Forum: Wordfast support
Topic: Help on using WF Pro to translate website content
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: You're doing it right, it seems
[quote]mleach wrote:
- I've saved one of the website's pages as a html file, then uploaded this into WF. [/quote]
The best way to do a web site translation is to ask the client to send the HTML files to you, so that you know for certain that you have the latest version and that your browser did not alter the HTML file when you saved it yourself. But yes, you should open the HTML file in Wordfast Pro (WFP), which will convert it to a TXML file.
[quote]- I've translated half of the source and copied the rest of the source over into the target. [/quote]
It is not necessary to copy source-to-target for segments that you want to stay the same. WFP will simply keep those segments untranslated.
[quote]- I've clicked on "Save Translated File" and saved the file
- But when I open the saved file it is the same source content as the original file [/quote]
You followed the right procedure, but... could it be that the content you translated is part of the hidden content of the HTML file? HTML files often contain hidden content that is not visible in the web browser. Try translating a few segments towards the end of the HTML file (in WFP) and recreate the HTML file again.
[quote]Would it be best to cut and paste the content in the html file into a Word document... [/quote]
Absolutely not. That is the worst thing you can do. Do not convert the HTML to MS Word and then translate the MS Word file.
Or, do you mean that you want to copy/paste the HTML code itself into MS Word and then translate the Word file? You can do that, but then WFP will show you the raw code and not only the translatable content, because WFP will not know that it is HTML and will treat it as if it is just text.
Topic: Help on using WF Pro to translate website content
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: You're doing it right, it seems
[quote]mleach wrote:
- I've saved one of the website's pages as a html file, then uploaded this into WF. [/quote]
The best way to do a web site translation is to ask the client to send the HTML files to you, so that you know for certain that you have the latest version and that your browser did not alter the HTML file when you saved it yourself. But yes, you should open the HTML file in Wordfast Pro (WFP), which will convert it to a TXML file.
[quote]- I've translated half of the source and copied the rest of the source over into the target. [/quote]
It is not necessary to copy source-to-target for segments that you want to stay the same. WFP will simply keep those segments untranslated.
[quote]- I've clicked on "Save Translated File" and saved the file
- But when I open the saved file it is the same source content as the original file [/quote]
You followed the right procedure, but... could it be that the content you translated is part of the hidden content of the HTML file? HTML files often contain hidden content that is not visible in the web browser. Try translating a few segments towards the end of the HTML file (in WFP) and recreate the HTML file again.
[quote]Would it be best to cut and paste the content in the html file into a Word document... [/quote]
Absolutely not. That is the worst thing you can do. Do not convert the HTML to MS Word and then translate the MS Word file.
Or, do you mean that you want to copy/paste the HTML code itself into MS Word and then translate the Word file? You can do that, but then WFP will show you the raw code and not only the translatable content, because WFP will not know that it is HTML and will treat it as if it is just text.