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I’ve just released version 1.0 of Jamming2Felix.
Download the latest version here.
This version fixes some bugs when converting Jamming files.
About Jamming2Felix
Jamming2Felix is a free utility for converting Jamming glossaries into Felix format. Jamming is a popular glossary program in Japan.
Felix lets you import a translation memory (TM) or glossary straight from Microsoft Excel. Some users were having trouble figuring out how to do this from the manual entry, so here are some step-by-step instructions.
Click the images for an enlarged view.
Step 1: Open glossary in Excel
Select the top-left cell (source term) of the glossary.
If you are using Excel 2007 or later, you should be on the Add-ins tab. I like to arrange Felix and Excel/Word as shown in the screenshot.
Step 2: From the Felix menu, select Add Glossary
Step 3: The glossary is added to Felix
The last pair to be added appears in the Glossary window.
I’ve released version 1.9.5 of Memory Serves.
Download the latest version here.
The main improvements and fixes in this version are as follows.
I’ve released version 1.6.7.2 of Felix.
This is a bug-fix version that corrects the following bugs:
I recommend that you upgrade to the latest version of Felix if you have been affected by any of these bugs.
I’ve just released version 1.6.7 of Felix.
Download the latest version here.
The main new features and improvements in this version are as follows.
There is now an option to only allow one translation per source segment. By default, Felix allows any number of translations for the same source segment.
When this feature is enabled, if you add a new translation for an existing source segment in the TM, the existing record will be replaced.
To enable this feature, go to Tools > Preferences, then click on the Memory tab, and select “One translation per source segment.”
Note: You should set this option before loading any TMs. If you change it after a TM is loaded, you could get unexpected results.
The Felix interface for PowerPoint now matches those for Word and Excel, with a translation and review mode.
There is now a “Correct Translation” keyboard shortcut option for Excel. To activate this option, go to the Felix menu in Excel, and select Preferences. Then select Keyboard Shortcuts,　and assign a keyboard shortcut for “Correct Translation”. The default is CTRL+ALT+UP.
I’ve just released version 1.6.6 of Felix.
Download the latest version here.
Here is a list of the main improvements and fixes in this version.
You can now remove all TMs/glossaries in the Memory Manager window with a single click.
There was a bug where in some cases, “correcting” a translation actually added a new entry.
In the “Add Entry” dialog, long entries would get broken into multiple lines.
Some users with older versions of Internet Explorer (typically corporate mandated) had problems using the features of the new Memory Manager window. There is now an option to use the old Memory Manager dialog: from the Preferences dialog (Tools >> Preferences), select the “Use old memory manager” checkbox.
On the Japanese version of the Memory Manager window, pages were not displayed properly due to broken CSS and JavaScript links.
You can now keep an unlimited number of files in the loaded history (used in the “Load previous memories/glossaires on next startup” option). The previous limit was 15 items each.
I’ve written a Word macro that will export a table as a Felix TM.
The table should be in the following format:
| Source 1 | Translation 1 |
| Source 2 | Translation 2 |
| … | … |
Press Alt + F8 to get the macro window, and specify RegisterTableTM.RegisterTableTM.
Next, click Run.
The first table in the document will be exported as a Felix TM.
If you will be using a macro more frequently, then you can assign it a keyboard shortcut. To do so,
I’ve just released version 1.6.5 of Felix.
You can get the latest version here.
Below are the main improvements and bug fixes in this release.
Felix now has a QC feature, which lets you perform quality checks on TMs. To enable the feature, open the Memory Manager, and click “QC Settings”.
To QC a TM, click “QC” in the Memory Manager. Enable “Perform live checking” to check TM entries as they are added.
The Office Add-ins (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) have an option to raise the Felix window whenever a Felix command is executed (such as a lookup or retrieval).
To enable this option, go to the Felix Properties, and select the “Raise Felix window on Felix operation” checkbox.
The size of the “Open Dialog” buffer has been increased, so that it should be possible to open at least 500 TM/glossary files at the same time.
If the “Get” command was executed in Excel when there was no translation, it would erase the cell’s contents.
Felix was failing to import certain types of TMX file.
If the Strip Tags action caused a field to become empty (i.e. it only consisted of formatting tags, and no content), then it would cause an error, aborting the operation and leaving the TM empty.
I released version 1.8 of Memory Serves yesterday.
The main improvements in this release are faster queries (around 30% faster TM searches on average), new built-in help, and fixes for some broken links.
Memory Serves is a free program for sharing your Felix translation memories over a local network (LAN or VPN).
I’ve just released version 0.3 of XLIFF Translator.
Here are the main improvements:
Click here for the online documentation.
XLIFF Translator is a free tool for generating and translating XLIFF files. It’s made to work with the Felix translation memory system, but can also be used as an XLIFF editor/creator.
XLIFF Translator
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