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To show the triangles, go to Display>Heads Up Display>Poly Count.
For the transparency right click and hold on the object, go to Materials>Assign New Material>(for a shiny surface like a window you want a blinn). Then go to the transpareny slider in the attribute editor. pull the slider to the left. That will make the material transpareny.
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