Working with the Translations of an Environment's Messages

The Translation manager's Messages tab lets you translate the environment's messages into the current language.

Access

To open the message translation page, click the Messages tab in the Translation manager window.

Note: You cannot access this page unless one or more translation languages have been created. It will be blank if no messages have yet been displayed using a selection.

In addition to "Translation manager", the main window's title bar will contain the current environment name, the current translation language and the name of the selected application area (or "*ENV" for the repository).

Data entry

Position to

Search argument allowing positioning in the message list.

Note: The prefix filter takes priority over the number.

Lists

Message list

Messages are set out in the following columns:

Prefix	Message prefix (on three characters).
Message number	Message number.
Message name	Message name.
Translated	indicates that the message is translated into the current language and that its translation is up to date (the original message has not been modified since the translation was made). indicates that the message is translated into the current language but the translation is out of date because the original message has been modified since its last translation. The empty field indicates that the message is not translated into the current language.
Comment	Message-associated comment.
Comment translation	Translation of the comment into the current language.

Note: A message's prefix and number form an identifier that is unique within the application area.

Messages are classed by prefix, then by number.

Select the message to be translated.

Double-click one of the messages to translate it, or else click the right mouse button and select the Translate option. Extended-selection list.

Note: You can select or deselect several non-consecutive messages by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking the left mouse button.

Context-sensitive menus

Translate

This option opens a dialog box that lets you translate the selected messages.

Translate comment

This option opens a dialog box that lets you translate the comment of the selected messages.

Print

This option let you print an environment's messages and their corresponding translations. The printout will contain the message's identifier (application area name, prefix and number), source text and translation (if any) in the current language.
The print job is submitted to the Job manager.

Selection	This option lets you print just those messages you have selected in the list with the mouse.
All	This option lets you print all the messages in the list.

Comment

This option opens a dialog box that lets you comment the selected message. The comment is associated with the message and independent from the language.

Buttons

Select

This option opens a dialog box that lets you select messages according to the application area to which they are attached.

Search

This option opens a dialog box that lets you run a search on the text of the messages (1st and 2nd level) or of the translations issued from the current selection.

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