segment Editor performance has been improved
• XLIFF improvements:
  • GlobalSight now handles the <note> element and treats it as a segment comment
  • GlobalSight populates the <phase> element with the name of the current workflow activity when exporting to XLIFF
• TM match percentages now resolve to two decimal places
• Failed imports are automatically cleaned up when GlobalSight is restarted
• Users can now be granted permission to export TMs, without needing to grant them any other TM permissions

• "Alt" text can now be shown or hidden in PowerPoint 2003 and 2007 filters
• Additional Web service calls have been added

Bug fixes

• Additional Mozilla Firefox issues have been fixed
• Issues related to creating Hebrew workflows have been fixed
• Email issues when uploading a job with the Web UI have been fixed
• GlobalSight log files are no longer accessible to all by default
• Maximum number of CPU cycles when downloading an exported file has been fixed
• Activity error that shows when rejecting an activity task has been fixed
• RTF component no longer truncates the endings of files
• Java security warning with JRE 1.6.0_20 has been removed on the file upload screen
• Java warning on the Upload->Select Files to Upload page has been removed
• The email generated during upload-to-import now confirms the upload, not the import. The target locale is null
• GlobalSight now extracts embedded URL links for Office 2010 files
• Comments are now entered in the Job instead of Activity Comments, when using the Restrict Access option
• User name in the User Details page has been corrected
• Module mapping is retained when a super translator submits a CVS file
• The error that shows when downloading to work offline has been corrected
• Various security issues have been fixed
• Comment reports can now be generated for Hebrew
• Corrupted characters in the Edit Role and New Role pages have been fixed
• The Description now shows on the Terminology Management page
• Jobs no longer stay in black Pending status when dragging several files for job creation
• Problems with URLs in DOCX files have been fixed
• Syntax error when clicking Data Sources->Filter Configuration has been fixed
• Download issue has been fixed for the superlocalization user
• Filtered XLSX files no longer expose internal workbook data
• Newly-added file extensions now show in the File Extension list in the File Profile
• Project user is no longer deleted when clicking Cancel in the Edit Project User page
• System errors have been fixed when clicking Statistics or Indexes in Terminology Management
• The correct value has been added to the Total Source Word Count part of the online job report
• The Source for alt-trans elements has been corrected for XLIFF
• The Download button now brings the user to the correct folder
• SID now exports to the TM
• Switch Tag Map has been checked for the HTML filter
• The system error caused when editing a workflow has been fixed
• The Download dialog now works for both Mozilla Firefox and Mac
• The 'equals' sign in the attribute value no longer causes unintended text to be extracted, when using the HTML and/or XML filter
• Value attributes are no longer shown for translation in the HTML filter
• HTML files now import successfully
• Buttons are no longer missing on the Job Details page when re-assigning to the same user
• The word counts of exported RTF tkits now match the GlobalSight-internal word count
• The Ignored tuv link now works correctly
• Angle brackets no longer show for translation within XML CDATA for HTML
• The HTML filter now controls the translatable value and alt attributes
• Un-extracted files can now be re-upload
• The maximum database cycles has been fixed when searching for jobs
• The login is no longer slow
• A penalty has been added for pre-populating MT matches when there is no exact match from the TM or MT
• The Reviewers Comments Report now uploads correctly
• When exporting an XLIFF tkit, the <source> in <alt-trans> comes from the TM and not the source segment
• Attribute problems have been fixed in Desktop Icon
• Empty CDATA segments are no longer stripped in the XML Filter
• Desktop Icon now prompts when creating a job with blank source file
• <alt-trans> problems for XLIFF have been fixed in Popup Editor
• Comments can now be added using Desktop Icon
• Path corrected, so that target files can now be downloaded for source updates
• GlobalSight now handles XLIFF inline tags
• Files for upload can now be selected without any Java "unsigned code" warnings
• Secondary file creation of unextracted files no longer prevents the activity from being accepted
• The HTML filter now saves newly-added "Embeddable Tags"
• Changes can now be made Inline editor without being saved
• User can now de-select locales in the Leverage from field of the workflow configuration
• The correct file profile now show when submitting jobs using the Web version
• A warning message has been added when dispatching a workflow already dispatched
• Workflows can now be attached when the system has more than 10 workflows available for the locale
• Large log files are no longer an issue when a segment has several leverage match results
• Off-line files can now be uploaded without null errors
• Segment comments can now be displayed in a job when all comments are closed
• The original job file can now still be found when downloading an exported target file that has been re-named
• The source file profile can now be removed without errors
• File names with URLs can now be downloaded or processed when they escape upload
• The maximum CPU cycles has been set when clicking Roles
• Files can now be uploaded without errors in the Job Details page
• TMs that contain "ph" tags can now be imported without errors
• Right-clicking now works for in-context matching
• The PPTX add-on can now be used to view target files in 2007 without wrapping issues caused by the 2003 filter
• PowerPoint 2010 no longer exposes attributes for translation
• Secondary HTML filters now work correctly
• Locked exact match and in-context match segments are now saved in the storage TM during XLIFF export
• DONOTTRANSLATE_char no longer excludes any unspecified text in Word 2003/2007
• The correct tag content now shows when applying TM match results in the Inline editor