Your first project

The seven-step setup that runs the first time bAIbel AV starts: where settings and projects are kept, the two kinds of AI provider, adding and testing a first API key, an optional display name, diagnostic records (Off by default), and finishing setup, which checks the licence and opens AV.

1. Start bAIbel AV for the first time: the seven-step setup opens

   The first time bAIbel AV starts, a seven-step setup runs. It takes a few minutes.

   

2. Choose the folder for settings and projects (the default is fine)

   Choose the folder for settings and projects. The default is fine for most people.

   

3. Read the two kinds of AI provider: model labs and open-model platforms

   There are two kinds of AI provider: model labs, which build their own models, and open-model platforms, which host many. One account is enough to begin.

   

4. Paste the API key for a provider and click Test key

   Paste the API key for a provider you have an account with, then click Test key. You can add more providers later.

   

5. Optionally enter a display name for your TM entries

   A display name is recorded with your translation memory entries. Leave it blank to skip.

   

6. Diagnostic records: leave them Off unless support asks for them

   AV can keep a record when it refuses a send or flags a reply. Leave it Off unless support asks for one: the records hold your client's text.

   

7. Finish setup: AV saves your choices, checks the licence and opens

   Setup saves your choices, checks your licence and opens bAIbel AV.

   

An empty project list, then a new project with its confidentiality decision. A Word document is imported with its language pair, import options and sections, a translation memory is created with write access, and a segment is translated and confirmed in the editor. The file is exported, with untranslated segments left blank and listed in the notification log.

1. On Projects, click Create New Project

   Everything in bAIbel AV happens inside a project. On a new install the list is empty. Click Create New Project.

   

2. Name the project and choose No anonymization needed

   Name the project and decide on confidentiality. Document text is sent to a language model, so bAIbel AV asks whether personal details must be anonymized first. For this guide, choose No anonymization needed.

   

3. In Project Files, click Import Files and open the document

   In Project Files, click Import Files. Pick the document in the Windows file dialog and click Open.

   

4. Set the language pair

   bAIbel AV asks for the language pair: the language of the document, and the one you translate into.

   

5. Keep the default import options

   Each file type has its own import options. The defaults work for most Word documents.

   

6. Choose Auto Sectionize to split the document into sections

   bAIbel AV can split a long document into sections. Auto Sectionize uses the document's own formatting and costs nothing.

   

7. Check the file in Project Files: language pair, words, repetitions

   The document now appears in Project Files, with its language pair, word count and repetitions.

   

8. Open TMs: a new project has none

   Before you confirm any translations, give the project a translation memory (TM). Open TMs. A new project has none.

   

9. Click New and name the TM

   Click New and name the TM.

   

10. Tick Write to this TM

    Allow Write to this TM, so that confirmed segments are saved to it.

    

11. In Project Files, double-click the document to open the editor

    Back in Project Files, double-click the document to open it. Each row is one segment. The coloured number on the left shows its status. New segments are Unconfirmed.

    

12. Type a translation and press Ctrl+Enter to confirm it

    Type the translation and press Ctrl+Enter. The segment turns Confirmed and is written to the TM.

    

13. Click Sync and Exit, right-click the file and choose Export File

    Close the editor with Sync and Exit. Right-click the file and choose Export File.

    

14. For untranslated segments, choose Leave blank

    If some segments have no translation yet, bAIbel AV asks what to do with them. Leave blank exports them empty.

    

15. Open the Log to see the warnings and the exported file's path

    The file is exported. Its warnings are the segments left blank: the notification log lists them, with the full path of the file.