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Editing Literals

Use the edit function to make changes in an existing translation. For example, if you translated a literal, then later decided you prefer to translate that literal using another word, rather than deleting the existing translation and creating another literal you can use the edit function to change the existing translation.

You cannot use the edit function to change a literal in American English. See Customizing the American English Version for more information.

Rules

If you edit a word which is a literal, vocabulary, and used on a panel, you must make the same edits to all three. In other words, all three words must be identical.

For a complete list of words that must follow these guidelines, see the chart shown in Translating Literals.

Operation

Step 1:

On the LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE MENU select Option 2, LITERALS, specify the language code of the literal you want to edit, and press Enter.

LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE MENU (DQLN0)

=> ------------------------------------------------------------------------DQLN0 DATAQUERY: LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE MENU ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENTER DESIRED OPTION NUMBER ===> 2 LANGUAGE CODE===> ES (default ALL) 1. PANELS - Translate, edit, delete, and display panels 2. LITERALS - Translate, edit, delete, and display program literals 3. VOCABULARY - Translate, edit, delete, and display vocabulary terms ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <PF1> HELP <PF2> RETURN

Step 2:

CA Dataquery displays a directory of all literals. The literal number appears in the first column, the language code in the second, and the literal values appear in the third column. From this panel you can select the literal you want to edit.

Procedure

The following lists panel locations and their descriptions.

<PF7> and <PF8>

Use <PF7> to page the literal directory backward and <PF8> to page forward.

+ and -

Page through the directory using the plus and minus sign. For example, entering +20 scrolls forward 20 pages and -20 scrolls backward 20 pages.

TOP and BOTTOM

You can also use the TOP and BOTTOM commands. TOP takes you to the first panel of the directory and BOTTOM takes you to the end of the directory.

After you have located the literal you want to edit, move the cursor down beside the literal and press <PF4> EDIT ITEM.

DIRECTORY OF LITERALS (DQL30)

=> PLACE THE CURSOR ON THE DESIRED NAME AND PRESS THE APPROPRIATE PFKEY ------------------------------------------------------------------------DQL30 DATAQUERY: DIRECTORY OF LITERALS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM | LANGUAGE | LITERAL ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 001 | ES | mas .... 002 | ES | ultima pa 003 | ES | public 004 | ES | privado 005 | ES | term 006 | ES | cond 007 | ES | averi 008 | ES | jcl 009 | ES | proc 010 | ES | con 011 | ES | ne ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <PF1> HELP <PF2> RETURN <PF3> NOT USED <PF4> EDIT ITEM <PF5> DELETE ITEM <PF6> TRANSLATE <PF7> BACKWARD <PF8> FORWARD

Step 3:

CA Dataquery displays the LITERAL EDIT/TRANSLATE Panel. The panel displays information about the literal such as length and language code. Your version of this literal cannot exceed the literal length displayed. Make your changes and press Enter.

LITERAL EDIT/TRANSLATE (DQL40)

=> FILL IN THE DATA BELOW AND PRESS ENTER TO COMPLETE FUNCTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------DQL40 DATAQUERY: LITERAL EDIT/TRANSLATE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM NUMBER : 012 LANGUAGE CODE: ES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LITERAL LENGTH: TRANSLATE TO LANGUAGE CODE==> __ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- LITERAL: ne KEY NEW LITERAL VALUE BELOW: No___________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <PF1> HELP <PF2> RETURN