Translating database UI to your language

You can translate the database User Interface (UI) to the language of your choice.

For example, your database UI should be translated into Dutch:

Configuration steps

Choose a file with your language from this repository of translations.

The following languages are available:

• English
• Chinese
• Dutch
• French
• German
• Spanish
• Swedish

Save the chosen file on your PC using the name dbstrings.txt

After that you can upload this dbstrings.txt file to database Resources by following the instructions below:

1. Click the Setup link in the top right corner of the window.

2. Select the Database tab.

3. Choose Database > Resources from the setup menu.

4. At the top of the resources list, click the New button and specify the resource properties:

   • Click the Choose file button to specify the path to the necessary file on your computer.
   • When choosing files, you can select more than one. If you select a single ZIP archive, there’s an option to unpack it and use its contents as individual files, retaining the archive’s folder structure if present. To do that, check the Unpack ZIP archive box. Alternatively, by not checking the box, you can upload the archive intact.
   • Use the Upload to box to specify the folder where the file(s) should go—either choose from existing folders or type the name of a new one.
   • In the Resource exists? setting, you can select one of the following options:
     • Leave the original resource untouched.
     • Overwrite with a new file.
   • Add notes to the Notes field if needed.
   • If the file should be accessible to any web user, select the Allow public access to this resource checkbox.
     

5. When you’re finished, click Save. You can access the newly created resource by clicking the resource name link (the path to the resource will be available in the browser address bar).

As the result, the User Interface of your database will be translated.

Creating a file with translation

If a file with your language is not added to the repository, you can create such file on your own.

First, download the sample text file and open it in a text editor of your choice, Notepad for example.

Below are first few lines from the file:

Lines starting with semicolon are comments - you do not need to translate them as they are added just for readability and ignored by TeamDesk. Other lines are key = value pairs. Key is an unique identifier TeamDesk can refer the text by and should not be altered. The value is text to translate. This is how, for example, German translation could look like:

Save the file with UTF-8 encoding under dbstrings.txt name and upload it to database Resources. As the result, the User Interface will be translated.