Multi-language dictionary (*.mld) files are ASCII files that you can open in a text editor such as Notepad.
Text is organized into a grid of columns (languages) and numbered rows for reference. Consider the following text, extracted from a multi-language dictionary file that translates between English and German.
/lg ENU DEU
/cp ISO8859-1 ISO8859-1
;This is a user-defined mld file
0001 "english text ENU" "deutscher Text DEU"
0002 "This is free message number %d ENU" "Dies ist die freie %d. Meldung DEU"
0003 "This is a %s1 message %s2 ENU" "Dies ist eine %s2 Meldung %s1 DEU"
A multi-language dictionary file contains the following four line types:
Language Definition Line
A text file begins with a language definition line. The line begins with the abbreviation /lg.
Valid language abbreviations appear in the Online Translation dialog box; for example, ENU for English, DEU for German.
Example: An example for a language definition file could look like the following: /lg ENU DEU FRA
Page Code Definition Line
The next line after the language definition line is the page code definition line.
A page code line begins with the abbreviation "/cp" and contains a number for the page codes that is equal to the number of the language abbreviations you entered in the first line.
Valid page code abbreviations are:
|
arabic08 |
dos855 |
ansi_1200 |
dos869 |
iso8859-6 |
|
arabic09 |
dos857 |
ansi_1250 |
dos874 |
iso8859-7 |
|
arabic10 |
dos860 |
ansi_1251 |
dos852 |
iso8859-8 |
|
arabic20 |
dos861 |
ansi_1252 |
dos932 |
iso8859-2 |
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big5 |
dos862 |
ansi_1253 |
gb2312 |
johab |
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dos437 |
dos863 |
ansi_1254 |
ksc5601 |
mac-roman |
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dos737 |
dos864 |
ansi_1255 |
iso8859-3 |
|
|
dos775 |
dos865 |
ansi_1256 |
iso8859-4 |
|
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dos850 |
dos866 |
ansi_1257 |
iso8859-5 |
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Example: An example for a page code definition file could look like the following: /cp ISO8859-1 ISO8859-1 iso8859-1
Text String Line
Here are guidelines for creating a text string line:
- A text string line begins with a number from 1 through 32000. The numbers can include leading nulls.
- Enter a text string for every language abbreviation specified in the language line.
- Separate individual entries with quotation marks.
- Enter individual language columns in the appropriate code page.
- Use only one line for each message line.
Example: An example for a text string line could look like the following: 0001 “english text ENU” “deutscher Text DEU”
Comment Line
Each line beginning with a semicolon is a comment line.
Example: An example for a comment line could look like the following: ;This is a user-defined message file.