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Swift Subtitling Frequently Asked Questions
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Swift Subtitling with Input Language Japanese in Windows XP
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Go to control panel / regional and language options / tab: languages.
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Check whether (1) Japanese / Keyboard / MS IME Standard 2003 is installed. Otherwise (2) button:add it
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With (1) Japanese / Keyboard / MS IME Standard 2003 is installed selected, click on (3) button: properties and ensure these settings are right, then click button: “ok”
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Now Open Swift.
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Menu file / preferences / tab: open:/ section:available fonts, button:add, add ms pgothic, section: default font, button:change, select ms pgothic, like here:
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Menu file / preferences / tab: spelling and languages, select primary language: Japanese, like here, then close with button: ok,
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Close the existing and open a new swift file.
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With swift still being the active application, ensure that in the windows language bar (if you do not see all the language bar icons, right click on input language icon
, choose additional icons in the taskbar 
; you may also have to right-click left of the input language icon, uncheck lock language bar, then resize the bar for the additional icons to show) the right input language is chosen, like here: -
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Troubleshooting: It has been observed that the IME popup editor does not appear like here:
. This may be related to the IME option “Input type” getting reset from “Hiragana”to “Direct Input”. Double-check this. Also, if all else fails, close existing and open a new file within Swift and/or close and reopen Swift, making sure that the IME settings remain. -
Still won’t work? Contact me.
Saville Interpreting Suite layout diagram
Which I had to derive from photos:
The future of language learning, per Microsoft’s vision
Glass pane between couple used to be a symbol for division in fine arts. Not here at 1:00:
Relay Interpreting with the DIS 6000
Before relay interpreting begins:
- interpreter who becomes relay source: ds6132 left/in channel remains on “floor”; right/out channel: “English” (first turn your Mic off, switching with button “B/A” to out language “A” is easier than cycling through the individual languages)
- interpreter who interprets relay into target language: ds6132: left/in channel switch from “Floor” to “Relay select” : “English” (whatever button A/B/C/D).
When relay interpreting ends:
- interpreter who stops being relay source: ds6132 left/in channel remains on “Floor”; right/out channel: back to your native language (switching with button “B/A” to out language B is easier than cycling through the individual languages)
- interpreter who interpreted relay into target language: ds6132: left/in channel switch from “English” back to “floor”.
Interpreting Suite use: Policies
WHEN YOU BEGIN:
1. Always 1st log on PC
2. Ensure VCR Channel is on A1 
3. No food or drink (except water, on floor)
4. To speak, turn on DIS6132 microphone 
(only 1 microphone per booth can be used at a time)
5. To record, wear 1-ear pad black headphones around neck
6. When listening to recorded video, adjust the BT928 volume 
WHEN YOU LEAVE:
7. Turn down the DIS6132 volume 
8. Log off the PC (do not power off)
9. Clean up your desk (handouts, water…)
How to work with screenshots in Windows XP or MAC OS X
On your keyboard, press key “Print Screen” to put a picture of the entire screen into the clipboard (for the active window, hold the ALT-key while pressing “Print Screen”).
You can paste this clipboard in any windows application, for example MS-Word or MS-Paint.
In order to use the built-in windows picture editor, click “Start”, click “Run”, type “mspaint” (w/o inverted commas).
In ms-paint, you can edit the picture, using a variety of tools in a menu on the left.
E.g. click on the eraser button to activate this tool, then use the mouse pointer to erase sensitive parts of the picture.
Or select the selection tool and with the mouse pointer, draw a selection frame inside the picture. Then you cut the selection to the clipboard and paste it to a new picture.
Finally, save the result (normally as JPEG, since this results in much smaller file size).
Here is a screencast that shows the entire screenshot cycle.
Using a MAC?
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Objective |
MAC OS X |
Capture entire screen and copy to the clipboard |
Command+Control+Shift+3 |
Capture a window and copy to the clipboard |
Command+Control+Shift+4 then Space bar, click on the target |
Shared Calendar for Interpreting Suite Bookings on Windows Live: Frequently asked questions
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Problem: How do I return to “Windows live”?
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Solution: AFTER you followed the “accept” button in the invitation email, you can return to the calendar by simply going to http://calendar.live.com. Or for easy access to other windows live services like groups, go through http://home.live.com and the top menu “more”/ “calendar”.
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Problem: I seem to have lost access to the calendar?
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Solution: if you go to http://login.live.com, make sure you are logged in with the windows live account that you gave us for calendar access (if you are logged in under a different name, log out from that account first) . Then go to http://calendar.live.com: you should have access now.
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Problem: My calendar time seems off?
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Solution: adjust your time zone: after going to http://calendar.live.com, in the upper right hand side, click on options / more options / time zone: change this to “Greenwich mean time [….] LONDON” (do NOT choose GMT UNIVERSAL time”, this has no daylight savings time adjustment!). Then click “save”at the bottom Please let me know of any other issues (please provide OS and browser version and error message).
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Problem: Other users cannot see my calendar appointments.
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Solution: Make sure you added them to the right calendar, called “MGB-36” (an option when you add an appointment). There are now several calendars for other purposes, but booking of the suite is done in “MGB-36”. You can see something went wrong if your appointment stands out in a different colour (see legend), like here:
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Problem: I would like to book some space (booths) in the suite, but the entire suite seems already booked – what should I do?
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Solution: The original calendar instructions mentioned to start a booking with your email address under “what” and qualify under “where” if you require only parts of the interpreting suite for your class. If only the latter has been omitted, you can still email the colleague to inquire. If the former has been omitted also, we will have to try tracking down which the information which will take time.
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Problem: There is a (recurring) event which I can not delete (I get the error: “there’s a problem connecting to windows live calendar”).
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Solution: The error message is misleading. This seems a bug in the software. You can try to work around it like this
: Move one occurrence of the event (drag it with your mouse to a different time). This breaks the recurrence. Now left-click on the moved event to edit it. From the popup, choose to “Edit every occurrence” instead of “Edit this one occurrence”. This should get you to the “Event details” page, where you can delete the entire event from the top menu.
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