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Dictionary Precedence

The iConsole looks for several dictionary files to perform the translation and applies these in order of precedence:

• Search specific strings based on the dictionary attribute (e.g. dictionary="mysearch") of the searches element, for the local dialect (such as, fr-BE for Belgian French) would be found in file lang/fr-BE/mysearch_dict.xml
• Search specific strings for the local primary language (e.g. fr for French) would be found in lang/fr/mysearch_dict.xml
• General strings for the local dialect in file lang/fr-BE/~global_dict.xml
• General strings for the local primary language in file lang/fr/~global_dict.xml

In this way the number of translation strings is minimized, with common terms in the general string files, generic French terms for the specific search in one file, and only Belgian variations in the Belgian French file.

Note: Not all of these files need to exist, the iConsole will use whichever dictionaries it finds, in the order above.

Note: The tilde (~) prefix in the global dictionary files ensures that these files are accessed after all other dictionary files.