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Translate template tokens
Main Page > (UM) User manual > UM-5 Translate content / interface > UM-5.5 Translate interface > UM-5.5.1 Translate template tokens
The names of some user interface element include "template tokens".
- A template token is a variable whose value is determined by dynamically by the context.
- A template token is represented by a number enclosed in percent signs (e.g. "%1%").
- Template tokens must be included in the translation, but because different languages have different grammar rules, translators need to be aware of the type of information being handled in any given variable in any given context.
The following list enumerates in English the elements whose name includes a tokens, the nature of the variable and the context in which it occurs.
|
Element name |
Variable |
Context |
|---|---|---|
|
%1% profile |
User's account name. |
Returns user's account name in the link; clicked by the user clicks to edit his or her user profile; appears on all screens. |
| Element name | Variable | Context |
|---|---|---|
| %1% profile | User's account name | Returns user's account name in the link; clicked by the user clicks to edit his or her user profile; appears on all screens. |
| add new %1% | Entity type | Returns the type of entity being viewed on the current screen (e.g. "archival description", "authority record"); appears as part of text on the button on Edit screens. |
| list all %1% | Entity type | Returns the type of entity being viewed on the current screen (e.g. "archival description", "authority record"); appears as part of text on the button on Edit screens. |
| edit %1% | Entity type | Returns the type of entity being viewed on the current screen (e.g. "archival description", "authority record"); appears as part of screen title on Edit screens. |
| list %1% | Entity type | Returns the type of entity being viewed on the current screen (e.g. "archival description", "authority record"); appears as part of screen title on List screens. |
| view %1% | Entity type | Returns the type of entity being viewed on the current screen (e.g. "archival description", "authority record"); appears as part of screen title on View screens. |