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Market News Publishing, Monday, July 21, 1997 at 09:59
Corel Corporation, award-winning developer and marketer of
productivity applications, graphics and Internet software, announced that
its new localization tool, Corel CATALYST (TM), has been released to the
market.
Corel CATALYST was developed by Corel to provide a solution to
problems and bottlenecks caused by a fragmented localization process. The
tool provides a single, interactive environment that allows translators,
engineers, and project managers to manage and track multi-faceted
localization projects.
"Corel CATALYST is a tremendous step forward for Corel in the area of
localization," said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and chief executive
officer of Corel Corporation. "This new product is a revolutionary new
tool designed to streamline the localization process and facilitate
simultaneous shipment of localized products."
Working within the integrated Corel CATALYST environment reduces the
time it takes localized products to get to market. The key features of the
Corel CATALYST environment facilitate the simultaneous release of localized
products, maximize the quality of localized products, and ensure the
consistency of translations and terminology across product lines.
The main features of Corel CATALYST include:
- Pseudo Translation Expert
- Validation Expert
- Leverage Expert (allowing the leveraging of dialog
coordinates, reducing resizing requirements)
- Spell Check
- Glossary Manager
- Find & Replace
Corel CATALYST ships with editors for all the standard resource types
and allows the creation of custom editors for non-standard resource types.
In addition, the tool can display file components with the following
attributes: Priority, Locked, Translated, For Review, Signed Off, and Memo.
The Priority attribute can be used to flag dialogs for immediate
translation and sign off so that they can be captured for documentation.
The Memo attribute shows that a resource has a memo attached, which can
contain specific instructions from engineers, PM's etc.
For project managers, Corel CATALYST provides a controlled translation
and project management environment that maximizes quality. Project
managers can use Corel CATALYST to generate reports and statistics to
quickly and efficiently monitor project status.
For localization engineers, Corel CATALYST helps to reduce build times
by removing the need to recompile localized files during and after
translation. The Pseudo Translation Expert allows engineers to carry out
internationalization tests prior to localization. The Leverage Expert
provides translation memory capabilities that are executed with fast
turnaround time enabling easy file updates while maintaining coordinates.
The Spell Check feature provides dictionaries to verify translations, which
can also be matched to the string ID's or to actual text. Most file types
can be handled by Corel CATALYST and can be associated with any editor of
choice.
For quality assurance engineers, the Validation Expert allows
translators greater control over truncations and duplicate hotkeys, thereby
minimizing localization induced bugs. And because translators work in
WYSIWYG mode, they translate strings in context, improving overall quality.
Corel CATALYST makes QA sampling much easier because QA
specialists/terminologists can view text, hotkeys, and re-sizing in the
translation phase. This improved efficiency allows the QA department to
spend more time exploring the functional requirements of international
markets.
For translators, Corel CATALYST provides editors for standard resource
types. In many cases, these resources can be viewed in WYSIWYG mode
allowing for re-sizing to be carried out. This capability allows the
translator to see the text in context allowing for greater accuracy and
quality of translation. The Glossary Manager allows a glossary to be
attached to a product. When a term appears in the glossary, Corel CATALYST
underlines the string in black, and the translator then selects the desired
term from the drop down list of suggested terms appearing on screen. The
QuickSpell feature supplies suggested spellings.
For more information on how to obtain a copy of Corel CATALYST, please
contact:
Corel CATALYST
Product Manager
Corel Corporation
Limited
3rd Floor, Europa House, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
e-mail: catalyst@corel.ie
Corel Corporation
Incorporated in 1985, Corel Corporation is recognized internationally
as an award-winning developer and marketer of productivity applications,
graphics and Internet software. Corel's product line includes CorelDRAW
(TM), Corel (R) WordPerfect (R) Suite, Corel (R) Office Professional,
Corel (R) WebMaster Suite and CorelCAD (TM). Corel's products run on most
operating systems, including: Windows (R), Macintosh (R), UNIX, MS-DOS, and
OpenVMS and are consistently rated among the strongest in the industry.
The company ships its products in over 17 languages through a network of
more than 160 distributors in 70 countries worldwide. Corel is traded on
the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol - COS) and the NASDAQ National Market
System (symbol - COSFF). For more information visit Corel's home page on
the Internet at corel.com.
Corel, WordPerfect, CorelDRAW, Corel CATALYST and CorelCAD are
registered trademarks or trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel
Corporation Limited. All other product and company names are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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