Complete the publication cycle of reviews of tools to work with the language on your device running WM is a story about the translator PROMT. Along with the software companies ABBYY, Lingvosoft, and Paragon, Promt products are very well known to everyone who has ever had to deal with computer translation of the text. The main difference between this program from the above dictionary is the creation and development of machine translation algorithm. Thus, the problem of obtaining a coherent and adequate original text of the order is more complicated. If you use the dictionary user himself picks up vocabulary counterparts from the list, the translation software performs the main work computer. The final result depends solely on the algorithm used. Pocket Promt in mobile devices, almost none. At the same time provides enough decent quality of translation.
The latest version is called X-Translator Pocket.
Developer - PROMT, the site http://www.promt.ru. Exists in the form of the Anglo-Russian and German-Russian base. Propagation method - shareware, the price - 110 rubles. a jewel-version. The same price it has and the German-Russian translator.
Installation and first start.
The box version comes on a separate CD-ROM. The composition of the Anglo-Russian interpreter enters the module and bundle that includes legal, online, glossary of computer science and commercial vocabulary.
Installing the program is the traditional way via ActiveSync, but has some peculiarities. When you install the program from CD Autorun starts immediately, but the installation does not start if the mobile device is not connected to the PC. During installation, are asked to select the installation path and the composition of the modules being installed. The program can be installed either in system memory and the card. When installed on a memory card, the amount of available program memory on the card is not displayed. For full installation requires about 22 MB of free memory. As a result, the product was installed in a group program (Programs) Start menu on your PDA will create program shortcuts - X-Translator Pocket and X-Translator Launcher. For the full program you must register on the first run. Excellent imagining the traditional "love" of Russian Internet users to read the instructions, just want to warn you that in this case, the information in the manual is better not to be neglected. The unregistered version flatly refuses to display the translation module, and registration is only one of them. It turns out a kind of vicious circle - for registration is required translation module, which is unavailable in the unregistered version. This, of course, an obvious puncture in interface design, and I want to bring it to the attention of developers.In the case of testing had originally carefully study the instructions to uninstall the program (not done even without Hard Reset), then re-install the utility and accurately complete the registration process. Registration number is listed as on the disc, and on the coupon attached to the license agreement. To register the program must be run from a menu of programs X-Translator: Pocket (not to be confused with the X-Translator: Launcher) and enter the license number. I repeat: if you do not do the first run, then use the program would be impossible.
Settings.
To have experience working with the desktop version of an interpreter to deal with the mobile interface will have no difficulty. The main window is divided into two parts. At the top is placed the source code below - the result of translation. In the dictionary tab you can select the most intimate topics. With the help of additional buttons can be translated to clipboard, save the translation back to the original document.
Additional features of the program include the translation of the text typed on the keyboard, work with files in text format, Pocket Word / Pocket Word Ink and Rich Text Format, text editing and translation, simultaneous translation (input source). To improve translation quality possible involvement of additional specialized dictionaries. Translations can be saved in HTML and Rich Text Format.
In the settings you can choose the font size and type of action performed upon activation. Alternatively, perhaps translate the clipboard or run the translator.
Working with an interpreter.
As an example, was chosen a few snippets of text from IE, the document from Pocket Word and plain text document.
Work with an interpreter can be quite comfortable. At any time you can select the desired text fragment copied to the clipboard, go to the window and the translator for some time to get a translation. If the translation function options displayed on the fly, then run the interpreter automatically. In addition to the clipboard translation, the translation can send a previously saved file. But here one should be careful. Since downloading and file transfer size of 150 KB program is not handled within 20 minutes. But the device does not depend on, and after 41 minutes gave the result of translation.
Impressions and Conclusions
The quality of translation is quite standard for programs of this class and is comparable to transfer to a PC using the "big version. In view of certain limitations of the algorithm to get lexically competent and faithful translation is difficult, especially for texts with specific vocabulary. But to understand what is at stake, it is quite possible. The program does not replace the professional interpreter, but can make life easier when you want to read the text in a foreign language and make a first impression of him. Moreover, the analogues for such transfer, which would work on mobile devices, I do not know. The developers of the program warns that it lacks a function reserved words, there are restrictions on formatting text and a horizontal scroll bar. But these restrictions are not essential to perform the basic function - a quick translation difficult to understand portions of the text. Developers do not guarantee, but do not exclude the performance of the current version for smartphones with OS Windows Mobile 5.0, so we will soon test the program on a similar device.
In my opinion, Pocket Promt belongs to a class of programs whose presence makes life easier for the owner of the mobile device. An important advantage of the program is very democratic, and the price is practically no need to use hacking and using pirated versions.
We thank the company for providing Promt full version of the program X-Translator Pocket. Testing program was carried out on the communicator Qtek S110, provided by Vobis.
