adk_mechetech
Member
So I am sure many of you have run into this problem over the years. I know I have....
The customer has a machine that was built outside the USA, and therefore programmed in the native language of the builder without any translations included. (Shame on the customer for not requiring it). They would like to make some additions and changes to the way the machine works.
I have been asked to either translate to English or re-program in English, whatever is more practical. I have done this many times with German, Spanish, and French programs, but this particular one is apparently in Chinese and my Mandarin is non-existent.
I have not seen a copy of the source code yet, but I have been informed it is/will be available. It is a Siemens S7-200 and hopefully not the CN only version. Now, I have no idea the quality of the program, or the skill of the original programmer, so I just have to assume it isn't total garbage at this point.
How would you handle something like this? I could sit with Google translate on my phone, but Chinese translation is painfully difficult if you don't have any understanding of the language. Is there some kind of technical translation service I can sub out at least the symbol list to for translation?
Recommendations?
The customer has a machine that was built outside the USA, and therefore programmed in the native language of the builder without any translations included. (Shame on the customer for not requiring it). They would like to make some additions and changes to the way the machine works.
I have been asked to either translate to English or re-program in English, whatever is more practical. I have done this many times with German, Spanish, and French programs, but this particular one is apparently in Chinese and my Mandarin is non-existent.
I have not seen a copy of the source code yet, but I have been informed it is/will be available. It is a Siemens S7-200 and hopefully not the CN only version. Now, I have no idea the quality of the program, or the skill of the original programmer, so I just have to assume it isn't total garbage at this point.
How would you handle something like this? I could sit with Google translate on my phone, but Chinese translation is painfully difficult if you don't have any understanding of the language. Is there some kind of technical translation service I can sub out at least the symbol list to for translation?
Recommendations?