topic Re: Library translation in GDL

Library translation

sma2bim — Thu, 25 May 2023 06:22:03 GMT

Hello everybody,

I need some help if someone already tried to translate object from froeign language ?

We are using German library specially for doors and windows but it is so diffucult to parameter the objects in german .

Thanks

Re: Library translation

Ahmed_K — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 16:49:02 GMT

you have to open objects and translate their " parameter names " manually

Re: Library translation

sma2bim — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:17:16 GMT

some parameters it is done but the values not all the time editable

Re: Library translation

Lingwisyer — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 03:41:23 GMT

Parameters that are populated by Macros? So you would need to go into each macro and change the parameter there, which can go very deep... macro into macro into macro...

Re: Library translation

sma2bim — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:35:55 GMT

I am not sure it is macro or not.

But the problem specially with doors and windows (wich are better drawing, have better parameters in the German Library).

Re: Library translation

runxel — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 11:59:40 GMT

Short answer? Good luck!

Long answer?

Well, you'll need to open the object, go into the UI, and basically change all strings inside " ` " you can find. And then go into every macro and repeat... And it's macros all the way down!

The windows and doors are horrible. So back to the short answer: Good luck!

Re: Library translation

sma2bim — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 12:12:34 GMT

yeah better learn some german words

Re: Library translation

Zsuzsanna Bori — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 08:20:35 GMT

In situations like this, I would recommend using LP_XMLconverter to convert the library into hsf format, and open the folder in VSCode (good idea to use our free GDL for VSCode extension 😉 ). With regular expressions in find&replace fields, you can make the process faster and then convert the files back to .gsm format.
This is the least technical solution I can think of, and still better than doing it inside Archicad, but yes, that is an option as well. 🙂