The translation basic functions

The translation functions

Translation-Manager

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The control centre for all translations in your Excel file.

Requested terms

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Checks whether there are any requested terms and opens dialogue for authorization.

List sub-dictionaries

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Lists all sub-dictionaries that are connected to the Master dictionary.

Connect dictionary

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Link additional Excel files to the Master dictionary. – If an Excel file already contains a dictionary, the terms in the main dictionary are accepted and the dictionary is converted into a sub-dictionary. – If an Excel file does not contain a dictionary, a sub-dictionary will be created in this step „Connecting a sub-dictionary”).

Detach sub-dictionary

Detaches a sub-dictionary from the Master dictionary; the sub-dictionary is converted to an independent dictionary.

Autocorrect

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Shows you which terms will be automatically replaced and gives you the possibility of editing them. The terms of Autocorrect are listed on a separate worksheet, the “Synopsis tracker”.

Configuration

Define the names of the languages and which of them you would like to find in the dictionary / in the Translation manager.

Delete languagewords components

All components that are required for translation are removed from the workbook

Create / Update

Creates a dictionary or updates the existing one.

Create Master dictionary

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Creates a new master dictionary or creates a master dictionary from an existing "Master" (prior to firesys 2016).

Add directly

Adds the selected term directly to the dictionary. In this way, dates (e.g. 31.12.2030) and years (e.g. 2030/2031) can also be maintained in the dictionary. Please note that the cell must be assigned the "Standard" number format.

Select language

Choose the language in which the text in your Excel file should be displayed.

Word list

Use the word list to search for terms from the dictionary and insert again.

See also

Translations in Excel
The translation manager
The dictionaries in firesys
The synopses worksheet and hits
Import and export translations
Additional export functions

Further contents

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→ Customer area
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