Customized Translation
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Customized Translation Service
Customized Translation Service applys to customers who want the product-specific terms to be translated as self-defined results in Machine Translation. Customized phrases should be provided by customers, Livedata Translate will implement bidirectional translation customization, for example, if “Bronze Credit Voucher” is customized as “青铜级信用券”, then it will take effect in both English-Chinese & Chinese-English directions. We recommend you enabling Customized Translation Service if product-specific terms are used in your products.
Description
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Generally, customized phrases should be product names or product-specific terms. Examples:
Livedata Translate -> Livedata 翻译
Nether War -> 虚空战场
Fallen Altar -> 堕落祭坛
fighter set -> 战士套装
Bronze Credit Voucher -> 青铜级信用券
Punisher Armor Plugin -> 惩戒者装甲插件
Luminous Emblems Bundle -> 流光印记礼包
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Common words or not rarely-used single Chinese character are not recommended as customized phrases according to its potential negative effects in common text translation. Examples:
You -> 尤 ("you" is a common English pronoun)
He -> 何 ("he" is a common English pronoun)
Will -> 威尔 ("will" is a common English modal verb)
US -> 美国 ("us" is a common English pronoun)
Can -> 灿 ("can" is a common English modal verb)
平安 -> Pyongan ("平安" is a common Chinese word)
钱 -> Qian ("钱" is a not rarely-used single Chinese character)
禄 -> Lu ("禄" is a not rarely-used single Chinese character)
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When a phrase is customized to multiple translations, the former translation will take effect. Examples:
Wreckage -> 船体残片 (This translation will take effect)
Wreckage -> 舰船残骸
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Punctuation used before or after customized phrases is not recommended. Examples:
[A Damsel in Distress] -> [营救货船]
is recommanded below:
A Damsel in Distress -> 营救货船
Artillery for NEF Frigates! -> 新欧护卫级舰防炮!
is recommanded below:
Artillery for NEF Frigates -> 新欧护卫级舰防炮
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Please do not use question marks/periods/exclamation marks in customized phrases.
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Please do not use the system special characters ( | and \ ) in customized phrases.
Using a Custom Glossary
1. Create a Glossary
Use the following format:
en
zh-CN
fr
de
it
pl
ru
Brothers in Arms
情深意重
Frères d’Armes
Waffenbrüder
Fratelli d’Armi
Towarzysze Broni
Братья по оружию
- Only UTF-8 encoded CSV (comma-separated values) files are accepted. Each project’s glossary has a maximum size of 2 MB.
- The first row contains ISO 639-1 or BCP 47 language codes identifying the language of each column.
- Each subsequent row contains translations of one term, with each column matching the language in its header.
- Cells may be left empty if a translation is unavailable. However, every row must contain English text and text in at least one other language.
- Source terms are matched without regard to case. Translated terms preserve the capitalization in the glossary.
- Do not use question marks, periods, exclamation marks, or the reserved characters
| and \ in terms.
- Allow approximately 10 minutes for an uploaded glossary to be processed and take effect.
2. Manage the Glossary
Upload
After registering an account and company on the LiveData website and creating a real-time translation project, find the project in the console. Click View to open project management, then open Custom Phrases. Click Upload Custom Terms and select your glossary. The terms take effect automatically after processing.
Download and Back Up
On the terminology customization page, right-click the uploaded glossary filename and select Save Link As to download the current glossary.
Update
A new glossary completely replaces the existing one. Back up the existing glossary first. To add, remove, or edit terms, download the current file, make your changes, save a new version, and upload it. Once processed, the new version replaces the previous glossary automatically.
Delete All Terms
Back up the existing glossary first. Create a glossary containing only the language header row and upload it. All customized terms are removed once the file takes effect.
3. Automatically Ignored Terms
To protect translation quality, the system automatically ignores potentially problematic terms, such as very common words, excessively short text, or text consisting only of symbols. Ignored terms are displayed below the customization area in the console.
Use care when defining common, short, or ambiguous terms. Contact support if you need to customize an ignored term or have questions.
Customized Translation Service
Customized Translation Service applys to customers who want the product-specific terms to be translated as self-defined results in Machine Translation. Customized phrases should be provided by customers, Livedata Translate will implement bidirectional translation customization, for example, if “Bronze Credit Voucher” is customized as “青铜级信用券”, then it will take effect in both English-Chinese & Chinese-English directions. We recommend you enabling Customized Translation Service if product-specific terms are used in your products.
Description
-
Generally, customized phrases should be product names or product-specific terms. Examples:
Livedata Translate -> Livedata 翻译 Nether War -> 虚空战场 Fallen Altar -> 堕落祭坛 fighter set -> 战士套装 Bronze Credit Voucher -> 青铜级信用券 Punisher Armor Plugin -> 惩戒者装甲插件 Luminous Emblems Bundle -> 流光印记礼包 -
Common words or not rarely-used single Chinese character are not recommended as customized phrases according to its potential negative effects in common text translation. Examples:
You -> 尤 ("you" is a common English pronoun) He -> 何 ("he" is a common English pronoun) Will -> 威尔 ("will" is a common English modal verb) US -> 美国 ("us" is a common English pronoun) Can -> 灿 ("can" is a common English modal verb) 平安 -> Pyongan ("平安" is a common Chinese word) 钱 -> Qian ("钱" is a not rarely-used single Chinese character) 禄 -> Lu ("禄" is a not rarely-used single Chinese character) -
When a phrase is customized to multiple translations, the former translation will take effect. Examples:
Wreckage -> 船体残片 (This translation will take effect) Wreckage -> 舰船残骸 -
Punctuation used before or after customized phrases is not recommended. Examples:
[A Damsel in Distress] -> [营救货船] is recommanded below: A Damsel in Distress -> 营救货船 Artillery for NEF Frigates! -> 新欧护卫级舰防炮! is recommanded below: Artillery for NEF Frigates -> 新欧护卫级舰防炮 -
Please do not use question marks/periods/exclamation marks in customized phrases.
-
Please do not use the system special characters ( | and \ ) in customized phrases.
Using a Custom Glossary
1. Create a Glossary
Use the following format:
| en | zh-CN | fr | de | it | pl | ru |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brothers in Arms | 情深意重 | Frères d’Armes | Waffenbrüder | Fratelli d’Armi | Towarzysze Broni | Братья по оружию |
- Only UTF-8 encoded CSV (comma-separated values) files are accepted. Each project’s glossary has a maximum size of 2 MB.
- The first row contains ISO 639-1 or BCP 47 language codes identifying the language of each column.
- Each subsequent row contains translations of one term, with each column matching the language in its header.
- Cells may be left empty if a translation is unavailable. However, every row must contain English text and text in at least one other language.
- Source terms are matched without regard to case. Translated terms preserve the capitalization in the glossary.
- Do not use question marks, periods, exclamation marks, or the reserved characters
|and\in terms. - Allow approximately 10 minutes for an uploaded glossary to be processed and take effect.
2. Manage the Glossary
Upload
After registering an account and company on the LiveData website and creating a real-time translation project, find the project in the console. Click View to open project management, then open Custom Phrases. Click Upload Custom Terms and select your glossary. The terms take effect automatically after processing.
Download and Back Up
On the terminology customization page, right-click the uploaded glossary filename and select Save Link As to download the current glossary.
Update
A new glossary completely replaces the existing one. Back up the existing glossary first. To add, remove, or edit terms, download the current file, make your changes, save a new version, and upload it. Once processed, the new version replaces the previous glossary automatically.
Delete All Terms
Back up the existing glossary first. Create a glossary containing only the language header row and upload it. All customized terms are removed once the file takes effect.
3. Automatically Ignored Terms
To protect translation quality, the system automatically ignores potentially problematic terms, such as very common words, excessively short text, or text consisting only of symbols. Ignored terms are displayed below the customization area in the console.
Use care when defining common, short, or ambiguous terms. Contact support if you need to customize an ignored term or have questions.