TEMENOS T24

Multi-Language

User Guide

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Table of Contents
Overview.................................................................................................................................................. 3
Setup ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
Definition of Available Languages ........................................................................................................ 3
Definition of Character Sets ................................................................................................................. 5
STATIC.TEXT ...................................................................................................................................... 8
DYNAMIC.TEXT ................................................................................................................................ 10
Error Messages and Overrides .......................................................................................................... 10
Application Text ................................................................................................................................. 11
DE.FORMAT.PRINT .......................................................................................................................... 11
Enquiry ............................................................................................................................................... 12
REPGEN.CREATE & VERSION ....................................................................................................... 13
Version ........................................................................................................................................... 13
REPGEN.CREATE......................................................................................................................... 14
International character sets ............................................................................................................... 15
Single byte character sets .............................................................................................................. 15
Multi-byte character sets ................................................................................................................ 15
General Information........................................................................................................................ 16
Configuration of T24 browser for Multi-byte Characters ................................................................ 16
Setting a Language on PC for International Mode ......................................................................... 16

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Overview

T24 provides full multi-lingual translation capabilities. These can be divided into the following areas:

• Static Text -This includes standard display information (screen details, action prompts, standard
messages etc.).
• Dynamic Text - This includes application messages generated, which may contain variable
elements in the message.
• Application Text - These are application field names that can be translated using the
DYNAMIC.TEXT application.
• Language Data Fields - These are multi or sub value items in an application data record, each
item corresponds to a different language.
• Helptext - Please refer to the Helptext and Online Documentation User Guide for further
information on supported languages.
• Formatted Advices - Printed output generated via the delivery system can be specified for
particular languages, each record in the application DE.FORMAT.PRINT is defined at language
level.
• Enquiries, Reports, Versions - Both ENQUIRY and REPGEN.CREATE applications allow
translations of text as standard language data fields.

The system will support up to twelve languages. The default language displayed for a given user is
selected in their USER profile. Language 1 is reserved for English; no translation takes place for
English language users.

Characters, which may be used in translation, are also definable at language, application or overall
level, so enables additional characters to be used if required.

Setup
Definition of Available Languages
Languages available to the system are defined in the LANGUAGE application; language number 1
must be English.

The language application also allows the default number formats to be specified for a language, for
example French users would normally expect to see the number 12345.67 displayed as 12.345,67,
whereas an English user would display the number as 12,345.67. The default for the language is
defined in the field AMOUNT.FORMAT as first the thousand delimiter and then the decimal point
delimiter. This setting can be overridden in the USER profile, field AMOUNT.FORMAT.

A further feature that is available is the ability to be able to specify the minimum length of description
language fields by language. Often the minimum length is defined as 3 characters for description fields

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in English as anything shorter would ultimately have no meaning. However in some languages one
character is sufficient to convey sufficient meaning. By defining this field to the minimum number of
characters users will be allowed to enter the specified minimum characters.

Language Input Screen

The Attributes field allows the User to justify all text and fields from right to the left.

Right Justified language display

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Definition of Character Sets

Some languages use additional characters to the standard Latin alphabet, which would not be allowed
with English language input. These characters will have specific ASCII values, defined in the
terminal/PC character set. In order to allow these characters to be used in T24, two applications,
ASCII.VALUES and ASCII.VAL.TABLE require configuration. Allowable characters may be defined
at language, application or field type level.

T24 performs initial edit checks according to the type of field. This checking will ensure that only valid
characters may be entered. A set of valid characters is defined using the T24 application
ASCII.VAL.TABLE. The ASCII value of the allowed range of characters is defined. Multiple ranges
and individual characters may be specified.

ASCII Value Table Input Screen

The Standard record character sets for each T24 character type are released with the key of
STANDARD.XXX where XXX is the character type. These records cannot be modified, but can be
copied and modified as required. The example in Figure 3 shows a record called TEST.A, which
allows additional ASCII, characters 200 - 220.

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Additional characters in the ASCII Value Table for Record TEST.A

The application ASCII.VAL.TABLE is used to link a type of character validation to the character set
defined in ASCII.VALUES. This may be defined for individual applications, for specific language
fields either for an application, or any language field, or as a default for all fields of the specified type.

In order to identify the validation type for a specific field, the STANDARD.SELECTION record for
the application should be viewed. The validation type can be found in the associated SYS.VAL.PROG.
The example in Figure below shows the field type for the CUSTOMER fields SHORT.NAME and
NAME.1. The field SHORT.NAME can seen as type IN2SS whilst NAME.1 is type IN2S.

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View Validation Type for Standard Selection Record

The screenshot below shows an example of an amended alphanumeric (IN2A) ASCII.VALUES

record to allow the character set TEST.A for German (DE):

ASCII Values Record showing amended alphanumeric record

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STATIC.TEXT
This application is used to translate the T24 Screen prompts and to provide translatable text for written
reports. Details of reports, which use STATIC.TEXT records, are listed in the relevant chapters of the
user guide.

Screen messages and prompts used in T24 are contained in the record, GLOBAL.TEXT. The English
equivalents are shown below:

Static Text Records

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Static Text Records

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Static Text Records

Note that item (45) “PLEASE ENTER YOUR SIGN ON NAME” and (57) “PLEASE ENTER YOUR
PASSWORD” will only use the English Text, since at this point the user has not yet signed in and their
language has not been determined. If all or most users are not English, the English version of these
values could be changed to the local language.

DYNAMIC.TEXT
This application is used to translate messages generated from T24 applications, such as error
messages and overrides. It is also used to translate application field names into the user language.

Dynamic text records are automatically created in the unauthorised file when a foreign language user
receives a message or prompt for which a translation cannot be found. In this way the translations can
be added as required, most common used text will be translated first.

Error Messages and Overrides

The error message text is stored as the key to the file, with spaces replaced by a “.” character. Where
the message contains a variable element, e.g. an account number, balance etc., this will be specified
as a “&” character and will be replaced by the actual value at the time of translation.

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Error Message Text Structure

Application Text
Application field names are also translated using the DYNAMIC.TEXT application. Each field name
is individually translated. Field names to be translated must be specified in the format APPLICATION
FIELD.NAME. Multi-value elements should not be specified, e.g. the field XX.OTHER.OFFICER in the
application ACCOUNT should be defined as ACCOUNT*OTHER.OFFICER.

Note the standard 9 system fields (RECORD.STATUS to AUDIT.DATE.TIME) do not require the
application id to be specified.

DE.FORMAT.PRINT
This application is used to specify the format of printed delivery output. The format of the record key is
message, Advice format, User format, Language code. For example the output for a Money Market
confirmation would be 320.1.1.GB. All text specified should be in the language identified in the key.

The language to be used for the advice is based on the CUSTOMER to whom the message is
addressed. It is defined in the application DE.PRODUCT and CUSTOMER as the default.

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Format of printed delivery output

Enquiry
Translation of header items is achieved by entering the foreign language text in the corresponding
multi-value of the HEADER field.

Items displayed in the ENQUIRY may be translated in two different ways, the first uses the
DYNAMIC.TEXT mechanism, specified by a TYPE of TRANSLATE; the second used for language
data fields uses a TYPE of LANGUAGE.

The example in the figure below of an enquiry, based on the CUSTOMER application, uses both
TRANSLATE and LANGUAGE types.

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Enquiry defining Translation Type as ‘Language’

REPGEN.CREATE & VERSION

Version

Translations are entered into the TEXT and HEADER fields in the same order as the LANGUAGE
specified, as required.

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Version Input Screen

Note that the language order could specify a VERSION with English and German only by entering 1
& 3 the LANGUAGE.CODE fields.

REPGEN.CREATE

In the same manner as VERSION, you can specify language options in REPGEN.CREATE for all or
a specific language.

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Specify languages in the Report Generator application

International character sets

Single byte character sets
7-bit ASCII is supported in all circumstances.

Multi-byte character sets

Support for multi-byte characters requires:

• jBASE 4.1.1
• Desktop 1.2.994
• jBASE Connection Manager

Multi-byte characters are not supported by T24 i9 in native Windows or via the Classic interface or a
Telnet connection.

Consult the jBASE manuals on setting up the Connection Manager and Internationalisation.

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General Information
Multi-byte characters will be stored in UTF8 form in the T24 files. Desktop will use Unicode to handle
the characters and will translate the characters as it receives them from or sends them to the T24
server.

Printers used for multi-byte character must be set to support UTF8.

Configuration of T24 browser for Multi-byte Characters

Setting a Language on PC for International Mode

For setting a Language on PC:

The following steps will show you have to setup an additional language on the Microsoft windows
2000 operating system; this may differ on any other operating systems. Please refer to the
documentation supplied with your operating system.

First go to Control Panel. In Control Panel, select Regional Options.

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Setting the Language – Select Region Options

A Dialog box with heading as Regional Options will be displayed.

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Setting the Language – Set Region Options

Select any of the languages you want to configure like the following.
For Example:
Check any of the languages you want to in the Regional Options Dialog Box (Language settings for
the system). See below.

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Language settings for the system

Press the Set Default button.

A Select System Locale dialog box will be displayed.

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Select System Locale

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Select any language from the Select System Locale dialog box.

Select language from System Locale

Press Apply after selecting the language.

A Windows based message will appear on the screen like below and it will ask u for the Windows
2000 language pack which comes along with Windows 2000.

Install Windows 2000 Language Pack

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Press OK to install languages from Windows 2000 language pack CD.

You will have to restart your PC for the change of System Locale to take effect

Now select the tab Input Locale in the Regional Options dialog box and make sure the languages
selected earlier in the Select System Locale dialog box appear in the Installed input locales frame
as shown below.

Set Input Locales

Now install T24 Browser

UTF-8 is supported from BROWSER on jBASE 4.1.

In the TCServer the environment.vars file in the conf directory should have a field called
Jbase_Code page should be set to UTF-8.
This condition should be set by default.
For more information please refer to the TCServer User Guide

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