4.7 Localizing display text

The directory abstraction layer editor provides an easy way to localize the display text for:

4.7.1 Supported languages

You can localize the display text in one or more of these languages:

  • English

  • French

  • German

  • Italian

  • Japanese

  • Korean

  • Portuguese

  • Russian

  • Simplified Chinese

  • Spanish

  • Traditional Chinese

4.7.2 Localizing text

The directory abstraction layer editor provides several different ways to localize abstraction layer definitions. You can access the localization dialogs in these ways:

To define the localization text for

Action

Every localizable item in the directory abstraction layer

  • Click Set Global Localization (on the directory abstraction layer editor toolbar).

    Make sure to select the Target Language before entering the localized text in the target field.

A specific entity, relationship or list

  • From the directory abstraction layer editor tree view, select the object to localize.

  • Right-mouse and select Localize.

    Make sure to select the Target Language before entering the localized text in the target field.

A single display label

  • Select a specific entity or attribute.

  • Click Localize Display Label (beside the Display Label field in the property pane).

The dialogs might look a little different, but each contains these fields:

  • Origin—This is typically the object type (such as entity, list, or relationship) and key

  • Source—The text to translate (display label)

  • Target Language—One of the supported languages

  • Target—The translation text