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  • Last UpdatedJan 16, 2025
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Alarm comments are exported to a .txt file, located in the selected directory. You can edit the files with a text editor, but we recommend Microsoft Excel as the editor. Using the format-as-table feature in Excel greatly simplifies editing the specific text to be translated.

To translate an exported alarm comment file

  1. Open the .txt file in Excel. The Excel Text Import Wizard appears. Follow the wizard instructions to import the text file in tab delimited, general column data format. The file appears unformatted in Excel.

    Tip: You can open the file in text editor, and then copy and paste the file contents into a blank Excel worksheet instead of using the import wizard. The results will be the same

    Unformatted localization file in a spreadsheet

  2. Format the text as a table in Excel:

    1. Select all of the rows containing data in Column A through Column C.

    2. Select the Home tab, then select Format as Table.

    3. Select the color pattern you want and select OK in the Format as Table dialog box. Excel will format the region to be edited. Resize the columns as needed.

      Formatted alarm localization file

    The Excel display is divided into four regions:

    • Column 1 contains Phrase ID numbers used internally in the language file. Do not edit this column.

    • Column 2 contains the exported alarm messages. Do not edit this column.

    • Column 3 contains the alarm message translations. Edit this column with your translation text.

    • Below the alarm message text columns are the alarms and phrase IDs, which map to column 1 and are used internally in the language file. Do not edit this area.

  3. Translate the alarm message text. Type the alarm message translations into the appropriate rows in column 3.

    Important: Only edit the text in column 3, translations. No other text in the file may be edited. You can edit the original alarm comment text only within the System Platform IDE.

  4. Save the file as a .txt file in the directory you originally selected for export.

    Important: Do not change the file name or the file type, otherwise it will not import correctly into the Galaxy.

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