                          S M A R T T R A N S L A T E
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                              Version 1.0 beta 3


SmartTranslate helps you translating a delphi project to other languages. In
the first step, it collects all strings in the pascal code and delphi forms 
and stores them in a database. After all strings are translated, which can be
done inside SmartTranslate, it can replace all strings of the original language
with the corresponding strings of another language. Strings that appear in
more than one project have to be translated only one time. Once SmartTranslate
knows all necessary strings, you can transfer a project to another language
within one minunte. In comparasion to other localizing tools, SmartTranslate
stores only the strings of one language in an executable (which produces much
smaller executables) and does not need any changes on your project. There is
also no need to collect strings in stringtable resources.


INSTALLATION
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No installation reqiured, just place the files of the zip archive at a place
you want and start SmartTranslate.exe. SmartTranslate requires BDE 5.0 or
later.


TIPS & ANNOTATIONS
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* During beta test, it is recommend that you use SmartTranslate on a copy of
  your delphi project. When copying a delphi project, don't copy the .dsk file,
  otherwise Delphi shows the files and forms of the original location in the
  IDE.
* Currently SmartTranslate will only find the files of a project, which
  are located in the same folder as the .dpr file.
* Click on the column headers to sort the strings according a specific
  language. This will place emtpy strings (which are missing a translation) 
  to the top of the list.


COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
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SmartTranslate is mailware, which means you can use it without charge and 
distribute the complete archive. If you decide to use it, you must send us an
e-mail or a postcard. Please include the version number of your copy, where
you found it and problems or errors if you had some. Source code is available
for $49.
                                       Copyright 1999-2000 by Joachim Marder


CONTACT
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JAM Software
Joachim Marder
Sdallee 35
D-54290 Trier

E-Mail  : marder@jam-software.com
WWW-Page: http://www.jam-software.com


CHANGES
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Version 1.0 beta 3: 27 Jun 2000
* Some parsing problems were fixed that caused "Invalid Stream Format" errors
* An options dialog has been added in which you can choose a charset for each
  column
* Some minor bug fixes

Version 1.0 beta 2: Released on 31 Aug 1999
* beta 1 was compiled with Delphi 4 which prevented it to work with the BDE of
  Delphi 3, beta 2 is now compiled with Delphi 3.
* Now for each string the Project name is saved.
* Some minor improvements and bug fixes

Version 1.0 beta 1: Released on 14 May 1999
* First public release
