Translating Environment Messages

Use this procedure to translate Environment messages if you want to use ASCII text files.

For more information, see the sections Messages, The Text File Translation Process, and Environment Message Translation Files.

To translate Environment messages

  1. Create an ASCII text file of the Environment messages to translate.

    1. At the Qshell command line, type:

      dmpunvmsg [-l language] dumpfile

    2. Type the following selections.
      Program Option Description
      l language Dump messages in the specified language.
      Field Description
      dumpfile File to store the messages in.
    3. Press Enter.

      The program runs and displays a message when it completes.

    4. Transfer the file to your word processing or translation program.

    Example: Dump Environment Messages

    The following example shows sample output from dmpunvmsg.

    ~$At Least One Line Required          
At Least One Line Required
~$Au moins une ligne obligatoire     
Au moins une ligne obligatoire
  2. Translate the Environment messages in the ASCII text file using your word processing or translation program.
    Note: The ASCII text file must have been created by dmpunvmsg so that it contains the ~$ lines that indicate the address for each Environment message. Do not change any line that begins with ~$. These are address lines that enable the translations to load to the proper location in the Environment. Change the text below the address line.
  3. Load the Environment message file into the Environment.
    1. In your word processing or translation program, save the file of translated messages as an ASCII (text only) file.
    2. Transfer the file from your PC to the server.

    3. At the Qshell command line, type:

      ldunvmsg dumpfile language

    4. Type the following selections:
      Field Description
      dumpfile File containing the translated messages.
      language Language the messages have been translated into.
    5. Press Enter.

      The program overwrites all existing Environment messages for that language.