Understanding Multi-Language Entry

Use one of these two methods to maintain translations of application data:

• Log into the system in a language other than the database's base language and update a field that is language-sensitive.

• Use the multi-language entry option.

Using the multi-language entry option provides significant benefits over simply changing the session language and overwriting existing base language descriptions with their translations. It allows you to:

• Enter or edit data in multiple languages during the same session without changing the sign-in language.

• View all translations of a row of data in a single session, which may be important for multilingual implementations that need to describe data in a different language.

• Easily recognize which fields on a page are language-sensitive and which are language-neutral.

Multi-language entry makes it more intuitive for a multilingual user, such as a Canadian operator who is proficient in both French and English, to maintain data in several languages before saving a page.

Multi-language entry is active if all of the following conditions are true:

• The multi-language entry option is enabled for the user operator.

• The current page contains a record that has a related language record.

• The component is not a fluid component.