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\20.0\Bin from this directory, copy the following required files:
      • etm.exe - the main External Translation Manager executable file designide260.bpl dfm260.bpl itecore260.bpl rc260.bpl vclide260.bpl
    • and copy any of the following optional files that you want:
      • dcl31w260.bpl dclact260.bpl dclado260.bpl dclbcbsmp260.bpl dclbde260.bpl dclDataSnapIndy10ServerTransport260.bpl dclDataSnapProviderClient260.bpl dclDataSnapServer260.bpl dcldb260.bpl dcldbx260.bpl dcldbxcds260.bpl dclib260.bpl dclIe260.bpl dclIndyCore260.bpl dclIndyProtocols260.bpl dclmcn260.bpl dclmid260.bpl dclnet260.bpl dclribbon260.bpl dclsmp260.bpl dclstd260.bpl dclTee8260.bpl dcltouch260.bpl dclwbm260.bpl
    • From the appropriate platform-specific directory, such as C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\20.0\Bin64 for 64-bit Windows, copy the following required files:
      • rtl260.bpl vcl260.bpl vclactnband260.bpl vclimg260.bpl vclx260.bpl xmlrtl260.bpl
    • and copy any of the following optional files:
      • *260.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.

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