Translations in Excel

This chapter describes how to translate your panels by using Excel and then import them.

  1. Select the languages for the translation. This means the languages whose texts are translated.
Figure 1. selected languages in the Translator
  1. Select the panel or panels that you want to translate in the translator panel.
Figure 2. Panel that should be translated in GEDI
Figure 3. Selection of the panel that should be translated in the translator panel
Figure 4. Translator-Panel with selected languages and selected panel file

  1. Open the Microsoft Excel and close the window with the worksheet - see figure below.

  1. Drag and drop the "dictionary_unicode.txt" file into Excel.

Figure 5. Add "dictionary.txt"-file to Excel

  1. Translate the words that should be translated.

Figure 6. "dictionary_unicode.txt" file in Excel

  1. Save the file as follows. Click on "Save". The following window is opened. Close the dialog via "x".

Figure 7. Close the dialog in Excel

Select "Cancel".

Figure 8. Save as-Dialog

Close the file without saving the changes.

Figure 9. Excel and save changes-Dialog

The file was changed:

Figure 10. Changed file dictionary_unicode.txt

Copy the dictionary_unicode.txt -> dictionary.txt

Figure 11. Changed dictionary_unicode.txt and dictionary.txt files

Set the UTF8 format for the dictionary.txt.

Figure 12. Set the UTF8-Format for the dictionary.txt file
  1. Restart the UI and the translator panel. Import the translations as follows. Use the same settings as during the export but select additionally the option "Log - Verbose logging".
Figure 13. Translator-Panel and the Import tab

The info message that the words were translated is shown in the log viewer.

Figure 14. LogViewer and Translator-Info message
Figure 15. The translated panel in GEDI