Itranslator 2003 comes with two
fonts - 'Sanskrit 2003' for Devanagari and 'URW
Palladio ITU' for Transliteration. 'Sanskrit 2003' Devanagari font
contains more than 1000 ligatures. See the help file for more information.
Output can be saved in Rich Text Format
(.rtf), as web page (.htm) or as Unicode text (.txt).
System requirements:
To use Itranslator 2003, you will need
A computer with
Windows 2000,
Windows XP or Windows Server 2003
installed. Older versions of Windows do not support Unicode.
MS Word XP or other Unicode-enabled
word-processors / desktop publishing software.
To enable 'International Support' on
your system. For more information on how to enabled international support, have a look in
the help file that comes with Itranslator 2003.
Itranslator 99
If you don't have Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003
you may use our Itranslator 99
Read-only ITRANS files did
not save and also no warning was given. Now, read-only files
open as 'new file', forcing the user to save it under a new
name. (MS Word behaviour)
{\m+} did not convert after
preceding svarahs. Corrected.
Combined Conversion:
Converting very long paragraphs considerably
slowed down the system. This has been corrected.
Combined Conversion converts
line-by-line, i.e. after every Devanagari line follows a
Transliteration line. However, most Sanskrit texts consists of
verses. To achieve this verse-by-verse conversion, insert a
blank line after every verse.
Changes in the Sanskrit
2003 font:
On the request of many
users, the old-style 'tva' ligatures have been replaced
with modern, Hindi-like design.
Candrabindu before svarita (udatta)
was too small. Corrected.
Mihail Bayaryn has designed these Devanagari fonts, which
are compatible with Itranslator 2003. They are available for
download from Ulrich Stiehl's website at:
www.sanskritweb.net/cakram
Uttara 1.2 (Devanagari - 2.5 MB)
Ulrich Stiehl
has written a detailed 'Technical Manual of Itranslator
2003', which includes a comparison Itranslator 99 and 2003. It can be downloaded from
his website at:
www.sanskritweb.net
Also see the Addendum on his website, which covers the
changes made in Build 2.0.0.38.
Keyboard Layout
If you are used to type with the 8-bit Sanskrit 99 Font, then
you may not like the INSCRIPT Keyboard that is used for the
Sanskrit 2003 Font. In that case you may download the "Sanskrit
99" Keyboard Layout, which resembles - with minor changes - the
keyboard of the Sanskrit 99 Font, but is Unicode- compatible. (Screenshot)
Screenshots:
