Language Texts Single Dialogs Workspace

Use this workspace to specify that certain words and phrases that are used in Maconomy should be translated to different languages.

You can translate some general terms, and some phrases used in workspaces, reports, and invoices.

Maconomy uses the language that is relevant in a particular circumstance. For example, on job invoices, Maconomy uses the language of the job that is being billed. If text has not been translated into the relevant language, Maconomy uses the standard language for your Maconomy implementation.

In the Language Texts tab, you can browse the translatable texts, and in the Language Text Lines sub-tab you can create a line with a translation of the current text for each language. You create languages in the Language pop-up type in the Popup Fields workspace.

Maconomy uses the texts that are translated in this workspace on various printouts such as invoices and credit memos. In addition, some workspaces, such as the Item Information Card in the Inventory module, contain a number of fields to display information in several languages. You can also translate a number of general terms used across all Maconomy modules.

When printing out information, Maconomy uses the translation in the language that is relevant in the context. For instance, when printing a job invoice, Maconomy uses the translations in the language of the job in question, and when printing a sales order, Maconomy uses the translations in the language of the customer. However, with for activity descriptions, the text from this workspace is only used if the related job uses an invoice layout rule that has specification per activity or sum activity. If the invoice layout rule uses a specification per entry, Maconomy uses the entry description that you provided for the current entry at the time of entry.

If a text has not been translated into the language in question, Maconomy uses the text in the standard language.