The Most Comprehensive .NET Localization solution

Create a Global Presence

High-quality translation of products and services is crucial to the success of multinational organizations. It is a key factor in growing market share, increasing revenue, and creating brand loyalty. Today’s highly competitive markets require translation solutions that lower overall costs, reduce time-to-market, and improve quality.

Visual Localization Solution

Alchemy CATALYST meets the challenges of enterprise localization head-on. Thanks to its powerful visual localization environment and advanced translation memory technology, global organizations can localize their products and services faster and more effi ciently than ever before, while also improving translation quality and reducing costs.

Advanced Translation Memory Technology

Business content such as websites, help systems, and software applications is highly repetitive. Translation memory ensures that no sentence ever needs to be translated twice. Alchemy CATALYST increases translation accuracy while dramatically reducing localization schedules by recycling up to 70% of previous translation work.

Features Alchemy CATALYST introduces innovative new technologies which drives more productivity for translators, engineers and testers. As an example, the introduction of the Alchemy desktop TM ensures that Project Managers can processs multilingual projects quickly and efficiently. Combine this with the new Alchemy Scheduler, multilingual Analysis and Clean Up experts, predictive type and extended machine translation capabilities, Alchemy CATALYST, once again, sets the standard for what a TM evironment should deliver. Advanced Desktop TM A new multilingual desktop TM engine that delivers high performance lookups, super-fast concordance searching and full contextual storage of translation assets. PerfectMatch Translations Provides better than "100% match" translations by matching context and location of previous translations. No configuration required, it's an intrinsic feature of the new Alchemy desktop TM technogy. Scheduler Work faster and process more files than ever before! Use the Alchemy Scheduler to run experts, such as Analysis and Leverage, as background tasks on your desktop, while you continue to work in Alchemy CATALYST. Machine Translation Combine the power of Machine Translation with the flexibility and certainty of Translation Memory! Connectors for Google Translate and PROMT are freely available. Seamless Migration of TMs Migrating from a legacy text-based TM solution? Your investment is secure, with TM connectors for virtually any TM formats available. Maximize Translation Re-use Work with several TMs simultaneously maximizing translation re-use and reducing your costs! Open Standards Even more support for standards such as XLIFF(bilingual interchange format), TBX(terminology exchange), TMX(translation memory exchange) and TXML(GlobalLink, Wordfast TM format) One Solution, many formats With support for 170+ document types, use a single solution for all your translation needs Supported Content Formats Alchemy CATALST supports over 170+ different software applications, help and Web file formats. And this can be extended by developing custom parsers using Alchemy ezParse technology. All Microsoft Desktop Development Platforms: 9x, NT, 2000, XP, Win32, Winx64, VISTA, RC, RESX, .NET Binaries(2.0 and above), Visual Basic.NET, Microsoft WPF Online Help Systems: Doc-2-Help, RoboHelp, MadCap Flare, Sun Help, Oracle Help, Microsoft Help 2.0 and 3.0 Mobile Computing Platforms: Windows CE, Symbian, EPOC Java Platforms: J2EE, J2SE, J2ME, JAR, .properties, WAS, EAR Content Files: HTML (and all derivatives PHP, ASP, JSP), XHTML, XML (including derivative ASP.NET, ASP, JSP and XSL), MS Excel, DITA 1.0 Databases: All Microsoft DB technologies, Oracle 8/9/10 and IBM DB2 Miscellaneous Files: ZIP archives, Multilingual Language Packs(.mui), Drivers (.sys), Control Panel Apps .cpl), ActiveX (.ocx), Multilingual Language Packs (.mui), Codec files (.acm, .ax), Screen Savers (.scr) and Borland Library Files (.dpl, .bpl)

Customer Benefits

Alchemy CATALYST supports all aspects of the localization workflow, from translation, engineering, testing and project management. Using Alchemy CATALYST you can enjoy:

• Huge Localization Costs Savings Using Alchemy’s ezMatch™ Translation Memory technology, ensures that you never translate a sentence twice and it can be re-used several times. This improves productivity and results in significant translation savings. Additionally, since ezMatch™ technology also re-uses layout information, you also enjoy significant productivity gains in localization engineering and testing. Savings of 50-60% are possible depending on the quality of your translation memories.
  
  
• Higher Quality Translation Alchemy CATALYST hides the complexity of underlying technology and file formats, presenting text for translation in highly visual and contextually rich editing environments. This enables the translator to focus on the accuracy and precision of their translations, helping organizations improve the quality of their software applications and improving their corporate brand image.
  
  
• Faster Release Cycles Alchemy CATALYST provides a powerful integrated localization environment for all your desktop, mobile and online applications. It integrates smoothly with all industry leading workflow solutions and interoperates with all industry standard TM technologies. This helps maximize translation re-use, reducing project cycles and improving your time to market. This gives you first leap advantage over your competitors and helps create new revenue opportunities for your business.
  
  
• Rapid Return On Investment Organizations that have deployed Alchemy CATALYST within their localization workflow have enjoyed savings on direct translation costs combined with productivity gains in engineering and testing. Coupled with faster release times to international markets, these benefits make a rapid return on investment a certainty. In a typical deployment, a return on investment can be achieved in three to six months or shorter.

 

 

What's New in Alchemy CATALYST?

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Alchemy CATALYST 9.0 is enhanced in all areas to provide improvements in languages supported, performance, productivity, usability, standards support and greater functionality with online help technologies.

Alchemy CATALYST provides a truly visual environment for the localization and engineering of digital content and all desktop, internet and mobile applications. This section describes the most important improvements and assumes you are already familiar with previous versions of Alchemy CATALYST.

• NEW Alchemy Desktop TM: This is ground breaking translation memory technology with a host of new time-saving features such as context matching, super–fast concordance searching.

• Enhanced PerfectMatch™ Translations: Reach new levels of precision with automated recognition of context for segments stored in your TM.

• NEW Scheduler: Create automated workflows with the innovative Scheduler. This allows you to work across several languages simultaneously improving productivity and efficiency.

• NEW Translation Re-cycle: Take precision to a higher level! With Translation Re-cycling, your most recent translations are propagated throughout your current project and presented as translation suggestions in the Translator Toolbar. This improves consistency within the files currently being translated.

• NEW Performance Accelerators: Use the new accelerator feature and extend the power of the Translator Toolbar by adding web services. Simple to configure, yet powerful to use!

• NEW Multilingual Experts: Add increased velocity to your localization process! All Alchemy Experts now work with the Alchemy Scheduler making it easy to work with several languages simultaneously. A real productivity booster for Project Managers and Engineers!

• NEW Embedded Systems: A new Size property has been added to the meta-data for each segment. This property can define segment size limitations and font information, based on characters or pixel values. This makes it ideal for translating mobile phones applications, embedded system software or even in-car display units.

• NEW Alchemy SDK 9.0: Use the Software Development Kit to extend the features of Alchemy CATALYST and fine-tune it for your localization process. Include FREE with the Developer/PRO edition, it brings a whole new dimension to the word ‘customizable’.

• NEW Swap Languages:  Create new source languages for your translation projects using this new feature. It takes your target language and converts it to the source language in a Project TTK. This can then be used as a new source for subsequent translations. Simple, yet powerful!

• NEW Quick Info: Ever want to know the wordcount or translation analysis of a Project TTK in File Explorer. Now you can, just hover over it with the mouse and it will reveal all!

• ENHANCED ezType™ Technology: ezType is predictive text tailored for the professional translator. It now intelligently scans your TM, Glossary and Machine Translated material to present the best possible candidates for predictive typing. An essential feature for improving productivity and accuracy!

• NEW Analysis Expert: You asked, we delivered! Analyze the number of segment matches, count unique and repetition words and determine how many fuzzy matches can be re-used.  The Analysis Expert works with all industry standard TMs (.TM, .TTK, .PPF, Alchemy Language Exchange, TRADOS TMW, SDL TM Server, TMX, TXML, XLIFF, TXT) to determine how you can maximize the re-use of previous translations and reduce your cost of translation further!

• NEW Clean Up Expert: Consolidate multiple Project TTKs into a single, highly portable desktop or server-based TM using the Clean Up Expert. Now you can have a single TM containing all your translations for your projects! How’s that for a neat trick!

• NEW Support for new file formats: A whole range of new file formats have been added to address the growing need of our clients who regularly work with a growing and diverse range of formats. New formats now support are: Drivers (.sys), Control Panel Apps (.cpl), ActiveX (.ocx), Multilingual Language Packs (.mui),  Codec files (.acm, .ax), Screen Savers (.scr), Borland Library Files (.dpl, .bpl) and ZIP archives (.zip)

• ENHANCED The Complete Microsoft .NET Solution: Localize all variants of Microsoft .NET technologies within a single, highly visual environment.  Supporting all versions of the Microsoft .NET framework, we’ve got you covered!

• NEW Visual Editor for Microsoft WPF: Our WPF Translation Editor now supports the display of standard and custom widgets using a ground-breaking visual technology to provide highly realistic rendering of even the most complex of web based WPF applications.

• NEW Comprehensive Online Help Solution:  With support for the new Microsoft Help 3.0 standard, now almost every online help system can be localized, tested and engineered within Alchemy CATALYST. And, as we promised, it’s all done within WYSIWYG editors!

• NEW Productivity Enhancements: Alchemy CATALYST 9.0 sees major changes in the user interface which drives more productivity for translators, engineers and testers. As an example, engineers can now visual navigate the contents of a project using thumbnail images; translators can quickly determine how consistent their translations are; translators can now use ezType to accelerate the selection and translation of source documents. Less engineering and testing is now required for content files since these are all now worked-on in true-visual editors.

• NEW Machine Translation: Experience the power of 2! Combine the accuracy of TM with the flexibility and speed of Machine Translation, all in a single highly interactive project environment. Connectors available FREE with the product are Google Translate and PROMT.

• NEW Complete open standards support: Increased compatibility, no matter what the format, including XLIFF, TBX, XML, TMX, TXML and all TRADOS desktop and server based TM technologies.

Testimonials Read what our clients say about Alchemy CATALYST and how it helps them achieve higher levels of productivity, quality and reduced costs. “Alchemy CATALYST continues to lead the way in localization automation and continues to enhance productivity efficiencies, which clearly justifies the investment" Robert O’Keefe - Senior Internationalization Development Engineer Citrix Systems R&D Ltd. "We’ve been using Alchemy CATALYST for years for validating both the translation AND the source files. There is no better tool." Ursula Gawlick, Manager, Technical Documentation, Panasonic Electric Works Europe AG "With Alchemy CATALYST we are now in control, and as a result, saving lots of money" Brigitte Benett - HP Indigo Localization PM, Hewlett-Packard Company

Resources

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Welcome to the online lessons for Alchemy CATALYST, the market leader in visual localization technology. These lessons are designed to make you and your localization team highly productive using Alchemy CATALYST in as little time as possible. The lessons are designed to cover some of the basic features of our technology and then some of the more advanced features.

If you are a new user of Alchemy CATALYST, you’ll find our Product QuickTour a useful and powerful starting point for learning about our visual localization technology.

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Quick Start Tutorials

	Quick Tour of Alchemy CATALYST Project Environment Want to see what the Alchemy CATALYST Project Environment looks like? Click here and see what the main windows and panels are used for. See for yourself why Alchemy CATALYST is the most widely used solution for translating software, online help and web content.
	Installing Alchemy CATALYST Learn how to install Alchemy CATALYST onto your desktop PC and also how to Activate it using the Activate Expert.
	Translating Online Help Systems Learn how to use Alchemy CATALYST to translate Online Help systems. Rather than working with thousands of individual HTMLs files, Alchemy CATALYST can work with the compiled CHM file. This video shows how to translate a large CHM file using a translation memory originally created with TRADOS.
	Alchemy Scheduler The Alchemy Scheduler helps you achieve higher levels of productivity and efficiency by allowing you to do more with your time. It helps Project Managers and Engineers work across multiple TTKS in multiple target languages simultaneously.