Translating the system language

EntraPass Vocabulary Editor is a stand-alone program. You can run it independently, you do not need to launch EntraPass software to run the Vocabulary editor. The Vocabulary Editor program assists you if you want to translate the software in a language, other than English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Danish, Czech, Slovak, and Haitian Creole.

  1. Start the Vocabulary editor from the Windows® Start menu: click Start > All Programs > EntraPass Global Edition > Vocabulary Editor > Vocabulary Editor.
  2. Select one of the available languages and click on New . The system displays the Select language window.
  3. Select the source language for the translation, then click OK . The newly selected language is transferred to the right in the Custom Languages display list.
  4. Click on the new Custom Language and then on the Edit custom language button to start translating the software vocabulary. The system displays the dictionary database.
    Note: You must make sure that the Customdictionnary directories are regularly backed up (C:\ProgramFiles\Kantech\Vocabulary Editor\CustomDictionary\files.xxx.ath) or C:\ProgramFiles\Kantech\”Application type”\CustomDictionary\files.xxx.0

The following table shows the value of the Vocabulary Editor color codes.

Table 1. Vocabulary editor color codes
Vocabulary editor color codes Value
Green Valid text string.
Blue/Green New text string.
Red Obsolete text string.
  • The “Source language” column contains text based on the basic language that was selected during the creation of the vocabulary. This column will serve as a “source” for the translation. Software language columns cannot be modified by the user.
  • Use the right-click to enable a contextual sub-menu or use the Language editor toolbar. A hint appears when you position the mouse over a button.