Releasing new software or games in multiple markets simultaneously is a major challenge that many companies are facing. Software localization is the process of adapting software to meet the language, cultural and technical requirements of the target market. As part of many software development projects, localization is a labor-intensive process that usually requires a lot of time and effort from the development team.

Passolo (formerly called SDL Passolo) is a very professional, powerful and award-winning software localization tool, originally developed by PASS Engineering from Germany, and acquired by SDL (now called RWS) from United Kingdom in 2007. It comes with clean interface, logical layout, stable performance, and WYSIWYG editing method, so it’s very easy to use. And, it does not require user to have any programming experience or take time-consuming and expensive specialized training, nor does it require access to the software’s source code. Better yet, many errors that may occur during the localization process can be recognized and automatically corrected by Passolo, greatly improving the efficiency and quality of the software localization.

As one of the world’s most popular and professional software localization tools, Passolo supports the localization of executables compiled in all major programming languages, various databases, as well as XML, scripts, and many other text formats; can translate text into many languages; and can localize various resources (dialogs, menus, bitmaps, icons, pointers, etc.) in the software user interface in a targeted manner. It can also be tightly integrated with a variety of translation software (e.g. SDL Trados Studio, SDL Trados GroupShare, MultiTerm), making it easier for translators to work on Passolo projects in their preferred translation environment, and increasing productivity.

Passolo has the translation memory technology that can reuse existing translation resources, fuzzy matching technology that can search for similar and exact matching text, quality assurance function that can check text for potential errors such as spelling, simulated translation function that can check whether the software is suitable for localization before actual translation, etc. These can greatly improve the work efficiency of translators. In addition, Passolo is able to exchange data with all major translation memory systems, and supports common data exchange formats.

// Key Features //

Feature	Description
Localization Features	WYSIWYG Editor for dialogues and menus Bitmap editor for icons and cursors Integrations of third party editors Update features Alignment features Pseudo translation features
Translation Features	Automated Translation Translation memory Glossary Translation assistant AutoPropogate High speed fuzzy matching technology (QuickIndex) for interactive translation Concordance search Direct look-up in Trados Studio or Trados TM Server / MultiTerm Server / Trados GroupShare Support for cascaded projects (localizing with pivot language) Display an additional reference language Full history of edits including roll-back
Productivity Features	Find & replace text strings Grouping and hiding dialogue elements Filter text strings Sort translation list MultiSelect
Data Exchange Features	Import of Microsoft Glossary Passolo glossary export Text file import/export (UNICODE and ASCII) CSV file import/export (UNICODE and ASCII) TMX 1.4 Level 2 Export XML export/import for various translation systems
QA Features	Selectable checks for common localization errors Text length check and pixel width check Terminology check Consistency check for translation Spell checking with Microsoft Word
Project Features	Reports and statistics Create translation bundles Edit translation bundles Create Team Edition translation bundles Create translation bundles that can be synchronized with the original project via network folder, FTP server or Box cloud storage platform Export Passolo string lists to SDLXLIFF format Publish Passolo string lists directly to Trados GroupShare
Customization and Automated Features	Runtime engine for VBA compatible macros IDE with editor and debugger OLE automation enabled

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// Edition Statement //

AppNee provides the Passolo Collaboration Edition multilingual full installers and unlocked files for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit.

// Installation Notes //

for v22.0:

1. Download and install Passolo
2. Copy the unlocked files to installation folder and overwrite
3. Done

// Related Links //

• Passolo Editions Comparison
• Passolo F.A.Q.

// Download URLs //

License	Version	Download	Size
Collaboration Edition	v22.0.116		144 MB

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