Setting Up the External Translation Manager

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If you or your translator do not have the RAD Studio IDE, you can use the stand-alone External Translation Manager to localize your applications.

To use the External Translation Manager as a stand-alone application, you need to copy the External Translation Manager files to your computer and register the required *.bpl files in the External Translation Manager.

To install the External Translation Manager

  1. Create a directory, such as C:\ETM, for the External Translation Manager files.
  1. Copy the following External Translation Manager files from the computer with the installed RAD Studio IDE (the developer's computer) into the created directory.
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\17.0\Bin from this directory, copy the following required files: 
      • etm.exe - the main External Translation Manager executable file
designide230.bpl
dfm230.bpl
itecore230.bpl
rc230.bpl
vclide230.bpl
    • and copy any of the following optional files that you want: 
      • dcl31w230.bpl
dclact230.bpl
dclado230.bpl
dclbcbsmp230.bpl
dclbde230.bpl
dclDataSnapIndy10ServerTransport230.bpl
dclDataSnapProviderClient230.bpl
dclDataSnapServer230.bpl
dcldb230.bpl
dcldbx230.bpl
dcldbxcds230.bpl
dclib230.bpl
dclIe230.bpl
dclIndyCore230.bpl
dclIndyProtocols230.bpl
dclmcn230.bpl
dclmid230.bpl
dclnet230.bpl
dclribbon230.bpl
dclsmp230.bpl
dclstd230.bpl
dclTee8230.bpl
dcltouch230.bpl
dclwbm230.bpl
    • From the appropriate platform-specific directory, such as C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\17.0\Bin64 for 64-bit Windows, copy the following required files: 
      • rtl230.bpl
vcl230.bpl
vclactnband230.bpl
vclimg230.bpl
vclx230.bpl
xmlrtl230.bpl
    • and copy any of the following optional files: 
      • *230.bpl
  1. Run the External Translation Manager. From Windows Explorer, double-click etm.exe. From the command line, enter etm.
  2. In ETM, choose Tools > Options > Packages.
  3. Click the Add button to display the Open dialog box.
  4. Navigate to the C:\ETM directory that contains the External Translation Manager files. Make sure that the Files of type filter is set to Designtime packages (dcl*.bpl).
  5. Select all of the design-time packages (dcl*.bpl files) in the directory and click OK.

    6. The design-time packages are registered and you can now begin using the External Translation Manager.

To set up the project to be translated

  1. Run the Resource DLL Wizard on your project to generate the resource DLL projects for each language in the localization. The files generated for each resource DLL project are saved in a directory named after the language. For example, for a project group saved in C:\MyProjects, the Afrikaan translation root directory is C:\MyProjects\AFK.
  2. Obtain or prepare a zipped translation kit of the project to be translated and give the kit to the person who will translate your project. The kit should include the following:
    • A resource DLL for each language to be translated.
    • The .dproj project file generated by using File > Save as in the External Translation Manager project.
    • The stand-alone translation repository (*.tmx) files.
  3. The translator should unzip the translation kit into the chosen directory on the translator's system.

See Also

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