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Display of strings

The translation list contains all the resources and strings of a program. Each entry consists of the source and the target string. The status of the entries is indicated by different colors:

  • Entries colored red have not yet been translated, or the source string has changed so that a new translation is needed.
  • Entries colored green have been pre-translated but not yet reviewed.
  • Entries colored blue have been manually translated but not yet reviewed.
  • Entries colored black have been translated and reviewed.

If these colors are hard to distinguish on your monitor, you can adjust the brightness settings as follows. From the File > Options > View page > Colors.

Additional status information is displayed in the Status column. Depending on your settings, there will just be an icon displayed or also a status text (see also Changing View Options).

FlagDescription
moved

This is a dialog element that was moved or resized as a result of a source file update.

read only

This string can only be read – translation is not possible.

locked

The string has been locked in the translation list – it cannot be changed.

for review

The string has been changed manually, but not yet validated.

pre-transl.

The string has been automatically pre-translated, but not yet validated

conflict

This text has been changed by two or more translators independently. This can happen if several translators have been working on copies of a translation bundle. Check the change history of the text. If the translation is correct, you can delete the conflict marker by right-clicking on the text and selecting the command Reset conflict mark.

If an entry is already pre-translated or a fuzzy match, the columns Match and Origin show the corresponding information. See Displaying The Match Rate In The Translation Window.