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Automate creating reconciliation packages ☆

This script creates an OmegaT package for a reconciliation task, including the two master TMs that come from the double translation.

User (PM) input

The PM must request the automation of this process, by providing the following information:

  • Path of the working folder containing all the version folders (one folder per language version)
  • The properties for this project (i.e. the name of the folders and files involved) as key-value pairs in a text file

The properties file should be called proj_props.txt and should be found in the _tech folder, which is at the same level as all the version folders. For example:

@Ur:working_directory$
.
├── _tech
│   ├── CONTAINER_lll-CCC.txt
│   ├── lll-CCC.zip
│   └── proj_props.txt <------------------ props file
├── ara-ZZZ
│   ├── 00_source
│   ├── 01_translator_1
│   ├── 02_translator_2
│   ├── 03a_to_reconciler
│   ├── 04_etc...
├── ben-IND
│   ├── 00_source
│   ├── 01_translator_1
│   ├── 02_translator_2
...

The properties file must have the following list of key-value pairs (only the parts after = should be modified, if necessary, e.g. replacing CONTAINER with the actual project name, etc.):

t1_dir=01_translator_1
t2_dir=02_translator_2
rec_dir=03a_to_reconciler
t1_pkg_tmpl=CONTAINER_lll-CCC_OMT_Translator1.omt
t2_pkg_tmpl=CONTAINER_lll-CCC_OMT_Translator2.omt
t1_tmx_tmpl=CONTAINER_lll-CCC_Translator1.tmx
t2_tmx_tmpl=CONTAINER_lll-CCC_Translator2.tmx

Explanation of each property:

  • t1_dir and t1_dir: the folders inside the lll-CCC folder containing the OMT packages from T1 and T2
  • rec_dir: the folder inside the lll-CCC folder where the OMT package for reconciliation should be created.
  • t1_pkg_tmpl and t2_pkg_tmpl: The names of the OMT package files from T1 and T2 that must be used.
  • t1_tmx_tmpl and t2_tmx_tmpl: The names that the two TM files must have in the project for reconciliation.

The above assumes that the three folders are directly found inside the language version folder.

A template for the proj_props.txt can be downloaded from here. To use that template, right-click on the link and choose "Save link as" (or whatever your browser calls it) in the context menu that appears. After you download the file, please edit it only with Notepad on Windows.

Business logic

As a pre-condition, the script will check for the existence and contents of the properties file. If the file is not found or some key is not found in it, the process will stop.

Then, for each version folder under the working directory: 1. The script will check whether there is a subfolder for reconciliation (i.e. with key rec_dir in the properties). * If there is no such folder, it is assumed that no reconciliation happens for that version and nothing will be done for that version. 2. If reconciliation applies for that version, the script will check inside the reconciliation folder whether there is a OMT package there. * If there is a OMT package inside the reconcilation subfolder, it is assumed that the package for reconciliation has already been created, and nothing else will be done for that version. 3. If there is no OMT package inside the reconciliation subfolder, the script will check whether there is one OMT package inside the translation 1 subfolder (i.e. with key t1_dir in the properties) and one OMT package inside the translation 2 subfolder (i.e. with key t2_dir in the properties). * If one or both of the translation packages are not found there, nothing else can/will be done for that version. 4. If the two translation packages are found in the translation 1 and 2 subfolders, (here comes the real action) the package for reconciliation will be created under the reconciliation subfolder including the master TMs from each translation.