This API provides access to all translation memory functionality, both for file- and server-based translation memories. In addition it also provides the capability to create custom translation providers, which allow applications like Var:ProductName to interact with automated translation engines, third-party translation memory implementations or other translation engines in a unified way.
The majority of the functionality in this API centers around working with translation memories such as:
- Creating server and file-based TMs
- Configuring a TM
- Maintaining and tuning a TM
- Performing TM lookup operations
- Adding and editing translation units
- Retrieving information on translation units
- Creating language resources
- Performing TM imports and exports
- Connecting to a TM server
- Retrieving and creating container databases on a TM server
Apart from translation memories, Var:ProductName can also leverage other translation providers such as Web-based translation services (e.g. Google Translate), and any other kind of resource that provides translation solutions. This SDK contains an example of how to develop a simple translation provider plug-in that performs lookup operations in delimited text files.