Esper 2.2 build: 9123 released: 2008-04-06

Esperanta Tradukilo Vortope, a word-for-word Esperanto translator.

Copyright (c) 2008 Canadian Mind Products.

signed Java Web Start application.
Download from http://mindprod.com/products2.html#ESPER

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in commercial programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/roedy.html#NONMILITARY
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labeled non-military use only.
All Java jars and source code are included.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS,
(e.g. Win2K/XP/Vista/OSX/Linux/Solaris/Vista64/AIX...) so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.5 <><> or later installed.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing:

Download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as a Java Web Start application.
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
To install, extract the zip download with Winzip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ --  ticking off the <i>&ldquo;user folder names&rdquo;</i> option.

To run the JAWS application, modify the jnlp file to look in the right place for its files, then type:
javaws J:\com\mindprod\esper\esper.jnlp

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

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Rebuilding:

The zip already contains the necessary class and jar files, so unless you modify
the program, there is no need to recompile the source or rebuild the jar.
Configure basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are.
Configure your certificate name with environment SET cert=mindprodcert2008dsa
Configure your certificate password with environment SET jarsignerpassword=sesame
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to recompile and recreate the jar.

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Use:


A crude translator Esperanto To English and English to
Esperanto.  It works by looking up words in various
dictionaries on the web. It mindlessly translates word for
word.

(1) First download and install the lastest Java JRE from
 http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jre.html

(2) Using Winzip (from http://www.winzip.com) extract the
files into the default com\mindprod\esper directory.

(3) Create a shortcut setting by right clicking the
desktop and selecting new shortcut.

(4) Set the shortcut target to:

 C:\Program Files\Javasoft\JRE\1.3\bin\java.exe -jar esper.jar

(5) Set the start in directory to:

 C:\com\mindprod\esper

(6) Select any icon that suits your fancy, there is a
green star in the esper directory "Esperanta
Tradukilo.ico".

(7) To use the program, make sure you have an Internet
connection then click the icon. You don't need a browser.
It runs stand-alone as an application.

The translator works quite slowly, especially if you use a
lot of words that it can't find in any online dictionary.
It gradually gets faster as it learns your vocabulary.
It is also embarrassingly slow to start.  The Java runtime
takes a long time to waddle to its feet.

This version does not analyse prefixes and suffixes.

You can help the Esperanto to English translation along by
converting verbs to their infinitive -i form, e.g. amas to
ami and by breaking prefixes and suffixes off, e.g. mallonga
-> mal-longa and grandega -> granda. Remove the terminal -n
and -j e.g. knabojn -> knabo.

In a potential future version this should not be necessary.

Version history

2.1 2006-03-06 add pad, ant, reformat with IntelliJ, add Javadoc

2.2 2008-04-06 add build to title, tidy code, fix spelling errors, convert to JDK 1.5.