Translating Specification Texts

Translating Specification Texts Manually or Using a Web Service

Prerequisites

Due to your currently used role you have the privilege Translate Model Elements.

You are in the Translation tool window for a translatable specification text.

You must configure the API access to the license server before a web service can carry out an automatic translation.

Context

You can translate every text definition's specification text that was configured with the is translatable property activated into every active display language.

Note

Spell check first checks the texts entered when it is saved in the active display language.

You can use the translated specification texts at a later stage for presentation or documentation of your model in the display language.

You may need to update the translations during the course of the project as these texts need to be maintained.

How to proceed

Select the specification text you want to translate from the Translation tool window.
To translate the specification text using a web service, click on Translate Automatically.

The specification text is translated into the active display language.
To manually create the specification text or to edit the text automatically translated using a web service, click on Text....

The translation editor for a specification text appears.
Enter or edit the translation for the specification text in the right-hand area of the display language.
You can also use the web service for translating if the editor is already open. This option allows you to generate an automatic translation or update one, even if the editor is already being used for manual or automatic translation.
Save the translated specification with Text>Specification>Save (Ctrl+S).

Translation Using a Web Service

Structure elements and content are retained for the original text when translating specification texts using a web service. You should bear the following points in mind:

Retain structure: Text structure (paragraphs, lists, tables etc.) remains unchanged upon translation.
Image content: Embedded images within the specification text are retained and are still visible after translation.
Translate paragraph by paragraph: The text is translated paragraph by paragraph. Character formatting used at the start of the paragraph is adopted for the entire paragraph. Character formatting which may deviate from this formatting within the paragraph is not automatically changed. It is possible to add this specific formatting manually after translation has been carried out using the Font>Format Painter command.
Retain hyperlinks: Hyperlinks to elements of the same model will be retained. The hyperlink text is replaced by a placeholder immediately following translation. Clicking on Save then replaces the placeholder with the translation of the element name in the display language.
How further hyperlinks are treated: The following applies for all other types of hyperlink: they are retained if the entire paragraph consists of one single hyperlink. In other cases, (including those at the beginning of the paragraph) hyperlinks are not retained.

Formatting Translated Specification Texts

Prerequisites

Due to your currently used role you have the privilege Translate Model Elements.

You are in the editor for translating a specification text.

Context

If an initial translation was created in the Translation tool window using a web service, then this is shown in the translation area on the right-hand side. The web service works with character and paragraph formats. Text structure, images and hyperlinks to elements in the same models can also be adopted.

If the web service is not used and the translation text is manually entered in the right-hand area of the display language, then this is initially unformatted.

You can copy formatting for the specification text in the model language in the left-hand area to the display language in the right-hand area.

How to proceed

Set the insertion point in the formatting or hyperlink that you want to transfer and select Text>Font>Format Painter.
To transfer the copied formatting to the paragraph, click in the paragraph in the right-hand area.

The paragraph is formatted in the left-hand area.
To transfer the copied formatting to the connected text, select it in the right-hand area.

The text is formatted in the left-hand area.
To transfer the copied hyperlink to the connected text, select it in the right-hand area.

The text is formatted with the hyperlink.
Save the specification with Text>Specification>Save (Ctrl+S).