Translating Text

You can input data in a project in several languages and review the translations in a single interface.

  1. To open the translation dialog box, do one of the following:
    • Click Process > Translate .
    • In the dockable panel, right-click an electrical project and click Translate .
  2. Enter or modify the translations for different element properties and multilingual text elements within the electrical project.
  3. Click on the corresponding text to edit the translation.
    If you modify the file structure, the translations are not imported.
    Option Description
    Add/ Remove languages
    1. Select the language for translation.
    2. In the Language selector dialog box, check the dialog boxes corresponding to the languages. Only the languages that are not present in the electrical project are displayed. If you remove an existing language, a message is displayed to confirm a choice.
    Delete translations For the selected text, deletes all the translations except the main language used in the electrical project properties. For more information, see General.
    Find/ Replace Searches and replaces the text. For more informtion, see Finding and Replacing Translatable Text.
    Enter text in the filter zone. The list displays text with the entered character string.
    Configuration Manages display settings for the items in the dialog box. For more information, see Configuring Management Dialog Boxes.
    Hide empty texts Hides the empty texts in the main language.
    Hide already translated texts Hides the text items that are already translated in all languages.
  4. In the Language selector dialog box, select the base language (Source language) for the translation. A message is displayed to let you open the file.
    Export/ Import exports and imports the text to translate in another application (Excel, Access, SQLite formats). Only one occurrence of the text is exported.