Import and Export of Language Packs

Import of Language Pack Sources

Languages can be imported into a solution either as CGI Language Pack Source or as Excel file, by going to Language > Import Languages and selecting the desired flavor.

The final step of the language import process is to show the differences between the texts in the import file and the texts in solution. There are three possible actions:

Add : Indicates that the language does not already exist in the solution and will be imported from the file.
Merge: Means that the language already exists in the solution and only the content differs. New texts will be added and already existing texts will be updated.
Drop : When unchecking a language entry in the Translatable Text Differences dialogue, the Action changes automatically from Add/Merge to Drop. If the initial action was Add, this means that the language will not be added to the solution. If the initial action was Merge, this means its texts will not be updated and new texts from the import files will not be added to this language in the solution.

: The Drop action does not mean that the language will be removed from the solution. The removal of a language can be done from File > Solution Options in the Cultures tab.

Export of Language Pack Sources

The translatable texts of the current solution can be exported by going to Language > Export Languages..., which opens the Select Cultures dialog.

The Select Cultures dialog allows the choice of which cultures to be exported or not. Languages can be exported in Excel or CGI Language Pack Source (.LPS). Click the Browse button to select the Export file path, choose the format in the Save as type drop down and click Save. Click the Export button to finalize the languages export.

Please note that only the texts that have a correspondent in the master language texts, considering their Id, are included in the export, all the others being ignored. In this case warnings will be added to the Output tab in Scene Composer.

Exporting languages as Language Pack Source file creates a .LPS file that contains the master language and all the other languages available in the solution. The exported .LPS file can be compiled and appended using the CGI Studio Language Appender.
Exporting languages as Excel document creates an Excel file that contains one sheet for the master language (named Master) and a sheet for each of the other languages in the solution having an identical name with the respective culture (e.g. de-DE, en-US, fr-FR). Each sheet has a header on the first row, with 3 columns: Id, Text, and Translation Hint. The following rows contain the translatable texts.