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\22.0\Bin from this directory, copy the following required files: 
      • etm.exe - the main External Translation Manager executable file
designide280.bpl
dfm280.bpl
itecore280.bpl
rc280.bpl
vclide280.bpl
    • and copy any of the following optional files that you want: 
      • dcl31w280.bpl
dclact280.bpl
dclado280.bpl
dclbcbsmp280.bpl
dclbde280.bpl
dclDataSnapIndy10ServerTransport280.bpl
dclDataSnapProviderClient280.bpl
dclDataSnapServer280.bpl
dcldb280.bpl
dcldbx280.bpl
dcldbxcds280.bpl
dclib280.bpl
dclIe280.bpl
dclIndyCore280.bpl
dclIndyProtocols280.bpl
dclmcn280.bpl
dclmid280.bpl
dclnet280.bpl
dclribbon280.bpl
dclsmp280.bpl
dclstd280.bpl
dclTee8280.bpl
dcltouch280.bpl
dclwbm280.bpl
    • From the appropriate platform-specific directory, such as C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\Bin64 for 64-bit Windows, copy the following required files: 
      • rtl280.bpl
vcl280.bpl
vclactnband280.bpl
vclimg280.bpl
vclx280.bpl
xmlrtl280.bpl
    • and copy any of the following optional files: 
      • *280.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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