Jeremy: Actually, I don't think they did translate the "A". I substituted <$chapnum> for <n+> without changing the "A" and now the headings work just fine. (The one that looks like a "?" below got mangled when my HTML e-mail was turned into plain text.)
Following a suggestion from another Frame List helper I also ensured that the numbering settings I required were up-to-date then updated the book (when I did that *before* I used the <$chapnum> substitution, it just made the whole mess even worse). Someone else has given me some pointers on global language changes which solved that problem as well. I love this list! Alison Alison Craig, Technical Writer Ultrasonix Medical Corporation Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127 E-mail: alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy H. Griffith [mailto:jer...@omsys.com] Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 2:40 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Cc: Alison Craig Subject: Re: FM9 and Russian Translation Problems On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:21:37 -0700, Alison Craig <alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com> wrote: >FM 9 Version: 9.0p250 >Unstructured >OS: XP Pro with SP3 >FM Experience: 12 months >Translation/Localization Management Experience: 11 years >Writing Team: 1 (me) > >I have just received my Russian User Manual translation back from >the LSP and am encountering problems I haven't seen with any other >language in FM. (I've handled Russian, Greek and Bulgarian in Word >so I'm experienced with Cyrillic languages in general, but not >specifically in FM.) > >I may have to make the LSP fix these issues, but in the meantime, >if anyone has any insight I would appreciate it. At the very least >I would like to understand the issue. > >PROBLEM 1 >------------------- >Although the auto-numbering of my Heading Para Tags appears to be >correct - ie, identical to the English version - they are not >showing up properly. > > ENGLISH RUSSIAN >Heading 1 A:Chapter <n+>: A:????? <n+>: >Heading 2 A:<n>.<n+>\t A:<n>.<n+>\t >Heading 3 A:<n>.<n>.<n+>\t A:<n>.<n>.<n+>\t >Heading 4 A:<n>.<n>.<n>.<n+>\t A:<n>.<n>.<n>.<n+>\t > > >All Heading 1 Para Tags shows up correctly (with the word Chapter >translated to Russian and the correct Chapter number) but Headings >2 to 4 are wrong. They all begin with 0. That (and the other two problems related to this) are all because the Russian Heading 1 does not have the same series letter, "A", as the others. Series letters should **not** be translated. >Interestingly, Tables and Figures are handled correctly, although >they actually specify the use of <$chapnum> > >F:Figure <$chapnum>\+<n=1>: >F:??????? <$chapnum>\+<n=1>: Here, they did *not* translate the series letter. >PROBLEM 2 >------------------- >Is there any way to do a wholesale change to language settings? >Instead of being set to Russian (or ??????), all the Para and >Char Tags seem to be set to None. > >If I can't automate a fix to this (and I don't have FrameScript), >I will definitely have to make the LSP fix it. I'm pretty sure you can do that by opening the para designer, setting it to As Is, changing the one language setting, and applying it globally. But I don't have 9 handy to check on. >--------------------------------------------------------- > >Any help is appreciated, Alison HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. <jer...@omsys.com> http://www.omsys.com/ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
