Editing translations

After connecting a database select Edit -> Translations ... from the menu (see image below). You have to select the mandatory parameter Project and the Table. If you want to enter a new translation text, the Column and the target Language must be selected. If you omit one of those parameters, only existing tranlation texts from the database will be shown. Anyway the number of translations that match the currently selected criteria will be shown in field Translations in the upper right area of the form.

You man change the display and sorting of the entries in the Language combo box from "<code> - <description>" to "<description> - <code>" (and back) by clicking the button . If you need language codes that are not included in the list, click the button. For more details see Edit language codes.

With the numeric control Items you may adjust how many database items shall be selected for display. After clicking the button the query results are displayed. By clicking the buttons and you can load the next rsp. previous matches. 

When you select a Column, an additional text box Filter is activated, where you may restrict the displayed datasets to matching entries in the Original text (see image below). In field Start ID the first ID of the current output is shown. You may enter a dedicated value to be used for the next output. 

The table lists the internal ID of the data entry ("ID"), the table column ("Column"), the project language ("PL"), the "Original text", the translation language ("TL") and the "Translated text" (see image below). In table column "x" lines without write access will be marked as  x . If you have write access, you may enter the tranlated text directly in the table. 

You may copy the original text of selected lines to the translated text by clicking the button or delete the translated text with button . To select all translated texts click on button . In modified lines the background color of the first two columns will be change to yellow (see image below). With button you can save the modified data, with button you can reload the table, i.e. discard the changes. 

If you selected any Translated text entries, it is possible to modify several values simultaneously. Therefore select the table entries that shall be edited - by clicking the button you may select the whole table column. Then select the required operation in the Edit section: "Insert", "Append" or "Replace" and enter the new rsp. new and old value. After clicking the action button - depending on the selected operation this is (Insert), (Append) or (Replace).

By double-clicking the table line or clicking the button you can open a separate edit window (see image below). This form works almost in the same way as the Extended text editor.