Re: Web opac interface question

[Mieko Yamaguchi <iss053 at bangor dot ac dot uk>]

James,

I can't answer all your questions but will try and answer some.

The text for the scope menu is maintained in Alter System Parameters ->
Maintain Scope Menu -> Change Menu Line -> (Select number).  I don't know 
if this function is available in Millennium Admin.

We have the Language File Maintenance option on our system where we can 
input translations of words, phrases and sentences.  It's rather 
cumbersome to use but at least we can input translated texts ourselves.
There are currently 1455 entries in this file.

There are also words and phrases which we cannot find anywhere and we
have to send them to the helpdesk to be keyed in.

The whole business of maintaining multiple-language OPACs is cumbersome 
and poorly structured.  I wish there were better documentation.

Mieko

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, James Lim wrote:

> I'm working on the Spanish language interface for our public opac, but I 
> haven't been able to get some of the buttons to display the Spanish 
> version.  I do have Spanish versions of the graphics (gif files, i.e. 
> submit_spi.gif), and have checked what wwwoptions I could find where a 
> Spanish graphic is listed (i.e. BUT_SUBMIT_SPI), ETC.  I use some tokens 
> such as <!--{submit}-->, <!--{scope}--> , and <!--{indexsort}-->.  The 
> Submit button as it appears in the Spanish opac is still using the 
> English "submit."  The scope still says "View Entire Collection", and 
> the sort still says "System sorted". On the Results page most of the 
> icons and wording are in Spanish, but English still appears in various 
> places: Save Marked Records, Save All on Page, View Entire Collection, 
> etc.  I have a call out to III, but perhaps someone out there has some 
> words of wisdom for me...
>
> James Lim

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