Edge supports 94 different languages, but the User has to change the Browser Setting to "Display Microsoft Edge in this language.". Doing that presents only some components on the web page in the chosen Language, and is very cumbersome.
Nomad Web Release 1.0.3 supports a number of additional languages... Danish (da), Finnish (fi), Norwegian (nb), Turkish (tr)... What's new in HCL Nomad for web browsers (hcltechsw.com)
This Idea from Nov 2021... OpenSource Language Strings to | #dominoforever | Product Ideas Portal (hcltechsw.com) states that "HCL products are translated to a number of languages".
But I can't find any documentation that helps me to understand what we have to do in order to render a Form in a Domino DB in another language. For example, we have an Inspection system where the Inspector speaks English, but the Client only speaks Spanish and the Inspector would like to display the Inspection form in Spanish. Is that possible... is there any documentation that explain what is possible?
Thx in advance.
Nomad for web browsers will go through the list of languages in Edge until it finds one that Nomad for web browsers supports. If it doesn't find any that match, English is the default.
https://help.hcltechsw.com/nomad/1.0_web/nomadweb_requirements.html lists the currently supported languages.
It sounds like you want a single nsf that for shows in English for the Inspector and Spanish for the Client. That sounds like a Multilingual Application. Did you create the application (nsf) as such? https://help.hcltechsw.com/dom_designer/12.0.0/basic/H_PLANNING_FOR_TRANSLATING_AN_APPLICATION_STEPS.html. If not, that's the first thing to pursue.
If you have already done that, does what you want to do work for the nsf in Notes? If yes, Notes Standard (Java), Basic (no Java) or both? Nomad should be nearly the same as Notes Basic, so if it works in Notes Basic, it should work in Nomad, so if that is the case (works in Notes Basic but not Nomad), we certainly need to look at it from the Nomad side. Can you provide us with a template only copy of the nsf that has the issue (via a support case)?
Thx... that is exactly what I was looking for, Rob. I saw the post about language support under Nomad and posted there... should have gone back to Domino documentation... my bad.
You are right, we want a multilingual application, but our database was not designated as multilingual from the start. A Client has only recently requested this function.
A couple of questions come to mind:
- Can our existing DB design be "retrofitted" to be designated as multilingual, or do we have to create a new Template, which is designated as multilingual, and move all the design elements over, and then follow the procedure outlined?
- From one of the Nomad postings, I got the sense that there is a lexicon of terms, which have already been translated. How does that fit in?
- We have worked with Domino® Global Workbench, albeit manyyears ago. I was also expecting that Nomad might have a new, modern approach to multilingual DBs
Clearly I need to research this more.
A1. That's more of a general question that is probably better posted and answered in the Domino forum instead of the Nomad specific forum.
A2. We have translations included for UI elements such as menus, dialogs, etc. that come built into Notes or Nomad. They aren't really exposed to the application level which is handled separately (multilingual databases, templates, etc.). Does that answer your question?
A3. I'm not familiar with the Global Workbench, but Nomad isn't trying to change how things work as much as we are trying to just display/work in the browser as it has been in other clients (Notes, HCAA, etc.) for many years. Improvements are good, but they would generally be at the database level such that all clients (Notes, HCAA and Nomad) would all get the same changes (aka, not Nomad specific).
Thx for that info, Rob. I think I'm good for now... need to do my own research into the Multilingual capability.