Downloading the Translation Kit

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You can download the translation kit in three ways:

1. As a single job in a single translation kit
2. As a batch download for several jobs in multiple translation kits
3. As a combined download for several jobs in one combined translation kit

Downloading the Translation Kit for a Single Job

To download the translation kit for a single job:

1. Open GlobalSight
2. Enter your translator user name and password and then click Login
3. Click My Activities->In Progress
   
   
   
   
4. Click the job to open the Activity Details
5. Click Work Offline
   
   
   
   
6. Select the files to translate on the Download tab
7. Select your Download Options
   
   
   
   
8. Click Start Download. Wait for the files to download successfully
   
   
   
   
9. Save the zip file to your computer
   
   
   
   

The translation kit is stored as a folder on your computer.

The kit contains:

1. dictionary folder: For OmegaT formats only
2. help folder: Help documentation in HTML format
3. inbox folder: Files for translation
   
   
   
   
4. mt folder: For OmegaT formats only
5. omegat folder: For OmegaT formats only
6. resources folder: Term file to be tied to your Term Engine
   
   
   
   
7. target folder: For OmegaT formats only
8. terminology folder: TBX file
   
   
   
   
9. tm folder: For OmegaT formats only
10. tmx/x folder: TMX file to be tied to your Translation Memory . Make sure to import the TMX file provided to your local TM. In Trados Translator's Workbench:
    • Open your local TM
    • Click File->Import
    • Select Overwrite under Existing translation units so that the most updated TM segments from Globalsight are loaded to your local TM
      
      
      
      

Downloading the Translation Kit for Several Jobs

You can do a batch download for several jobs at the same time. The resulting zip file contains a translation kit for each job selected.

The activity is accepted automatically.

To batch download several jobs in several translation kits:

1. Open GlobalSight
2. Enter your translator user name and password and then click Login
3. Click My Activities->In Progress
   
   
   
   
4. Select the files and click Download
   
   
   
   
5. Open or save the DownloadAllOfflineFiles.zip file
   
   
   
   

The zip file contains a translation kit for each of the jobs selected. The contents for each translation kit as the same as that of a single job.

Downloading a Combined Translation Kit for Several Jobs

You can download translation kits for several different jobs as one combined translation kit using the Download Combined option.

The activity is accepted automatically.

Contact your administrator for permission, if you do not see the Download Combined option.

Before beginning:

• Note that the combined download Consolidates Output Files, TMX Files and Terminology Files
• You can do a combined download of activities with the same locale pairs
• Make sure to set Optimized Bilingual TRADOS RTF as your Download Options format

To download several jobs as one combined translation kit:

1. Open GlobalSight
2. Enter your translator user name and password and then click Login
3. Click My Activities - Available
4. Select the files and click Download Combined
   
   
   
   
5. Wait for the download to complete
   
   
   
   
6. Open or save the zip file. The file is named in the format Jobs_first job ID-last job ID_locale.zip. For example Jobs_13833-14329_it_IT.zip
   
   
   
   

The folder contains one combined translation kit for the jobs downloaded.

Click the file to open the subfolders.

For a combined download, the kit contains:

1. Files for translation in the inbox folder
   
   
   
   
2. Term file to be tied to your Term Engine in the resources folder
   
   
   
   
3. Help documentation in HTML format in the help folder