If you have branches, offices, or customers abroad and want users to work in their native language, WG-Translate is the solution for you. With this webgate400 add-on module, you can translate all or individual display files of your ERP, already modernized with webgate400, into any language. You can also translate descriptive fields in the database, such as table descriptions (for example, payment codes) or item descriptions, and link them to standard labels in each language.
In an increasingly globalized market, a multilingual ERP solution becomes a real competitive advantage for companies with departments in several countries and for software houses that want to expand into new markets.
How WG-Translate works
The process starts by creating a project that contains the libraries and/or individual display files to be translated. The actual translation can then be carried out directly by users or assigned to a translation agency. A dedicated function clearly identifies everything that still needs to be translated or has been updated since the last session, preventing omissions and keeping the process organized.
WG-Translate lets you quickly identify all help linked to fields and menus, distinguishing between items already translated and those still to be completed, including items created after the last translation. Message files can also be translated, with the option to select only the identifiers used in the display files included in the project.
An integrated dictionary that optimizes every translation
WG-Translate analyzes all display files in the selected library or project and identifies all recurring constants, showing them only once to speed up the work. You can reuse what is already in the dictionary and add new translations so they are available in the future.
All translations are automatically added to the dictionary. Any corrections or updates to the dictionary can be automatically reapplied to all material that has already been translated.
Tools to translate better and faster
Immediate identification of parts to translate
WG-Translate clearly highlights everything that still needs to be translated or has been updated, so nothing is overlooked.
Support language
During translation, you can view a second language in addition to the source language. For example, when translating from Italian into Spanish, you can also use the English version as a reference.
Word and string count
You can count translated words and strings, as well as those still to be translated, filtering by language, time period, user, individual display file, library, or project. WG-Translate also calculates non-translatable items and those already present in the dictionary.
Screen preview
To better understand the text to be translated, you can view a preview of the screen at any time.
Distributed translations, even from remote locations.
WG-Translate is designed for teams that develop multilingual software in-house or at customer sites. It is widely used by translation offices abroad or in decentralized locations that update the language version of new modules or customizations on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis without interacting with developers and without leaving their own office. This approach makes application internationalization more cost-effective and less restrictive.
Note: text populated by the RPG program, such as compile-time array messages, cannot be translated.
WG-Translate powered by WatsonX
WG-Translate is integrated with the IBM-WatsonX translation service.
By clicking the image in the WatsonX column, available to enabled users, the service suggests a translation.
Prerequisites
- webgate400
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