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When you have logged on to Translator, click on the language in the Survey List to display the Translator for this language. The page that opens is a WYSIWYG editor, enabling you to write and set up the text as required. The buttons inn the editor toolbar are standard Windows-style tools - .
Figure 1 - Example of the Translator page
The default language is displayed on the left. The buttons and fields are as follows:
- Finish - When you have finished translating the Survey, click Finish. The status will be updated in the Translation Overview in Authoring, and a status notification email will be sent to the email address entered there.
- Close - takes you back to Survey Overview (any changes made are saved automatically).
- Save - saves the changes made to the working language.
- Preview - displays the preview of the question: the default language and the working language (any changes made are saved automatically).
- Back - returns to the previous question in the Survey routing (any changes made are saved automatically).
- Next - displays the next question in the Survey routing (any changes made are saved automatically).
- Filter - set filter to display only Touched, Untouched, or Complete questions.
- Go to question - choose a question from the drop-down to open that question in the Translator.
- Overall Status - indicates how many items (includes scales/lists) are Complete, Touched, or Untouched. The status is updated continuously as you move through the Survey.
- Question ID - Displays the ID of the current working question.
- Question Status - The status is automatically set to Complete, Touched, or Untouched.
- Untouched if no translation has been entered in the target language.
- Touched if some fields have been translated.
- Complete if all fields from source language have been translated into the target language.
The predefined Scales/Lists are displayed first in the Translator. When the translator has finished translating the last question in the routing, the message End of routing is displayed - .
Figure 2 - End of routing message in Translator
When the translator has finished translating the Survey, has saved the work, and clicks Finish, a message is sent to the Survey owner, for example "Translator (translator1) has finished the Norwegian translation for project p0379335." The language that is completed is removed from the Survey List and the status is updated in the Translation Overview in Authoring - , as in the example below.
Figure 3 - The translation is finished
Note: The survey manager can change the status for a language if necessary. To do this, uncheck the Finished checkbox and click Save.