Creating a multi-language template

You can design a template with the language of your choice, translate a template from one language to another, or use an existing template that contains multiple languages to design a new template. You can edit the templates in different languages. The translation tool helps you to adapt a template to your language. You can view these templates in different languages by using the Launcher.

Procedure

  1. Design a template in your preferred language:
    1. In Document Studio, click File > New > Document Template.
    2. Add elements such a Container, Paragraph, Text, Hyperlink, and then enter some values in these elements.
      For example, enter English in the Text element, and www.default.english.com in the Hyperlink element.
    3. To save your changes, click File > Save and name the template.
      Example: template.dta
  2. Click Template > Add Template Translation.
  3. Select a language from the list and click OK.
    The selected language appears along the template name: template.dta - French. Also, the following message appears in the Console panel: The language properties are set to French.
  4. Modify and translate the text values in the elements.
    For example, enter French in the Text element, and www.default.french.com in the Hyperlink element.
    Note: If you make structural changes to the template, those changes are applied to all language versions of the template.
  5. Save the changes.
  6. Optional: Repeat to add additional languages.

Results

There is still one Template.dta file only, but that template file can now be opened or generated into different languages, which in this example is English and French.

What to do next

When the template is opened in Document Studio, you can select which language to load the template in. There is no default language for a template. If you select Ignore the Template translations, whatever language the template was originally designed in opens.
Window to open the template in French

When you generate a document-style report in the Launcher application, you can select a language to generate the template in. For more information, see Generating document-style reports in different languages.