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Translation of Business Central

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Posted on by Galina Georgieva 194

Hello,

I try to create a translation extension for Business Central 2020. I have added dependencies to System and Base application in app.json file. And I have added "features": [ "TranslationFile", "GenerateCaptions" ].

When I build the package a tempte .xlf file is created in folder Translations but this file is empty. It contains only the following

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xliff version="1.2" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2" xmlns:xsi="">www.w3.org/.../XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:oasis:names:tc:xliff:document:1.2 xliff-core-1.2-transitional.xsd">
  <file datatype="xml" source-language="en-US" target-language="en-US" original="Bulgarian Translation">
    <body>
      <group id="body" />
    </body>
  </file>
</xliff>

It does not contain any captions. What am I doing wrong?

  • Galina Georgieva Profile Picture
    Galina Georgieva 194 on at
    RE: Translation of Business Central

    I have created an .xlf file by extracting the translation from NAV2018 objects by using txt2al tool with the flag addLegacyTranslationInfo.

    I have added this file to the translations folder and I have published the translation extension.

    Now I need to change the language to Bulgarian in the web client. But when I open My Settings window from the dropdown list for the language I cannot find Bulgarian.

    How to add Bulgarian language in My Settings?

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    Genie Cetas 472 on at
    RE: Translation of Business Central

    Hello Galina,

    First you have to extract the translation file from Microsoft Base Application and do the translation either manually or using any tool.

    Once the xlf file is translated, you can place your .xlf file inside Translations folder (Within your Translation Extension Project folder).

    Now compile and install your extension to the business central instance.

    For more details - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/translating-business-central-wave-2-base-application-gregor-alujevic/

  • Galina Georgieva Profile Picture
    Galina Georgieva 194 on at
    RE: Translation of Business Central

    I mean I need to translate the Base application. How to generate the template .xlf file?

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