Translate Texts

This chapter describes how to manage text translations in IFS Applications. It covers topics such as how to suggest translations and reject translations. Figure 1 shows where the Text Translations page is found in the navigator structure.

Figure 1. Text Translation page in the navigator structure

Contents

• Manage Text Translation
• Approve Translation
• Reject Translation
• Copy Prog Text
• Suggest Translation
• Show Application Form
• Build Satellite Assemblies

Manage Text Translations

Text translations are managed in the Text Translations page. When navigating to the Text Translation page, a Search window will appear in order to filter out the relevant Prog texts, see Figure 2.

Figure 2. Search Text Translations

Figure 3. Text Translations form

The Prog Text shows the original text which is coded into the application, this is the text that is translated. The Translation field is where the translation for the corresponding Prog Text is displayed. Right clicking on a record will open the menu in Figure 4.

Figure 4. Menu options when right clicking on a record

Approve Translation

The menu option Approve Translation changes the translation status of the selected records to OK. To approve translations, do like this:

1. Select the records that should be approved.
2. Right click and select Approve Translation in the menu, see Figure 4 above.

Reject Translation

Translations can be rejected if they are evaluated to be inaccurate. A rejection is done by right clicking on the record you want to do the rejection for, this will open the Reject Translation dialog, see Figure 5. This dialog will display the Prog Text for the translation and contains the field Reject Information where information connected to the rejection should be included. If the rejection is connected to a support case, Case ID can also be added in the field below. The rejection will then be sent to the translation agency which will update their translation memory accordingly.

Figure 5. The Reject Translation dialog

Copy Prog Text

Copy Prog Text sets the translation based on the Prog Text for the selected records. To copy the Prog Text, right click on relevant rows and select Copy Prog Text in the menu. This will copy the value of the Prog Text field to the Translation column. Use this function to save time typing in translations when the translations are identical to the Prog Texts.

Suggest Translation

In order to get suggestions for text translations, there is suggestion functionality available to give support in the process. It provides suggestions of translations based on previous translations of the Prog Text that you use the suggest functionality for. In order to receive suggestions, do like this:

1. Select the record that should be translated and right click on it.
2. In the menu, click on Suggest Translation. (Alternatively press Shift+F9)
3. A dialog will appear where you can see the Prog Text of the chosen record and also the suggested translations, see Figure 6. The ratio displays the number of occurrences for the specific translation.
4. Here you should pick the appropriate Translated Text and click OK. Try to pick a translation that corresponds closely to the Prog Text.
    

You can use the Suggest Translation functionality for multiple rows as long as all the selected rows have the same Prog Text and Language.

Figure 6. Suggested Chinese Translations for the Prog Text "Quantity"

Show Application Form

Build Satellite Assemblies

To test the translations of IEE of RWC type, the process of building satellite assemblies can be used. The menu option Build Satellite Assemblies… on the text translation feature will open a dialog, see Figure 7. The dialog options are described below.

After the parameters in the dialog have been specified, click on Generate to build the satellite Assemblies for the selected DLLs.

Checking Advanced Settings will expand the dialog and display additional options related to Workspace Paths and Output Paths, see Figure 8. The advanced settings parameters are described below.

Figure 7. Build Satellite DLLs on Translate Text feature