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Stage 1 – Drafting

Introduction
There are several stages in a translation project. In this first stage you will use many of the resources to ensure that you understand the source text, then you will draft and keyboard the text of the translation along with other materials and also begin the preliminary checks.

The following modules will help you in this stage:

• 2: OD – Organising your desktop
• 3: PP1 – Project plan and progress
• 4: KD – Keyboarding your draft
• 5: BC1 – Basic checks
• 6: PP2 – Project progress

2: OD – Organising your desktop

Introduction
As you work with your text in Paratext 9 you will want to see a variety of resources. In this module, you will learn how to open resources and organise your desktop.

Where we are
We are getting ready to type text into an existing project. Before you can do this, someone must have already installed the program, created a project for your data and installed resources for you.

Why this is important
The translator who organises his/her desktop well has all the resources necessary for his/her work.

What are you going to do?
You will start the Paratext 9 program and open a previously saved layout (text combination). If needed you will open other resources, change the arrangement of the windows and resave the text combination.

Changes in Paratext 9

The menus have changed in Paratext 9. To see the menu, you now need to click on the menu icon ≡. There are now two types of menus. The main Paratext menu is on the title bar ( ) and each window (or tab) has its own menu ( ). When you click on one of these menu icons all the menus are displayed and you just need to click on the command.

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2.1: Load the program

• Double-click on Paratext 9 icon on the desktop
  
  OR
• (From the Start menu, choose Paratext 9)

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2.2: Open a saved layout

• Click the ≡ Paratext menu, then under the Window menu
• Choose a saved layout (text combination).
  Your screen should look like the picture below (if not, see below).
  

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2.3: Create a new text layout

If you haven’t already saved a layout, then we recommend you do the following:

2.3.1: Open and arrange the windows

• Open 5 windows as follows:
  • 5 =your project
    • ≡ Paratext menu, under (Paratext > Open, Projects)
  • 1 = Renderings
    • ≡ Tab menu, under (Tools > Biblical Terms renderings)
  • 2 = Source text
    • ≡ Paratext menu, under (Paratext > Open > Source language text)
  • 3 = Dictionary
    • ≡ Paratext menu, under (Paratext > Open > source language dictionary)
  • 4= Text collection
    • ≡ Paratext menu, under (Paratext > Open, select several resources, choose to open as Text collection. See 2.5)
• Arrange the windows as desired. See Paratext video 0.2.1b, c, and d.

2.3.2: Save the layout

Once the windows are arranged as desired:

• ≡ Paratext, under Layout > Saved current layout
• Type a name
  [or to replace an existing combination, choose the existing name]
• Click OK

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2.4: Delete a text combination

If you want to delete a saved combination,

• ≡ Paratext menu, under Layout > Delete layout
• Choose the name of the saved combination.
• Click Delete

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2.5: Open resources in a Text collection

• ≡ Paratext menu, under Paratext > Open
  
• Click on the resource button (at the top).
• Select several resources using the Ctrl key when you click on the resource.
• Repeat as necessary.
• Click on the Open as dropdown list.
• Choose Text collection
• Click OK

N.B. It is suggested that resources be presented in the order of more literal to less literal (to focus on the texts that are most faithful to the source texts). For French resources, the following order is suggested: TOB, NVSR78Col, NBS, BDS, FC97, PDV11. For English resources: ESV, RSV, NIV, NLT.

• To change the order of texts in the collection
• ≡ Tab, Modify text collection
  
  
• Use the arrow buttons to change the order as necessary
  
• Make any other changes
• Click OK

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2.6: Open an Enhanced Resource

• ≡ Paratext menu, under Paratext > Open
  
• Click on Enhanced Resources

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2.7: Open a dictionary

• ≡ Paratext menu, under Paratext > Open
  
• Click Dictionaries
• Choose « A Concise Greek-English Dictionary of the New Testament » OR "Trilingual Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament"
• Click OK
• View > choose a language (e.g. French)

Other dictionaries (in English but with photos)

• "Plants and Trees in the Bible"
• "Animals in the Bible"

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2.8: Working with the Source language text

• ≡ Paratext, under Paratext > Open
  
  
• Click Source Language Texts
• Choose HEB/GRK
• Click OK 
• ≡ Tab under View > Additional glosses
• Choose the project which has the glosses
• Click OK

3: PP1 – Project plan and progress 

Introduction
You use the Project Plan to help organise your work and to see which tasks to do next. Once you have finished the task, you should mark it as completed so that you can report on what has been achieved. [If you have used an earlier version, you will see that it has dramatically improved in Paratext 9.]

Where are we?
Before you can use the plan, it must have been configured. [This is usually done by your project administrator who will add the appropriate organisational plan and configure it for your team.]

Why is this important?
There are so many tasks to be done in a translation project. It is important to have a system to make sure these are all done. Now that your plan has been configured, you can use the plan to see what tasks have been assigned to you to be done next. Then when you finish the task, you can mark the task as completed and see the next task to do. You can use this information to generate reports for supervisors and donors (see PP2: Project plan reporting).

What are we going to do?
You will mark a variety of tasks as complete. The exact steps will vary slightly depending on whether the task is set to once per project, once per book, or by chapter. The place to mark progress for all types of tasks is the Status column.

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3.1: View tasks that need to be done

• In your project, click "Assignments and Progress" button
  OR
  [≡ Tab under Project menu, select Assignments and progress]
• From the first dropdown menu, choose either My tasks or All tasks
  
  • A list of the various tasks and checks are displayed.

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3.2: Identify the next task

The list of tasks shows the uncompleted tasks, each with a colored bar beside it.

• Identify the next task for you need to do. It will have either a green or slashed green bar.
• Check that it is not waiting for another task. In this case it will have a red slash bar.
• Do the task (see other modules if necessary).

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3.3: Mark a task as complete

3.3.1: Mark a book task as completed

• Click on the checkmark to the left of the status.
  
  It should turn solid to show it is completed.

3.3.2: Mark a chapter task as completed

• Click + to mark the next chapter as complete
  
• To mark other chapters as complete you can click on the word Completed
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  A dialog box is displayed with a list of the chapters.
  
• Check the chapters that have been completed.

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3.4: Checks

• If the task is a check, the status of the check will either say Setup required or it will show number of remaining issues.
• A check is complete when there are No issues.

3.4.1: Checks – setup required (Administrator)

• Click the blue link "Setup required"
  Paratext 9 will run the appropriate inventory or open the settings for that check.
• Complete the setup as appropriate.
• Close the window when finished.

3.4.2: Checks – issues

• Click on the blue link “ …. issues”
  A list of errors is displayed.
• Make the necessary corrections.
• Close the list result.
• ≡ Paratext under Paratext > Save all (or Ctrl+s).
• Return to the Project plan.

3.4.3: Postpone check

• ≡ Tab, under Project menu, select Assignments and Progress
• Change to All tasks view
• Hover over a check that has issues
• Click Postpone (which appears to the right of the Status column),
• Choose which stage you want to postpone the check
• Type the reason for postponing the check.
  the check will move to that stage.

4: KD – Keyboarding your draft

Introduction
This module explains how to keyboard your draft translations into a project in Paratext 9.

Where we are
We are about to keyboard text into an existing project. Before you can do that, someone must have already installed the program and created a project for your data.

Why this is important
This is the first stage of entering your translation into the computer. Once the text has been typed, you can run various checks on the content and format of the text.

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4.1: Go to a Biblical verse

• Using the icons on the toolbar, change the project, book, chapter and verse as needed.
  

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4.2: Check that the project is editable

• Look at the titlebar of your project.
  
  The titlebar should have the word (Editable).
• If the book is not editable, and you need to edit it, you should talk with your project administrator.
• If it is not editable, try changing the view (see below).

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4.3: Changing the view

• Ctrl + E -or-
• ≡ Tab under View menu, choose the view (usually Standard).

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4.4: Typing special characters

• Change your keyboard system as needed on your computer.
• If you are using Keyman then choose your keyboard (e.g. Tchad Unicode
  (or for MS-Keyboards choose AF or TR/SQ/TZ/AF…)
• Type the keys as in the table in Appendix .

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4.5: Adding text in another marker – title or introduction

• Move your cursor to the end of the previous paragraph:
• Type Enter or type « `\` »
• Type the marker (e.g. `s1` or `ip`) « Enter » (or select it from the list).
• Type the text
• Add a paragraph marker after the text
  (for example: `\p`)

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4.6: Add paragraph breaks

• Move the cursor to where you want to break the paragraph.
• Press Enter
• Type `p`, then Enter.

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4.7: Saving your work

• ≡ Paratext under Paratext > Save All
• –or- Ctrl + S

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4.8: Insert Footnotes

• Move the cursor to where you want to insert the footnote.
• ≡ Tab, under Insert > Footnote
• A set of footnote markers is added in the box below the text
  
  
• Type the text after the `\ft`

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4.9: Send/receive

4.9.1: Send/receive this project to the Internet

• Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet.
• ≡ Tab under Project,> Send/Receive this project
• Paratext will immediately send/Receive i.e. without offering the different options.

4.9.2: Send/receive to the Internet

• Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet.
• If you want to send/receive other projects, or change the way to send/receive
• ≡ Paratext under Paratext,> Send/Receive projects
• Choose Internet Server
• Check the box next to the projects to Send/Receive.
• Click Send/Receive.
  The computer will make a copy of your files. A progress meter will be displayed. A message box will only appear if there are any problems.

4.9.3: Send/receive to a USB stick to backup your data

• Insert your USB key into your computer.
• ≡ Paratext, under Paratext > Send/Receive project(s)
  
• Choose USB drive.
• Check the box next to the projects to Send/Receive.
• Click Send/Receive.
  
  The computer will make a copy of your files. A progress meter will be displayed. A message box will only appear if there are any problems.

4.9.4: Send/Receive Again

• Insert your USB stick into your computer or connect to the Internet.
• Click the Send/Receive icon
  Paratext will immediately send/Receive.

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4.10: Moving your cursor efficiently

• The arrow keys, ← ↑ → ↓
  Home, End, PgUp, et PgDn,
  F8 (chapter), F9 (book)
• or Ctrl + any of those keys

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4.11: Recall:

If the titlebar doesn’t say `Editable` (or your name), you should try changing the __.

To add a different marker (such as section heading) you press ___.

To add paragraph marker you type .

To insert a footnote, you use the _ menu and choose .

To send/receive, you use the menu then .

[Answers: view, enter or \, enter, Insert, Footnote, File, Send/receive]

5: BC1 – Basic checks

Introduction 
In this module, you will check the chapters/verses and the markers using two methods: The Project plan and the project menus (Checking).

Where we are
You have typed your text in Paratext 9. Now you want to start checking. In this module we start with the first two basic checks. The remaining checks are covered in 12: BC2 – Basic Checks and

Why this is important
These checks allow you to be sure that you have all the chapters and verses and that the other markers are correct. It is important to run the chapter/verse check first because all the other checks depend on it. Doing these checks allows you to complete the Drafting stage.

What you are going to do
You are going to run the first two basic checks using two different methods. The easiest way is to run the checks from the project plan. However, you can also do the checks from the project menu (Tools) if you need to check more than one book at a time.

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5.1: Running checks from the project plan

It is easier to run the checks from the project plan.

• View the project plan by clicking on the icon
  (at the top right of your project window).
• If there are any "issues" (errors), click the blue link to the right
  
  A windows appears with a list of the errors.
• Double-click a line in the list.
• Correct the error in your project.
• Double-click the next line in the list.
• Continue for each error.
• Click "Rerun" button to check that all the errors have been corrected.
• Close the results list window.
• Return to the project plan, and click on the link to show the issues from the markers check.

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5.2: Running the checks from the menus

5.2.1: « Chapter/ Verse »

• Click in your project window
• ≡ Tab, under Tools > Run Basic Checks
• Check only Chapter/verse numbers
• Uncheck any other checks
• If necessary, click Choose… and choose the book you want to check
• Click OK
  A windows appears with a list of the errors.

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• Double-click a line in the list.
• Correct the error in your project.
• Double-click the next line in the list.
• Continue for all the errors.
• Click "Rerun" button to check that all the errors have been corrected.
• Close the results list window.

5.2.2: Markers check

• ≡ Tab, under Tools > Checking Inventories then Markers Inventory
  The list shows an overview of the markers in your text. You cannot change anything but you can look for markers which may be errors.
• Close the marker inventory.
• ≡ Tab, under Tools > Run Basic Checks
• Check the Markers
• Click OK
• Correct any errors.

6: PP2 – Project progress

Introduction
In this module, you will learn how to update your progress by marking tasks as completed. You will also create a progress report.

Where we are
You have been working on your translation and have finished a task. You now want to update your progress.

Why this is important
For the project plan to work well, you need to mark the tasks you have finished. This allows Paratext 9 to make the next task available for the other team members. It also gives Paratext accurate information on your progress for the reports. Creating a progress reports helps you prepare a report for your supervisors and funders.

What you are going to do
You will open the assignments and progress window and update the progress made. You will then produce a report.

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6.1: Make sure the progress of the plan is up to date

• Open the project plan (using the button)
• Update the progress on all tasks (see PP1 for instructions on each type of task).

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6.2: Change an assignment

• From the ≡ Tab, under Project menu, select Assignments and Progress....
• From the first drop-down list at the top left of the dialog, select All Tasks.
• In the "Assigned to" column, use the drop-down list to choose who will have responsibility for the task or check (listed in the "Task/Check" column at the far left).

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6.3: Produce a progress report

• From the Tools menu, select Project Health Report....
• Choose the project(s) to report
• Click OK.
  The report will contain a column for each project you selected.

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6.4: View team progress charts

• From the ≡ Tab, under Project menu, select Progress charts....
  
• Use the first dropdown box to choose the type of chart
• Choose the books as necessary.
• Click the print icon
  A window opens
• Click the Print icon
• Choose your printer (or PDF printer)
• Click OK.

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