Translation

Purpose

Specifies a translated text string that is associated with an attribute of a study component, along with the locale in which the translated text is used. Use one Translation element for each combination of attribute and locale that is needed in the study version. If you translate any attributes, include translation definitions for all translatable attributes that are part of the study component definition.

The Translation element is a child of the Translations element.

Syntax

<TRANSLATION

NAME="attributename"

LOCALE="text"

DISPLAYTEXT="text"

Attributes

NAME="attributename"

Name of the study component attribute for which translated text is being supplied. Required.

LOCALE="text"

Code for the language and culture of the translated text. Required.

DISPLAYTEXT="text"

Translated text string. Required.

Examples

The following example illustrates the translation of an item question and label into Spanish and German.

<ITEM refname="itmCardio"

LANGUAGE="en-US"

QUESTION="Cardiovascular"

LABEL="Cardio"

CALCULATED="false"

ITEMREQUIRED="true"

SDVREQUIRED="true"

</TRANSLATIONS>

<ITEM/>