Only a few steps are necessary to translate with Swordfish. The basic workflow for translating a single document is described in the Getting Started with Swordfish tutorial.

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View Swordfish in action! Watch the translation of a Microsoft Word file in a 7 minutes Flash Video. All the steps shown in the Getting Started tutorial are included in this video presentation.

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Requirements: Macromedia Flash 7 or better is required for viewing the presentation. A screen resolution of 1024x768 pixels or better is recommended.

Swordfish includes an Internal database server based on HSQL database engine. The Internal server is adequate for small databases, but performance degrades with medium or large databases. It is recommended to use dedicated database engines for databases with more than 10.000 entries.

The database engines supported by Swordfish are:

• Oracle 10g
• MySQL 5.x

Oracle offers free Express Editions of Oracle 10g for Windows and Linux. The Express Editions are available for download at Oracle Database 10g Express Edition Downloads

MySQL is a multi-platform database engine that works on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Free versions for non-commercial use are available for download at MySQL 5.0 Downloads

Database Installation

Follow these links for detailed installation instructions:

Installation of MySQL 5 on Mac OS X

Installation of Oracle 10g XE on Linux

Installation of Oracle 10g XE on Microsoft Windows