1. Localizing Datasources with Alchemy Catalyst

2. Agenda
What is a Database?
Localizing using Catalyst
Q&A
Workshops

3. What is a Database? A database is an information store
The record is the building block of the database
Fields
Tables
Record sets

4. What is a Database? Diagram 1 – A graphical representation of the data
Name
Start Date
Department
Photo 5
Name
Start Date
Department
Photo 4
Name
Start Date
Department
Photo 3
Name
Start Date
Department
Photo 2
Name
Start Date
Department
Photo 1
Fields
Table
Record
Diagram 1 – A graphical representation of the data

5. What is a Database? ID
Name
Start Date
Department 1
Jack Vettriano
1/1/2000
Marketing 2
James Watt
2/1/2001
Engineering 3
Iain Banks
8/12/2003
Documentation 4
Alexander Bain
05/06/2001 5
Arthur Conan Doyle
12/08/2004
Diagram 2 – A table representation of the same data

6. Database Connections Making a Connection Database Driver
ADO (Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects) technology
To see what database drivers you have installed:
Start Settings, Control Panel then
In 95,98,NT -> ODBC data sources, Drivers
In 2000-> Administrative Tools, Data Sources, Drivers
Client Server Environment

7. Localizing Database Content
There are 3 steps:
Connect - Establish a connection
Select the data to be localised
Link the field names of the database to source target and ID fields in a project TTK
These 3 steps are stored in a DDF file - (Data Definition File)

8. Localizing Database Content
Establish A connection:
Select Tools/Datasource/Define
Test Connection button
A complex connection string is created for you by Catalyst.
Select the Data using SQL
SELECT … from …
Link the data to the .ttk
IDs
Give your DDF a name

9. Connection to the database
There is no connection to the database while translation is in progress.
Connection to the database is only required when:
Setting up the connection string and inserting the DDF into the TTK
When populating the translated text back into the Database after translation.

10. Questions?