Introduction

Xbench, developed by ApSIC Localization Solutions, is a third-party program for performing Quality Assurance checks and managing Terminology. Within the framework of integration with the system, Xbench might be perceived as an “enhancement” to a built-in QA module in XTM Cloud.

Each and every Xbench package generated from XTM Workbench that is uploaded into a program has got a number of predefined checks to spot common errors, such as inconsistencies, missing or unmodified translations, spelling errors, mismatch in numbers or tags, deviations from key terminology, etc.

How to enable and use Xbench

Activating Xbench

To enable Xbench in XTM Cloud in general, you first need to enable Linguists to use Xbench. For this purpose, as the user with administrative privileges, go to Configuration → Settings → Translation → Workflow and access → Linguist general options, and select the Allow linguists to use Xbench option.

Do not forget to save the changes.

Using Xbench

1. First of all, make sure you have the Xbench program installed on your device.

2. Next, as the Linguist assigned to that workflow step, make sure there is already some translation performed on the segments in XTM Workbench.

3. Next, expand the QA drop-down and select Open Xbench.

4. An XBPKG file will be generated. Select a green notification at the bottom of the screen to download it.

5. Xbench files have the .xbpkg extension added to the name of the original source file. For example, for a file source_file.txt, the Xbench file will have the name: source_file.txt.xbpkg.

6. Now, open the Xbench program and log into your account.

7. Expand the Project dropdown from the top ribbon bar and click Open….

8. Once the package is loaded, you can go to the QA tab and click on Check Ongoing Translation. You will be presented with a complete list of segments which contain some QA errors.