WizTom for Java - Step by Step

This step by step guide will introduce you to WizTom for Java and the localization process. You may start WizTom Studio by selecting the WizTom Studio shortcut from the Windows Start Menu.

To demonstrate the features of WizTom for Java, the target application will be Metalworks, a sample Java application coming with Sun's Java 2 SDK. Provided your Java runtime environment is properly setup, the command line to start Metalworks is:

C:\Metalworks\class>java Metalworks

WizTom for Java's unique technology allows for hassle-free localization of any Java application or applet into any languages. WizTom for Java consists of two components:

 WizTom Studio: the localization tool;

 WizTom Java Runtime: the translation runtime.

The core technology lies in WizTom Java Runtime: its role is to intercept those methods of Java classes that eventually output texts, intercepting and translating texts before they are displayed thanks to the Multilingual Database.

WizTom Studio is the localization tool used to build the Multilingual Database. It provides basic tools: capture of texts, Translation Editor, as well as more specialized tools such as the Deployment Helper, Extractors, Import/Export filters and more.

WizTom Studio's main window is already organized according to the steps involved in the localization process. In this section, we will focus on the upper part of WizTom Studio: the Basic Tools.

The localization process includes the following steps:

 Project creation: Java application or applet to translate, original and target languages;

 Extraction of the documents' texts;

 Translation of these texts into the selected target languages;

 Deployment of the translation server;

 QA review of the translated application/applet.

This tutorial will demonstrate WizTom for Java's features on Sun's Metalwork sample application.

Create the project