Release Notes - translationstudio Application

Java

17+

Java Persistence Api

2.1

Operating System

Windows or Linux

The system has to be able to run Java programs

Memory

minimum of 750 MB RAM

may vary

Disk Space

approx. 250 MB RAM

may vary

Databases

- MS-SQL Server 2008

- MySQL 5.6.0 or newer

- PostgreSQL

or an embedded H2 database

240722

Avoid unlikely but potential endless loop if XML import causes certain exceptions.

Update license mechanism adapted to FirstSpirit configuration gui.

240716

TMS files can add prefix when downloading.

240314

Systemd PID file now stored /run instead of inside the translationstudio directory.

240307

Potential NPE when analysing request uids during page pool evaluation.

240221

Discard translation requests with invalid data instead of retrying later.

240209

New PONS connector added

240111

Fix Azure connector not fetching supported languages

231124

Remove orphaned monitored files in translation if the underlying connector configuration has been removed. Such elements cannot be queried anymore anyway.

Patched version 2.2.224 of H2 due to known (yet unaffected) security vulnerabilities

231122.1

Replace deprecated stateless session queries with session JPA

231122

Evaluate CMS secure connection flag for test connection

231121

Upgraded libraries

231120

Delete repository files that cannot be translated instead of deactivating them

231017

SUMM AI connector added

231016

Java17 migration

230711

Configuration webapp added

230606

Remove double spaces from XML file via event com.idmedia.translationstudio.events.RemoveDoubleSpacesInXmlTextEvent

230323

DeepL connector can use glossaries

230116

REST api provides connector configuration list

221116

New events aded

Rest v2 endpoints updated

Hooks removed entirely from configuration

221020

TMS projects and files containing entities produce readable display names.

Email notifications containing entities contain readable name.

221014

Migrating java mailer dependencies.

221012

Connectors may archive projects once all files have been downloaded.

221005

Error mails include server instance name for transparency if having a multi-instance environment.

Improved chipher key length drastically for better protection of secrets.

Configuration files are split into different files per section for easier handling.

Remove navigation from translated xml file event.

Health monitor mail includes server instance name.

220802

New event added to Create an additional file once all files have been uploaded to the connector via ICreateAdditionalFileAfterConnectorProjectFilesUploadedEvent

220722

Clear temporary working import and export directories on startup.

220621

DeepL connector queries available source and target langauges.

220524

REST API update.

220519

Updated REST api to modify monitored files in translation datasets (TMS checks).

220518

Updated REST api.

220513

Monitored files will also contain information about target TMS project name, file name and CMS pages.

220224

Downloaded translated XMLs will be parsed to verify XML structure.

220221

New event added to process all additional files from a list of translatable files to create a summary text that could be used to create a TMS project description.

220105

Translation request will be evaluated and only be stored if the target connector project is available.

REST API updated.

211201

Very old files in translation may be marked as obsolete to avoid infinite checks.

211118

New events added.

211105

Failed imports may be retried if eligible.

211028

New event to allow checking an importable XML file before it is actually being imported.

210916

Custom Error Notification for e-Spirit Cloud (TSCORE-797)

210723

translationstudio diplays memory configuration in the logfile for clearer startup transparency.

210205

Improved AI translations.

210112

Events can be registered using startup xml.

Default event to group xml candidates by request

201203

You can register connector event handler to customise a connector to your needs.

FragmentCreator support

Maximum number of pages/datasources per job can be configured per quota.

201020

New Hook allows to access the process right after the XML files have been processed by a connector.

200923

API changes

200901

Rest endpoint added to simply ping the backend to programmatically check if it is running.

Java 11 migration completed.

Hooks can be configured using the configuration panel instead of using a dedicated xml file.

Jobs contain urgency information

2004.14

Application settings moved to separate configuration xml to separate dynamic from static settings.

Additional load balancing settings added to the configuration panel.

Across project names can add the name(s) of the page(s) to be translated using a new pattern.

MemoQ project names can add the name(s) of the page(s) to be translated using a new pattern.

Versioning pattern changed from numeric to semantic pattern.

Set default TLS connection algorithm

4.3.0

It is possible to configure how detailed the translation status is to be stored.

PagePool datasets are removed after a job has been processed successfully.

FS-Report re-designed.

Translation status information are stored in a dedicated table instead of the pagepool table (separation of concerns).

Connectors create readable file names when uploading a translatable XML file.

Across connector configuration ignores archieved projects.

Across can apply filters in the connector (backend).

Across projects can be created using a custom naming pattern.

Across reuses its security token.

HTTP REST API validates header bearer everywhere.

GDPR Notice informs about encoded mail address in XML.

The online documentation also contains the simple XML format dokumentation.

4.2.0

translationstudio checks accessibility of the TMS before trying to submit files for translation.

Machine translation connectors import translated XML files again by default.

It is possible to select which information is to be shown on the dashboard.

FS-Report includes number of XML files in translationstudio’s import/error directory.

FS-Report shows detailed list of monitored file status update.

Debugging option: remove temporary export/import directories to evaluate xml files.

translationstudio documentation styling improved.

If the translationstudio FirstSpirit service component cannot be obtained due to class loading issues, a detailed log information will be given with a hint on how to solve the issue.

translationstudio workflows and templates use FS_CATALOG instead of deprecated FS_LIST input components (language mappings have to be updated again).

4.1.0

Editor Manual contains more specific and detailed information.

Improved documentation.

translationstudio requires an api-key in order to process any requests.

FS-Report includes monitored files in translation as well as metrics.

Projects can update translationstudio components automatically if configured.

Across connector documentation added.

SDL connector documentation added.

memoQ connector documentation added.

4.0.0

translationstudio verifies that a connector is on the classpath before transferring files with it.

New translation status allows to differentiate between files about to sent to a connector and those successfully forwarded by it.

Across connector provides a more detailed logging to analyse its progress.

translationstudio can be updated automatically in all projects if a technical properties file is used.

The custom input components used in a translation workflow form can be defined in a separate script form to avoid loss during an update process.

Improved API and tutorials to allow for custom developments.

Connector documentation includes all default connectors (Filesystem, AWS, DeepL, Google Translate).

Editor Manual contains more specific and detailed information.

230919

Fix error counter in transferrable files.

230817

If a processable job contains XMLS that cannot be found on the filesystem anymore, they will be ignored.

By default, a translation will be submitted to a connector once instead of retrying 10 times.

230815

Deadline in the past will be ignored when submitting files to a TMS via connectors.

If a connector transfer failed, job error counter might not have been increased creating infinite jobs.

230411

Migrate txt-processor into cms library

230330

Before querying any translation status, a test connection is established to only query if possible

230314

Fixed machine translation configuration property falsely interpreted as string

Machine translation can ignore capacity requirements if not set

230210

Fixed user id evaluation in translation request

230209

Storing hook configuration again

230116

Metric JSON fix

221209

Fix encryption on mail settings patch.

221014

Check if configuration has to be migrated.

220829

Translating a single DOM sentence may cause it to be ignored (#70247).

220624

Machine translation connector may crete empty translation candidates if the character limit is too low.

220622

Machine translation evaluates html sentence structure and identifies simple sentences.

Machine translation linearizes translated text if the phrase order cannot be maintained or if the source structure was disrupted by the translation service.

220620

Machine translation target language identification is case insensitive

220221

Duplicate Base64 encoding of custom messages may have broken additional text file creation.

220105

Custom admin email was not persisted permanently.

211213

Added -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true to jvm.conf to address CVE-2021-44228 (precaution only). For more information, consult our Security Bulletins page.

210910

Mail sending loads custom properties file to allow for a more detailed configuration to avoid legacy transport protocol issues.

210908

Dateiname der CreatePreviewHook XSL Datei korrigiert (HELP-54041).

210817

When sending the shutdown signal, the stop script will wait until the application has shutdown to avoid restart timing issues (Linux).

Windows service installation batch file provides accessible configuration options instead of a single one line command.

Windows service installation process fixed issue in which the service would not start properly.

Windows service start/stop processes log information to a log file for easy debugging in case of startup problems.

210805

Pagebased notification endpoint XML result update.

210723

translationstudio starts with specific max memory settings.

210421

Hibernate queries migrated to JPA to eliminate deprecated method calls.

210420.3

Plain text messages will explicitly set UTF-8 charset in mime type information.

210420.2

Fixed issue which resulted in incorrect identification of rich-text nodes for machine translations (HELP-51975).

210420.1

Fixed trailling space at the end of a machine translation sentence (HELP-51557)

210420

Fixed miscalculation of allowed retry boundary of failed TMS uploads.

210406

Empty sections caused import to stop and consider the file errorneous.

201209

Translation status elements are identified based on source and target language correctly.

201203

Special characters are encoded correctly by machine translation connectors and translation helpers.

201117

Special character never brake translation request anymore.

201020

Translatable xml files will not be processed infitely.

Files that cannot be transferred to a TMS will be marked as errorneous and not processed infitely.

DeepL does not split input text.

201009.2

Machine translation will only log to log level FINE

201009.1

REST response changed to plain text for immediate translation to avoid xml parsing

201009

Machine translation format changes will not cause an error notification email.

Hooks configuration fixed.

200923

More efficient way of loading user notification email addresses.

Avoid sending too many notification emails to users at once

200901

Admin notification module: Potential NPE caught if an exception provides a NULL message.

Hibernate and Netty dependencies updated to latest available versions.

Unused dependencies removed.

API key creation issue fixed.

Send multiple notification emails instead of one if necessary.

Temporary download directory will only be created if there are actual files to be downloaded by a connector.

Improved memory management when sending e-Mails.

2004.14

Potential email injection attacks fixed.

Potential XML external entity (XXE) injection fixed.

Potential XSLT External Entity (XXE) vulnerability fixed.

When connecting to Translation Memory Systems via HTTPS, translationstudio relies on the default keystore for certificate evaluation.

Connector project list in language mapping template sorts list alphabetically.

ContentCreator JavaScript status icon correctly shows source and target language for translated pages.

Translation workflow shows correct date for each translation status instead of date of first insertion.

Translation status updated (about to be forwarded to translator) based on job id may have included elements not actually being processed.

Avoid overloading of the file system, processors or memory of the operating system when extracting ZIP files recieved from TMS API calls or sycned folders by a Connector (CVE-2018-16131).

Better dependency management by avoiding jar dependencies in translationstudio jars.

Changed FirstSpirit MailService usage when evaluating ScheduledTask log errors to avoid potential spam marking (if at all).

Dataset fields of type String are updated if translated despite changed column name in data xml format in FS version 2020-03.

4.3.0

UTF-8 encoding problems fixed in immediate translation using DeepL.

If an import is being interrupted by the shutdown process, failed import attempts will not be stored.

Added explicit UTF-8 encoding when converting String to bytes and vice versa.

Potential charset error when decoding a REST answer fixed.

Language dependent imagemap components using an FS_CATALOG in a link template are processed correctly.

Added logging if the configuration cannot be sent to the backend application.

Custom messages with full UTF-8 charset support.

If a requestration request cannot be stored in the DB, the process pauses instead of logging errors.

Errorneous soap responses with invalid content-type text/html result in specific logging with possible fix instructions.

Encrypted mail addresses are stored in the XML file.

Notifications are sent based on particular XML instead of job id.

License Validator gibt fehlerhafte ERROR-Message im Log aus.

Language mapping templates use FS_CATALOG instead of deprecated FS_LIST component.

4.2.2

EasyConnector correctly names merged zip file also if based on one source zip file only.

4.2.1

Language dependent imagemap with nestes FS_CATALOG component correctly switches source and target languages to allow for a correct import.

4.2.0

Start/Stop Script checks for wrong process id and stops the translationstudio service irrespective of that (Linux).

Translatable XMLs that could not be found by the connector will be checked up to 10 times to avoid incorrect lookups.

If being shutdown, translationstudio does not update monitored file status information to avoid false status results caused by a request interruption.

translationstudio workflows and templates use FS_CATALOG instead of deprecated FS_LIST input components.

Status change notification mails will be sent to users again.

Specific information will be logged if a connector module is missing.

4.1.0

Across connector now times out if a connection is idle for too long

Words in XLIFF files will be counted (optionally)

EasyConnector executes shell commands when merging multiple zip files into a single one

4.0.0

Translation status of files monitored by a connector will have more detailed information available.

Monitored translations will not be removed from the database but flagged to allow for a more detailed analysis in case of errors and success.

translationstudio will remove any page reference from its temporary FirstSpirit database tickets to reduce irrelevant dependency information.

translationstudio’s REST API allows for a more transparent error handling.

Improved error handling in case a connector cannot find a translation to be monitored.

translationstudio’s FirstSpirit project component will detect if the schema used does not support schema sync.

translationstudio’s FirstSpirit component loads its dependencies not provided automatically if started via the FS Launcher.

Health report does not list system processes anymore