You may wish to file a feature request for manual translation of COA names.
Best Wishes, Chris Travers On 4/13/07, Peter Houppermans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Although this mailing list is English, the Chart of Accounts (COA) one > can select are in various languages and the user interface also has a > few languages available. However, what is not present is the ability to > have more than one language in the COA. > > Especially if a business lives on the border with another country (or in > a multilingual country), you end up with transactions and staff in > multiple languages. It is considered bad form to expect the customer to > speak your language (well, it is in non-English and non-French countries > but I don't want to start an international flame war here :-) so it > means multiple invoice sets etc. > > More importantly, though, can be the data entry needs. Although you can > be reasonably sure that management staff will speak English, this may > not be the case for local accountants and data entry clerks, and that > means that, at present, account titles like "1234 Cars - Voitures - > Autos" will be required (and note I'm assuming here that the core > business language would be English - which is already a stretch). > > I would like to know if I'm the only one coming across this issue. I > can't see the point in asking for a feature that would only benefit my > specific use of the program (I refer to the date default discussion > which makes sense but is also for a limited audience) - I'll manage. > > I also know that this can have quite an impact on reporting (which > language to pick?) but that could be a later phase, I'm more concerned > with making sure a secretary doesn't need to think about which a/c to > post to because the descriptions aren't clear. I prefer to prevent > errors before they're made.. > > To avoid the template answer, alas I can't submit a patch (and I suspect > that goes for a great deal of your target audience). I haven't coded > for over 20 years so I don't think that my skills would be up to the > general quality of LSMB, let alone that I used to code in some > proprietary languages if I wasn't crafting 6303 assembler :-). > > So, to summarise: anyone else in a multilingual country or living close > to the border? > > /// P /// > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Ledger-smb-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-users
