Quick-start guide, instructions and technical details. Some content is restricted to Slate™ Desktop customers.
This User’s Manual has three major sections: Introduction, Chapters and Appendices. Some content is restricted to customers.
Introduction
The Introduction includes product information for customers and guests.
Preface
System requirements, activation options, licensing options, features, technical summary & more.
Quick Start
When you start with the best practices, your first Slate™ Desktop translation engine will be ready in no time!
Chapters
Lessons instruct application use and Strategies share approaches to achieve different goals.
1. Installation & Updates
Details about installing, updating and uninstalling Slate™ Desktop.
2. The Training Corpus
What is a training corpus and how does it differ from translation memories? Learn to select the best resources and use best practices to convert them to a training corpus.
3. The Engine
What is an “engine?” How do you make one? What’s the difference between build, train and tune? Everything you need to know about engines, building and maintaining them.
4. The Evaluation
Tools, strategies and best practices to evaluate an engine’s capacity to render translations that reduce the translator’s work .
5. The Deployment
Translate with your engines on the build machine or deploy them to other machines. Work while you travel. Share engines with colleagues.
6. Translate & Automate
Work with Slate™ Desktop engines in your CAT tools or integrate your engines into your applications.
7. Learn & Adapt
Slate™ Desktop runs advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies on your computer.
Appendices
Shared information that spans several Chapters and Lessons.
Appendix 1 – Language Details
List of languages, language codes and other language-specific information.
Appendix 2 – Glossaries
Terminology use in this manual and technical support correspondence.
Appendix 3 – Miscellaneous Instructions
Instructions for various techniques that span multiple Chapters and Lessions.
Appendix 4 – Moses Core
The Moses Decoder is one of many open source components that make Slate™ Desktop possible.