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Translating Text Directly Without Exporting It
Windows Installer Editor Reference
Importing Selected Text Strings From a File
When you add or change text strings in an installation that is translated to another
language, you must export the changed text strings and have them translated.
See
Exporting Selected Text Strings to a File
When you receive translated text strings from the translator, you import them into the
installation so that those text strings appear in the correct language in the compiled
installation.
To import selected text strings
1.
Select Installation Expert > Languages page.
2.
From Current Release, select a release.
3.
Click Strings at the right of the page.
The Language Strings dialog box appears.
4.
From Language, select the language to import text strings for.
5.
In the Language Strings dialog box, click Import.
The Import Language Strings dialog box appears.
6.
In Translated Strings File, specify the name of the file that contains the
translated text strings.
7.
If additional text changes might have been made since the text strings were
exported, you can compare the strings in the installation to the strings in the
original export file. If the strings don't match, the corresponding translated strings
are not imported. To enable the compare:
a.
Mark Compare current strings with original strings.
b.
In Original Strings File, specify the name of the file you exported for
translation.
8.
Click OK.
The translated text strings are inserted into the installation.
If you chose to compare the text strings during the import, an error message informs
you when one or more text strings in the installation have been changed since the
export. In that case, the translated strings that correspond to the changed strings are
not imported. You should re-export the changed text strings for additional translation.
Note
In .TXT files, if tab characters for one or more text strings are added or deleted during
translation, the text strings cannot be imported. To find out if there are any text strings
that are not imported and therefore not translated, go to the Language Strings dialog
box and compare the entries in the Changed and Exported columns. They should match.
See
Keeping Track of Changed Text Strings
Typically, you export all text strings, file names, and directory names to a file to have
them translated. Then you import the translations back into the installation. However, in
some instances you might need to translate a small amount of text, such as a single
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