Understanding Translation Routines

The system provides several translation routines to convert amounts to words. These translation routines are generally used by payment formats, draft formats, and check-writing programs that produce output in both numeric and text form. You specify the translation routine that you want to use in the processing options for these programs.

The system provides these translation routines:

• X00500 - English.

• X00500BR - Brazilian Portuguese.

• X00500C - Including cents.

• X00500CH - Chinese.

• X00500D - German (mark).

• X00500ED - German (euro).

• X00500FR - French (franc).

• X00500EF - French (euro).

• X00500I - Italian (lira).

• X00500EI - Italian (euro).

• X00500S1 - Spanish (female).

• X00500S2 - Spanish (male).

• X00500S3 - Spanish (female, no decimal).

• X00500S4 - Spanish (male, no decimal).

• X00500S5 - Spanish (euro).

• X00500U - United Kingdom.

• X00500U1 - United Kingdom (words in boxes).

In some cases, the translation routine that you use depends on the currency that you are using. For example, if you are converting euro amounts to words, you should use a translation routine that has been set up to handle euro currencies. In Spanish, the gender of the currency determines the translation routine that you choose.