The Raiverb Approach to Localization

The Raiverb Approach to Localization

Why Making Raiverb The idea of Raiverb was born from years of hand-on experience in localization, and the lack of solutions that would approachable, powerful enough, lightweight or non-SaaS based. The core feature of Raiverb is its Translation Center, which make use of generative AI capabilities to generate accurate translations, with a focus on context and consistency. This was not the main drive behind the idea to build a tool such as Raiverb, but it is undeniable that it became a focus.This approach is not an attempt at replacing the human element in the localization process, which in our vision…
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Raiverb 1.1.51 – A Bug Fixing Update

Raiverb 1.1.51 – A Bug Fixing Update

Some bugs were introduced in version 1.1.5. Version 1.1.51 corrects these bugs. Corrected display for server informations. Corrected the glossary loader being overly sensitive to errors while loading CSV. Corrected issues in DOCX importers. Corrected issues in the CSV importer. The OCR should now work better with bigger images. Word search should now work faster in the Translation Center.
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Raiverb 1.1.5 Known Issues

Raiverb 1.1.5 Known Issues

We have collected feedback on a number of important issues with Raiverb version 1.1.5: The DOCX importer does not properly collect the document metadata. The "Provide context" feature for translation may crash the application. The split delimiter does not work properly for clipboard imported content. The OCR feature does not work properly for some large images. Editing translation in the Translation Center often resets the cursor to the top, which is a bad experience. The project glossary feature is overly sensitive to formatting issues, and will not load properly the glossary if the CSV file contains empty lines. We are…
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Raiverb 1.1.5 Out: Translatepedia

Raiverb 1.1.5 Out: Translatepedia

Raiverb has been updated to version 1.1.5, with new important features: Translatepedia is here! The translatepedia is a new research and learning initiative. You can now choose to publish the content you translate publicly. Unaltered translations will be made available for everyone to review and evaluate. Sharing servers are free, users will receive complimentary Characters they can use on other servers. To send your translations over to the Transpedia, you simply need to use any server labeled Share (there should only be one for now). That's it!The Transpedia will be available here. (may remain unavailable for a few days, but…
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Who Won The War Against Tofu Symbols

Who Won The War Against Tofu Symbols

There was a period in computing, the early 2010, where characters support was far from universal. Trying to install and run non-standard ASCII software or opening files was a bit of a game of luck.Characters had to be installed separately in order to be fully supported. And not just the IME, but actual character support.And even then, nothing was a guarantee.In fact, it remained pretty common to see this on a regular basis: So, why was all of this happening, and why don't we see it so much anymore? Brace yourselves, we're going to dig a little bit into computing…
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Raiverb 1.1.4: Introducing Custom Backgrounds, Subtitles and Single Unit

Raiverb 1.1.4: Introducing Custom Backgrounds, Subtitles and Single Unit

Raiverb has been updated to version 1.1.4, with a few new features. The Hugely Important Feature: Custom Background You can now customize the background of the application, and can pick from cute kitties, whimsical clouds, abandoned temples and of course Wawa United™ themed backgrounds. We firmly believe this is a huge step in the right direction for the constant innovation in the field of computed-assisted translation. More seriously, on to other features: Subtitles Support - SRT and ASS subtitle formats are now supported. You can import both formats and have them translated and saved.This comes with a few upgrades that…
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Raiverb 1.1.3 Now Live

Raiverb 1.1.3 Now Live

Raiverb 1.1.3 is a maintenance update with mostly bug fixes and UI improvements. Here are the changes. Improved display for the Archives Manager The Archives Manager now features an explorer, where projects and batches are organized. The navigation is made simpler and faster. Improvements to the Importer The importer interface will now be faster, the software will not freeze anymore when importing a big file. Misc Changing the font size in the Translation Center, the Archives Manager and the WYSIWYG editor will now be persistent. Bug fixes Glossary Manager issues have been fixed. To download the latest version, head to…
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Raiverb 1.1 Known Issues

Raiverb 1.1 Known Issues

Here is a list of known issues collected from feedback, a fix will be posted at a later date: When saving a XLSX document, the "Prompt" option does not get printed even if the option is selected. Upon pasting content from the clipboard, the message "⚠Sorry, couldn't find content to extract in this file..." may appear erroneously before the content gets displayed, instead of a waiting prompt. This leads users to falsely believe importing content has failed, when it is still loading in the background. In the Translation Unit Info dialog, the language type does not get displayed properly. Some…
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Raiverb 1.1 Now Live (Steam)

Raiverb 1.1 Now Live (Steam)

Raiverb has been bumped to version 1.1, which is a feature-packed update: New Feature: Offline LQA A new LQA tool is now available in the Translation Center. It will allow you to perform meta-linguistic checks on your text. You can now import a source and target, then check for: Inconsistencies in the glossary. Inconsistencies in Translation Memory matches. You can chose to only verify perfect matches or to print warnings if a match in Translation Memory seems to differ too much from your translation.Inconsistencies in numerals and locale (are the numbers consistent, do they correspond to the chosen target language/culture…
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Raiverb Definitive Release (after a delay)

Raiverb Definitive Release (after a delay)

Due to some issues that needed to be sorted out first, the release of Raiverb had to be delayed a little bit. Well, the good news is we could finally get the thing rolling, and the software will release on Steam by April 9th, and hopefully the standalone version will release at the same time. A little note about this: the Standalone version and the Steam version will be completely separate and the Raiverb accounts you create on the website will not be able to log onto the Steam client and vice versa. Raiverb is translation productivity software that combines…
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