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This is a basic guide to help new translators learn how to use Lingopoint. The interface for translators is simple and intuitive, helping translators to have the functions they need at their fingertips, when they need them.

Contents 1 Getting Started 1.1 Creating an Account 1.2 Logging In 1.3 Setting Up Your Profile 2 Dashboard 2.1 Jobs Assigned To Me 2.2 Team Documents 2.3 Community Documents 2.4 Leaderboard 2.5 Dashboard Pagination 3 LingoDex 3.1 Source Pane 3.2 Target Pane 3.3 Resources 3.3.1 Hits tab 3.3.1.1 Machine Translation 3.3.1.2 Terminology 3.3.1.3 Translation Memories 3.3.2 Dictionary tab 3.3.3 Notes tab 3.3.4 Versions tab 3.3.5 Find/Replace tab 3.3.6 Formatting tab 3.3.7 Jobs tab 3.3.8 Gadgets tab 4 Community Translation 4.1 Self-Assigned Documents 4.2 Community Documents 4.2.1 Concurrent Translation 4.3 Community Review 4.4 Teams 4.4.1 Create a team 4.4.2 Join a team 4.4.3 Edit a team 4.4.4 Delete a team

Getting Started

Creating an Account

You can create a free translator account at http://myaccount.lingotek.com/lingopoint/portal2/signup.action. If you are part of a translation community, then you will need to get the signup URL from the community admin.

On the signup page, enter your email address and a password. You will be sent a confirmation email with an activation link. Once your account has been activated, you will be able to log in.

Logging In

The login page for the Lingotek community is at http://myaccount.lingotek.com/lingopoint/login. If you are part of a translation community, then you will need to get the login URL from the community admin.

Log in with your email address and the password used when you created your account.

Setting Up Your Profile

When you first log in, you will see a few screens of translator training. Once you have finished looking over the training, you should click on the Profile tab.

On this page, you can enter your name, location, and experience. You will also need to set the language pairs that you are proficient in, in order to see community documents on your dashboard.

Dashboard

When you log in, you will be brought to the LingoPoint Dashboard.

Jobs Assigned To Me

If any documents have been assigned to you, then you will see a row of documents titled 'Jobs Assigned to Me' in the main portion of the page. Click the document name to begin working on the document.

Team Documents

If there are any documents assigned to a team that you are on, then they will appear in a Team Documents box.

Community Documents

Below that, you will see the Community Documents dialog. This contains any documents that are available to your entire community. Click on the name of the document to open LingoDex and begin working on it.

Leaderboard

If you are logged into a translation community, then on the left-hand pane, under your profile picture, you will see a leaderboard. The leaderboard displays a score that includes the number of segments that you have translated, reviewed, voted on, and whether those segments were accepted.

Leaderboard

Dashboard Pagination

Once there are over 10 documents in any of the document modules, the documents will be paginated. You can choose to view 10, 25, 50 or 100 documents per page.

LingoDex

LingoDex is the Translator Platform - the primary resource for translating and reviewing content. LingoDex is launched when you click on a translation job from your dashboard to begin work. The first time that you open LingoDex, you will be asked whether you want to use LingoDex Classic or LingoDex Beta.

Source Pane

Main Article: LingoDex Source Pane

The source pane, at the top left, displays the current segment that you are working on, surrounded by a few segments before and after, to give context.

Target Pane

Main Article: LingoDex Target Pane

The target pane, at the bottom left, is where you input your translation. The translation should only cover what is highlighted in the source pane. Click next in the source pane to select and begin working on the next sentence or segment in the target pane.

Resources

Main Article:LingoDex Resource Pane

The pane on the right-hand side is the Resources pane. This is where you will find resources to help you translate, like a machine translation of the current segment, similar translation memories, dictionary/terminology entries, and notes left by other translators.

You can drag and drop resources from the Resource Pane, or use Quick Keys to quickly navigate through and use resources.

Resources Pane	Hits tab This tab displays Machine Translation, Terminology, and Translation Memory hits for the current segment. Machine Translation This feature will appear at the top of the Resources default Hits tab for supported language pairs. The current segment is automatically translated in this box. Clicking the Use button will automatically copy this translation into the Target pane. Terminology If there are any matches from your terminology dictionaries, then they will appear below the machine translation. Clicking a translation will paste it into the target pane. Translation Memories Translation memories that are similar to the current segment will appear next. Click the number to the left of a TM to move it to the target pane or drag and drop portions of a translation memory into the target pane. Below the TM hit is the name of the TM Vault that the translation memory came from, and a rating for that TM.
Dictionary Tab	Dictionary tab Words and phrases that are in your dictionaries will be searched and displayed here. When you select a sentence or segment in the source pane while viewing the dictionary tab in the resources pane, the dictionary will automatically search for matches of all the words in the segment.
Notes Tab	Notes tab You can make notes for a specific segment here, for other translators to see when they come to the segment. The button at the top left will let you quickly go through all of the notes on the document.
Versions Tab	Versions tab This tab allows you to compare different versions of the document. You have the option to accept one version over the other. Please note that this tab is only available during review phases of a document.
Find and Replace Tab	Find/Replace tab You can search for words or phrases in the source or target, and can replace words or phrases in the target of the document.
Formatting Tab	Formatting tab This tab allows the final reviewer to apply formatting to a segment. When a document is imported into Lingotek, the formatting is removed, and replaced with placeholders. Once the document is translated, the final reviewer can apply the removed formatting, so that the translated document will mirror the original document.
Jobs Tab	Jobs tab Here you can switch between all of the documents assigned to you as well the ones in your community.
Jobs Tab	Gadgets tab This tab allows users to add OpenSocial gadgets to LingoDex for increased collaboration and productivity. Currently there are two gadgets that are supported, which include IMO.im and Twitter. These gadgets can also be individually hidden by clicking the toggle link.

Community Translation

Documents that appear in the "Community Documents" box are documents that are not assigned to one specific translator, but can be worked on by anyone in the community. These documents can be one of two types - Self-Assigned or Community.

Self-Assigned Documents

Anyone in the community can begin translating or reviewing a self-assigned document. Once a translator clicks Translate/Review, that phase is assigned to them and is removed from the Community Documents list. If the translator doesn't do any work on the document for 2 days, then it is moved back to Community Documents. Self-assigned jobs use the traditional LingoDex translation interface for review instead of the new Community Review interface.

Community Documents

Documents with the "Community" phase type can be translated and reviewed by multiple translators at once.

Concurrent Translation

When you select a community document to work on and that document is in the translation phase, 5 segments at a time will be "locked" for you to work on in tandem with anyone else from the community working on the document.

Community Translation

Community Review

If a community document is in the review phase, then selecting to work on this document will open the review screen. In this interface, you can vote for the best existing translation or add your own. Clicking the source text for a segment will bring up MT and TM results for that segment. Clicking "New Translation" will let you input a new translation for that segment. If you have entered a translation for a segment, you will not be able to vote on that segment. Segments that have been voted on or flagged are collapsed in order to focus on segments that still need to be reviewed.

Community Review

Teams

Translators can join translator teams. Any user can create and join a team. Teams can view their team statistics as compared to other teams. Project managers can also assign translations to a team.

If you create at team, then you are the team captain, and you can manage your team by editing team details, removing users, and deleting teams.

Create a team

1. Click on the teams tab
2. Click "Create" at the top left
3. In the popup, enter the new team's information
4. Click the "Create Team" button
5. Note: When you create a team you automatically become its team captain

Join a team

There are two ways of joining a team:

1. Click the "Join" button in the row of the desired team on the Teams tab
2. Click the "Join" button when viewing the details page of the desired team

Edit a team

To change team details:

1. Click on the teams tab
2. Click a team that you own, that you want to edit.
3. Click the Edit button at the top right.
4. Edit the information
5. Click Save

To remove a team member:

1. Click on the teams tab
2. Select a team
3. Click on the red "X" icon next to the team member you desire to remove from the team

Delete a team

1. Click on the teams tab
2. Select a team that you own.
3. Click "Delete Team"