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Globalink E-Mail Translator allows e-mail translation directly from Eudora.  E-mail in English may be translated into Spanish, French, German, Italian or Portuguese, and vice versa.  No more cutting, copying or pasting.  Click a few different menu items and get the e-mail translations without delay.

Installation

Translating E-Mail

Selecting a Source/Target Language Pair

Globalink E-Mail Translator Options

Interface Language

Translation Options

Author Gender

Address

Literal Marker

Unfound Word Marker

About


Installation

Before using the Globalink E-Mail Translator, install both of the following on the computer:

•	Eudora or Eudora Light

•	Globalink E-Mail Translator

If neither Eudora nor Eudora Light is installed on the computer, Globalink E-Mail Translator will not be available for use.

To install Globalink E-Mail Translator, follow these steps:

For Windows ’95 or Windows NT 4.0:

1.	Insert the Globalink E-Mail Translator CD into the appropriate drive on the computer.

2.	Choose Start > Run.

3.	Type:  d:\Eudora-Plugin\Setup.exe in the text box.

Note:  If the CD drive is a drive other than the “d:\” drive, substitute “d:\” with the correct drive letter.

4.	Follow the screen prompts.

5.	Exit Setup.

6.	Restart Eudora if it was running during installation.

Globalink E-Mail Translator should now be installed.

For Windows NT 3.51:

1.	Insert the CD into the appropriate drive on the computer.

2.	Open the File Manager.

3.	Choose File > Run.

4.	Type:  d:\Eudora-Plugin\Setup.exe in the text box.

Note:  If the CD is a drive other than the “d:\” drive, substitute “d:\” with the correct drive letter.

5.	 	Follow the screen prompts.

6.	Exit Setup.

7.	Restart Eudora if it was running during installation.

Globalink E-Mail Translator should now be installed.


Translating E-Mail

Once both Eudora and Globalink E-Mail Translator are installed on the computer, incoming and outgoing e-mail can be translated. The process for translating incoming and outgoing e-mail is the same.

To translate e-mail, follow these steps:

1.	Open/create the e-mail to be translated.

2.	Click the cursor in the lower text box, where the actual message is contained.

3.	Choose Edit > Message Plug-ins > Globalink E-Mail Translator.

Notice:  The Translate dialog box will appear.

4.	Click the Source/Target Language Pair for the translation.  The selection should be highlighted.

Example:  If the e-mail to be translated is in English and it is to be translated into Spanish, select “English/Spanish”.  (See the section entitled Selecting a Source/Target Language Pair for more information on this feature.)

5.	Click OK.

Notice:  The Progress dialog box appears.

When Globalink E-Mail Translator has finished translating the e-mail message, the translation will replace the original message text.

Note:  If the cursor is not in the main text body of the e-mail when the program begins to translate, then Globalink E-Mail Translator will translate the text in the field the mouse was last clicked in.

Example:  If the cursor is clicked in the “To:” field, Globalink E-Mail Translator will attempt to translate the e-mail address in the “To:” field.

If this happens, undo the translation.

To undo or untranslate an e-mail translation, follow these steps:

•	Select Edit > Undo, immediately after the text has been translated.

Note1:  The cursor must still be in the main text field of the e-mail, or the Undo option will not be available.

Note2:  Once an e-mail has been translated and saved, it cannot be untranslated back to the original e-mail.  Choosing the reverse language pair will not return the original text.  Such “round-trip” translations are not recommended.


Selecting a Source/Target Language Pair

Any operation associated with a specific translation direction requires a Source/Target Language Pair.  When translating, the Source/Target Language Pair indicates the translation direction.

•	The Source is the language of the original text.

•	The Target is the language of the translated text.

Example:  When translating from English to Spanish, English is the Source and Spanish is the Target.

To select a Source/Target Language Pair, follow these steps:

•	Click a Source/Target language pair from the Source/Target Language Pair list box.

•	Click OK.

Go to Translating E-Mail


Globalink E-Mail Translator Options

There are many options to choose from when using Globalink E-Mail Translator in Eudora.  The following features may be viewed and/or changed:

•	Interface Language

•	Translation Options

•	About

To access Globalink E-Mail Translator Options, follow these steps:

Only when an e-mail is open:

•	Choose Edit > Message Plug-ins > Globalink E-Mail Translator.

•	Click the Options  button.

Or

When an e-mail is open or closed:

•	Choose Special > Message Plug-ins Settings.

Notice:  The Installed Message Plugins dialog box will appear.

•	Select Globalink E-Mail Translator.

•	Click Settings.


Interface Language

The Interface Language is the language used in the Globalink E-Mail Translator interface dialog boxes and help files.  Customizing the interface language of the Globalink E-Mail Translator can make it easier to use.  Users more comfortable with Spanish, French, German, Italian or Portuguese than with English, have the option to choose a more comfortable interface language.

To change the interface language of the Globalink E-Mail Translator help files and dialog boxes, follow these steps:

1.	Choose Special > Message Plug-ins Settings. . .

2.	Select Globalink E-Mail Translator.

3.	Click the Settings button.

Notice:  The Options dialog box will appear.

4.	Click  the Interface Language  icon in the Category column.

5.	Select a language from the Interface Language column.

Example:  To have all of the Globalink E-Mail Translator options, help files and dialog boxes come up in German, select “Deutsch” from the Interface Language List.

6.	Click the Apply button.

Notice:  The text in this window and other Globalink E-Mail Translator windows changes to the new language selected.

7.	Click OK to exit the Options dialog box.

or

Change other Options.


Translation Options

The translation settings may be changed in the Options dialog box .  Once in the Options dialog box, access is available to the following tools:

•	Author Gender

•	Address

•	Literal Marker

•	Unfound Word Marker


Author Gender

The Author Gender option allows the person sending the e-mail to specify a gender reference for the first-person pronoun, I.  When translating e-mails into different languages, such a distinction is often necessary.

Example:  A statement like, “I am tall,” or “I am a teacher,” will have two different translations depending on the language and the gender of the sender.  The following chart shows examples.

To change the Author Gender from the Options dialog box, follow these steps:

1.	Click Author Gender.

2.	Click in the Option Value text box.

3.	Select the Author Gender:  Masculine or Feminine.

4.	Click the Apply button.

5.	Click OK to exit the Options dialog box.

or

Change other Options.


Address

The Address allows the person sending the e-mail to specify the tone of the outgoing e-mail.  The writing may be more formal for business e-mail messages, or more familiar for friends who speak other languages.

To change the Address from the Options dialog box, follow these steps:

1.	Click Address.

2.	Click in the Option Value text box.

3.	Select the Address:

•	Formal	:  For one business contact.

•	Familiar  	:  For one friend or family member.

•	Formal Plural  	:  For more than one business contact.

•	Familiar Plural	:  For more than one friend or family member.

4.	Click the Apply button.

5.	Click OK to exit the Options dialog box.

or

Change other Options.


Literal Marker

The Literal Marker is the best way to mark words that should not be translated.  Marking with the literal marker will leave the word untranslated in the target language.

To change the Literal Marker from the Options dialog box, follow these steps:

1.	Click Literal Marker.

2.	Click in the Option Value text box.

3.	Select the Literal Marker:

•	None 	:  For no marker.

•	* 	:  To have the asterisk as the marker.

4.	Click the Apply button.

5.	Click OK to exit the Options dialog box.

or

Change other Options.

To use the Literal Marker, follow these steps:

1.	In the e-mail itself, put an asterisk in front of each word which should not be translated.

Note:  If you place the asterisk after the word, the word will still be translated.

2.	Translate the e-mail.


Unfound Word Marker

When translating the e-mail, Globalink E-Mail Translator may find some words unknown to its dictionary.  When it does, the words can be marked so that they may be easily identified.

To change the Unfound Word Marker from the Options dialog box, follow these steps:

1.	Click Unfound Word Marker.

2.	Click in the Option Value text box.

3.	Select the Unfound Word Marker:

•	None	:  Does not mark unknown words.

•	[ ]  	:  Puts brackets around unknown words.

•	*  	:  Puts an asterisk before unknown words.

4.	Click the Apply button.

5.	Click OK to exit the Options dialog box.

or

Change other Options.


About

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