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Translation involves the following steps:
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*Open the <span class="menu">TranslationPanel</span> by clicking the <span class="button">Translate</span> button on the <span class="menu">TranslateBar</span>.
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*Database content: data that is stored in the database itself. ICA-AtoM ships with some default database content that needs to be translated, including the text of the <span class="screen">Home</span> and <span class="screen">About</span> pages, and the names of the controlled vocabularies (taxonomies) and terms in them used throughout the system (in e.g. drop-down lists).
  
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ICA-AtoM's <span class="entity">Internationalization module</span> is intended to facilitate the translation process by organizing the elements requiring translation and providing translators with a single place from which to translate them. To access the Internationalization module:
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To help manage this process, ICA-AtoM includes a Translator module. This provides links to pages in the application that contain all the elements that need to be translated. To access the Translator module:
 
  
  
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2. ICA-AtoM opens the Translator module, organized by three sub-tabs.
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3. <span class="button">UserInterfaceTranslation</span>:
 
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*"User interface" refers to elements that structure how the content of the system is presented and enable the user to interact with that content (view, search, create, edit, delete, output).
 
  
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3. The <span class="button">UserInterface</span> sub-tab provides links to pages in the application that contain all the user interface elements that need translation. Links are organized by module (e.g. grouping links to archival description screens).
  
  

Revision as of 16:26, 7 March 2008

Please note that ICA-AtoM is no longer actively supported by Artefactual Systems.
Visit https://www.accesstomemory.org for information about AtoM, the currently supported version.

Main Page > Translate ICA-AtoM application

ICA-AtoM is a multi-lingual application, meaning that users can switch the interface between different languages, as well as contribute translations of descriptions from the source language to another. This page is for project participants preparing the default translations of the interface that will ship with version 1.0. This version will support the following languages:

  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Slovenian
  • Spanish

Users of an ICA-AtoM application will still have the option to modify the default translations to suit their own purposes (described in User manual > Translate ICA-AtoM). The procedures on this page, however, are for the one-time translations that provide the defaults.

Log on as translator

1. Access the ICA-AtoM application at www.ica-atom.org/ ...


2. Click the LogIn link on the SystemMenu.


3. Enter your user name and password.


4. The MainMenuBar now appears, including a Translate tab.


5. Click the language for which you have translator access in the LanguageMenu.


6. Any user interface elements that have already been translated into the selected language switch to that language. The TranlateBar now appears along the bottom of the screen.


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Internationalization module

There are two broad classes of information that need to be translated:

  • User interface: the elements that structure how the content of the system is presented and enable the user to interact with that content. User interface elements include field labels, column headers, screen titles, buttons, links and pop-up dialog boxes.
  • Database content: data that is stored in the database itself. ICA-AtoM ships with some default database content that needs to be translated, including the text of the Home and About pages, and the names of the controlled vocabularies (taxonomies) and terms in them used throughout the system (in e.g. drop-down lists).


ICA-AtoM's Internationalization module is intended to facilitate the translation process by organizing the elements requiring translation and providing translators with a single place from which to translate them. To access the Internationalization module:


1. Click the Translate tab on the MainMenuBar.


2. ICA-AtoM opens the Internationalization module, organized by three sub-tabs.


3. The UserInterface sub-tab provides links to pages in the application that contain all the user interface elements that need translation. Links are organized by module (e.g. grouping links to archival description screens).


4. The Settings sub-tab provides links to pages containing


5. The xx sub-tab provides links to pages containing


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Translate user interface

1. Click the Translate > UserInterfaceTranslation sub-tab.


2. Links on this page are organized by type of entity (information


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Translate settings

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