Working with the Language Editor

Working with the Language Editor

Use the Language Editor to enter caption translations. The editor is started from the program "Designer" and opens in the document view. Only additional Language Editor functions are described in the following.

Menu Items

The following items are added to the menu bar when the editor starts.

Table 180: Meaning of Toolbar Icons

Icon	Meaning
	Shown untranslated captions.
	Entries filtered by the term entered in the field.
	Resets the filter.
	Updates the display with translations.
	Imports the translation.

Editing Translations in the Language Editor

Editing Translations in the Language Editor

With the Language Editor you can carry out translations for:

• The content of column labeled for multi-language input
• #LD expressions from columns containing VB.Net code
• Text stored in the text store (table QBMTranslationAddOnSource)

All translatable entries that are shown with their translation status in the Language Editor translation table.

The following information is displayed.

To edit a translation in the Language Editor

1. Select the category Base data in the Designer.
2. Start the Language Editor using the task Language Editor.
3. Select the languages of the translations you want to edit under Select languages in the toolbar.
4. Use filters to limit how much data is displayed, if necessary.
   • Click with the mouse in a column header to sort by the selected column.
   • To limit column entries, click on the arrow in the column header. This opens a text box into which you can enter filter text. If a filter is define, a icon is displayed in the column header. To remove the filter, click on the arrow in the column header and select Remove.
   • You can also enter a filter using the Filter option in the toolbar. Apply the filter to the key and its translations by clicking the button. To reset the filter, click the icon.

     If you double-click on a translation and select text in the field, the selected text is automatically copied to the Filter text box.

5. Run one of the following tasks.
   • Enter the translation. You can enter a translation by double-clicking on the text field.
   • When you have checked the translation, set the Checked box.

     TIP: Use the context menu Show usage to display where this text is displayed. The Usage displays the number of times the text is used. By double-clicking on an item, you pen a dialog box opens showing the object's properties.

6. Commit the changes to the main database. To do this, select Database | Commit to database... from the menu.

   After the changes have been committed to the main database, the system data is recalculated by the DBQueue Processor in order make the new multi-language data available to all system users.

Related Topics

• Labeling Columns for Translation
• Importing Translations

Importing Translations

The One Identity Manager default installation is supplied in the languages "English - United States [en-US]" and "German - Germany [de-DE]". Other languages are made available with a One Identity Manager Language Pack CSV files for translating the Web Portal. For more information about how the Web Portal uses languages, see the One Identity Manager Installation Guide.

The import:

• Creates the translations in the table DialogMultiLanguage.
• Updates currently existing entries based on the key, the table and the column.
• Deletes the entries.

To import the language files

1. Select the category Base data in the Designer.
2. Start the Language Editor using the task Language Editor.
3. Select the icon in the Editor's toolbar.
4. Select *.CSV files with the required language and click Open.

   This starts the import. This make take some time.

5. Commit the changes to the main database. To do this, select Database | Commit to database... from the menu.

   After the changes have been committed to the main database, the system data is recalculated by the DBQueue Processor in order make the new multi-language data available to all system users.