Translate interface

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The user interface is the set of elements that allow the user to interact with the the DCB application. These elements include the main menu, drop-down menus, context menus, title bars, column headers, buttons, fields and field labels, and any other elements used to navigate the DCB or to search for, view, add, modify, and delete database content.


 * 1) In the language menu, click the language into which you are translating. Your selected language will appear underlined. Because you have translator access privileges, the yellow translation bar will appear along the bottom of the page.
 * 2) Navigate to the page you wish to translate
 * 3) Click the "Translate user interface" button in the translation bar
 * 4) The DCB opens the translation panel in the lower frame of the page. The panel is organized into three columns:
 * 5) * "Page text" lists all elements for translation; all elements shaded with a yellow background have not yet been translated; elements with no shading (white background) have already been translated and appear in the list under their translated name.
 * 6) * "Source" is activated when you click an element in column one and shows the name of the element in English
 * 7) * "Translation" is activated when you click an element in column one and provides the input field for the translation
 * 8) Select an element for translation; the DCB emboldens the selected element
 * 9) Add or edit the translation in column three
 * 10) When translation is complete, click or tab out of column three; the element will now appear in column one unshaded and with its translated name
 * 11) Click the "Save translation" button; the DCB closes the translation panel. All user interface elements on the page will now appear in their translations.
 * 12) Click the "Save translation" button; the DCB closes the translation panel. All user interface elements on the page will now appear in their translations.

Tokens:

The names of some user interface elements include template tokens. Tokens are variables whose value is determined dynamically by the context. They represented by a number enclosed in percent signs (e.g. "%1%"). Token translation 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 table below enumerates in English the elements whose names include tokens and for each gives a brief explanation of the nature of the variable and the context in which it occurs.