Software Localization: All Technologies.. One Solution
Alchemy Software Development is the world’s most foremost and recognized localization technology provider. 80% of the world’s largest software companies use Alchemy products to accelerate entry to international markets, improving revenue growth opportunities and reducing their costs.
With over 25,000 licenses worldwide, Alchemy Software Development is the dominant visual localization technology among professional development companies, localization service providers and global technology leaders such as Amazon, Apple, Siemens, Philips, Canon, JD Edwards, VistaTec, Lionbridge and SDL.
Alchemy CATALYST is a visual localization environment that supports every aspect of the localization workflow. It helps organizations accelerate their localization process, reaching new markets quicker than their competitors, and creating new revenue opportunities for them.
Create a Global Presence
High quality translation of products and services is crucial to the success of multinational organizations. It is a key factor in growing market share, increasing revenue, and creating brand loyalty. Today’s highly competitive markets require translation solutions that lower overall costs, reduce time-to-market, and improve quality.
Visual Localization Solution
Alchemy CATALYST meets the challenges of enterprise localization head-on. Thanks to its powerful visual localization environment and advanced translation memory technology, global organizations can localize their products and services faster and more efficiently than ever before, while also improving translation quality and reducing costs.
Advanced Translation Memory Technology
Business content such as websites, help systems, and software applications is highly repetitive. Translation memory ensures that no sentence ever needs to be translated twice. Alchemy CATALYST increases translation accuracy while dramatically reducing localization schedules by recycling up to 70% of previous translation work.
Advanced Desktop TM
A new multilingual desktop TM engine that delivers high performance lookups, super-fast concordance searching and full contextual storage of translation assets.
PerfectMatch Translations
Provides better than “100% match” translations by matching context and location of previous translations. No configuration required, it’s an intrinsic feature of the new Alchemy desktop TM technology.
Scheduler
Work faster and process more files than ever before! Use the Alchemy Scheduler to run experts, such as Analysis and Leverage, as background tasks on your desktop, while you continue to work in Alchemy CATALYST.
Machine Translation
Combine the power of Machine Translation with the flexibility and certainty of Translation Memory! Connectors for Google Translate and PROMT are freely available.
Seamless Migration of TMs
Migrating from a legacy text-based TM solution? Your investment is secure, with TM connectors for virtually any TM formats available.
Maximize Translation Re-use
Work with several TMs simultaneously maximizing translation re-use and reducing your costs!
Open Standards
Even more support for standards such as XLIFF (bilingual interchange format), TBX (terminology exchange), TMX (translation memory exchange) and TXML (GlobalLink, Wordfast TM format)
One Solution, many formats
With support for 170+ document types, use a single solution for all your translation needs
Supported Content Formats:
Alchemy CATALYST supports over 170+ different software applications, help and Web file formats. And this can be extended by developing custom parsers using Alchemy ezParse technology.
- All Microsoft Desktop Development Platforms: Win32, Winx64, VISTA, RC, RESX, .NET Binaries(2.0 and above), Visual Basic.NET, Microsoft WPF
- Online Help Systems: Doc-2-Help, RoboHelp, MadCap Flare, Sun Help, Oracle Help, Microsoft Help 2.0 and 3.0
- Mobile Computing Platforms: Android Application Packages (APK), Windows CE, Symbian, EPOC
- JSON: Java Script Object Notation
- Java Platforms: J2EE, J2SE, J2ME (JAR, WAR, EAR, MSG, PO, Properties, Class)
- Content Files: HTML (and all derivatives PHP, ASP, JSP), XHTML, XML (including derivative ASP.NET, ASP, JSP and XSL), MS Excel, DITA 1.0
- Image format: Scalable Vector Graphics (*.svg)
- Documentation Formats: Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word (*.doc(x)), Adobe FrameMaker (*.mif)
- Design Formats: Adobe InDesign (*.idml), Microsoft Power Point (*.ppt(x))
- Databases:All Microsoft DB technologies, Oracle and IBM DB2
- Miscellaneous Files: ZIP archives, Multilingual Language Packs(.mui), Drivers (.sys), Control Panel Apps .cpl), ActiveX (.ocx), Multilingual Language Packs (.mui), Codec files (.acm, .ax), Screen Savers (.scr) and Borland Library Files (.dpl, .bpl), Microsoft Visual Studio Project files
Alchemy CATALYST: Developer/Pro Edition
Alchemy CATALYST: Developer/Pro Edition is the premiere software localization solution used by the world’s most successful software development companies. It helps them expand their presence in international markets and create new revenue opportunities. Using the Alchemy QuickShip Expert, licenses of Alchemy CATALYST Translator/Lite can be provided FREE to large teams of translators so that they can scale their localization process with the growth of their business without any significant increase in their localization costs. Alchemy CATALYST: Developer/Pro Edition can be automated and integrated with build environments in an agile way to ensure simultaneous shipment of product in multiple languages.
Alchemy CATALYST: Developer/PRO also includes the Alchemy Software Developer Kit (SDK), so you can build customised solution tailored to your precise requirements.
ere are the range of Expert technologies included:
- Analysis Expert: Predominantly used by Project Managers, this expert calculates the amount of translation re-use possible from a translation memory. This is used to calculate the total cost of translation project and to develop an outline project schedule.
- Clean Up Expert: This Expert is used to create Alchemy desktop TMs. It consolidates multiple project TTKs into a single, multi-lingual, portable desktop TM. This can then be used to archive all project translations in a single location and helps maximise the re-use of translations in future projects.
- Leverage Expert: This Expert processes source files and uses Translation Memories to automatically apply translations to them. It helps clients maximise their return on investment by ensuring that any segment that has previously been translated is re-used. It supports both PerfectMatch and Fuzzy match technologies.
- Validate Expert: Use this expert to automatically detect 90% of the errors commonly introduced during the translation and engineering process.
- Pseudo Translate Expert: This expert is used by developers to verify that their software, web sites and online help systems can be easily translated. They also use it to verify that no hard-coded strings exist in software applications.
- Layout Manager Expert: Layout Manager automatically creates localized layouts for translated software applications. It is highly efficient and accurate and has a dramatic impact on engineering and testing cycles.
- Comparison Expert: Determining the scope of change is vital in planning localization projects. This expert identifies differences between projects and displays it is a very visual and easy to understand report.
- Runtime Validation: Use this expert to validate Win32 application while they run on your desktop PC. This helps Engineers and Testers to find layout problems in highly complex, dynamic dialog boxes and other complex user interface scenarios.
- Update Expert: This expert is used to replace a single file in a project with the latest version of that file. During the operation, this expert use the Leverage Expert and re-use as much translation from your TMs as possible.
- QuickShip Expert: This experts creates special translation bundles that can be sent to freelance translators. These translators can then use the free edition of Alchemy CATALYST to translate and engineer your software, online help or web site.
Alchemy CATALYST: Localizer Edition
Alchemy CATALYST: Localizer Edition is the visual solution of choice for over 80% of the world’s largest software development companies. It is used to reduce localization project cycle times, improve quality and speed up delivery of software applications into international software markets. Designed, specifically for the software localization engineer, it contains a fully integrated environment to assist in the localization engineering and testing of software, help and onlime web content.
It includes the following Experts:
- Analysis Expert: This expert calculates the amount of translation re-use possible from a translation memory. This is used to calculate the total cost of translation project and to develop an outline project schedule.
- Leverage Expert: This Expert processes source files and uses Translation Memories to automatically apply translations to them. It helps clients maximise their return on investment by ensuring that any segment that has previously been translated is re-used. It supports both PerfectMatch and Fuzzy match technologies.
- Clean Up Expert: This Expert is used to create Alchemy desktop TMs. It consolidates multiple project TTKs into a single, multi-lingual, portable desktop TM. This can then be used to archive all project translations in a single location and helps maximise the re-use of translations in future projects.
- Validate Expert: Use this expert to automatically detect 90% of the errors commonly introduced during the translation and engineering process.
- Pseudo Translate Expert: This expert is used by developers to verify that their software, web sites and online help systems can be easily translated. They also use it to verify that no hard-coded strings exist in software applications.
- Comparison Expert: Determining the scope of change is vital in planning localization projects. This expert identifies differences between projects and displays it is a very visual and easy to understand report.
- Runtime Validation: Use this expert to validate Win32 application while they run on your desktop PC. This helps Engineers and Testers to find layout problems in highly complex, dynamic dialog boxes and other complex user interface scenarios.
- Update Expert: This expert is used to replace a single file in a project with the latest version of that file. During the operation, this expert use the Leverage Expert and re-use as much translation from your TMs as possible.
Alchemy CATALYST: Translator/Pro Edition
Alchemy CATALYST: Translator/Pro Edition is designed for professional translators that require a total visual solution for digital content and Microsoft Desktop, internet and mobile applications. Designed to seamlessly work with TRADOS desktop and enterprise technologies, you never have to translate the same sentence twice. It comes complete with Auto-Translate technology which ensures that you can re-use your translations from virtually any industry TM format. Using the award winning Validate Expert, it even scans your translations, identifying inconsistency errors and other software cosmetic errors, such as duplicate hotkeys and clipped texts and overlapping controls.
Focus on the precision and quality of your translation and be more productive, profitable and secure in knowing you are using the world’s most popular visual localization solution for freelance professionals.
It includes the following Experts:
- Analysis Expert: Predominantly used by Project Managers, this expert calculates the amount of translation re-use possible from a translation memory. This is used to calculate the total cost of translation project and to develop an outline project schedule.
- Clean Up Expert: This Expert is used to create Alchemy desktop TMs. It consolidates multiple project TTKs into a single, multi-lingual, portable desktop TM. This can then be used to archive all project translations in a single location and helps maximise the re-use of translations in future projects.
- Validate Expert: Use this expert to automatically detect 90% of the errors commonly introduced during the translation and engineering process.
Alchemy CATALYST: Translator/Lite Edition
Alchemy CATALYST: Translator/Lite Edition is a FREE translation companion to the Alchemy CATALYST: Developer/Pro Edition. It allows TTKs to be distributed quickly and easily to multiple translators and provides them with visual previewers and interactive validators to ensure that the translation process is fast, smooth and error free.
Alchemy CATALYST: Translator/Lite Edition can be downloaded at www.alchemysoftware.com/translite.html. The product requires no dongle or hardware key, however can only be used successfully on Alchemy’s QuickShip TTKs created using the CATALYST: Developer/Pro Edition.
Alchemy CATALYST: Translator/LITE is designed for the Professional translator and contains all the tools neccessary to focus on the translation precision and accuracy for software, help and online web content.
| Features | Translator/LITE | Translator/PRO | Localizer | Developer/PRO |
| Development Languages and Platforms | ||||
| Microsoft Win32 Applications (.EXE, DLL, OCX, RC, DLG, MSI, MS Excel, MS Access) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Microsoft .NET 2.x and above Applications (.RESX, EXE, DLL, Language Assemblies.) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (.RESX, EXE, DLL, Language Assemblies) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Microsoft WPF Applications (BAML Resources), Silverlight Applications | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Online Help Platforms: MadCap Flare, Microsoft Help 2.0 & 3.0 | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Mobile Computing Platforms (Windows CE, Symbian, EPOC, PalmPilot) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Java Development Platforms (J2EE, J2SE, J2ME) (Property Files, Message Files, All encodings) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Database Content Platforms (MS SQL & Access, Oracle 8/9/10, IBM DB2) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Advanced Mark-up Languages (XML, XHTML, HTML, ASP and derivatives) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Programming Languages (Microsoft C, C++, Borland C, C++, Java, Javascript. CGI, Perl) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Generic Text Files (including UTF-8, UTF-16 encodings) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Documentation Files (.DOC, DOCX, IDML, MIF, PDF, PPT, PPTX, RTF) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Visual XLIFF 1.1 (XML Localization Interchange File Format) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Expert Technology | ||||
| Analysis Expert | yes | yes | yes | |
| Validate Expert | yes | yes | yes | |
| Clean Up Expert | yes | yes | yes | |
| Locks & Keywords | yes | yes | yes | |
| Translation Alignment | yes | yes | yes | |
| Leverage Expert | yes | yes | ||
| Update Expert | yes | yes | ||
| Comparison Expert | yes | yes | ||
| Pseudo Translate Expert | yes | yes | ||
| ezScript Command Language | yes | yes | ||
| Term Harvest Expert | yes | yes | ||
| Online Review Expert | yes | yes | ||
| Project Division | yes | yes | ||
| Create Package Expert | yes | |||
| Layout Manager Expert | yes | |||
| Tools | ||||
| Find & Replace | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Spell Checking | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Integrated use of Alchemy TMs (*.ttk, *.ppf, *.tm) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Integrated Glossary Lookup | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Custom localisable string list filters | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Reference Browser | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Context Links | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Statistics | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| PowerTranslate Features | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Concordance lookup | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Segment History | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| GlobalLink Project Director integration | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Scheduler | yes | yes | yes | |
| Swap Languages | yes | yes | yes | |
| Integrated use of All Translation Memories | yes | yes | yes | |
| Predictive Text for Translators (ezType) | yes | yes | yes | |
| Placeable Management | yes | yes | yes | |
| Glossary and Supplementary Glossary Management | yes | yes | yes | |
| Export Terminology (Tab-delimited, TBX, TMX, TRADOS) | yes | yes | yes | |
| Integrated Machine Translation Services | yes | yes | yes | |
| Automatic Online Validation | yes | yes | yes | |
| Resize Dialog coordinates | yes | yes | yes | |
| Save User profile | yes | yes | ||
| Create ezParse™ Rules | yes | yes | ||
| Create Data Source connections | yes | yes | ||
| Export to XLIFF | yes | |||
| Alchemy Software Development Kit (SDK) | yes | |||
Alchemy Software Developer Kit
The Alchemy Software Developer Kit can be used to develop Alchemy CTALAYST extensions and applications. The SDK gives a developer access to the underlying functionality and data-objects of Alchemy CATALYST. Using the SDK a developer can build their own TM applications or create extensions to Alchemy CATALYST and customise it precisely to their requirements.
Alchemy CATALYST Extensions
An extension is a custom code module that is ‘called’ by Alchemy CATALYST when a particular event occurs within the Alchemy CATALYST environment. For example, the event IValidation::OnProcess is called each time a segment is passed to the Alchemy Validate Expert.
A developer can replace this function with their own code which can be tailored to validate segments precisely to their requirements.
Alchemy CATALYST Applications
An application is a custom code module that ‘calls’ functionality within the Alchemy CATALYST environment.
For example, it is possible to develop an application that enumerates the contents of a Project TTK and converts it to an XLIFF document.
The significant point here is that an application ‘calls’ the functionality of Alchemy CATALYST whereas an extension is ‘called’ by Alchemy CATALYST when an event occurs.
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