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Configuring Messages
16.6 Translating and Editing Text Libraries
Programming with STEP 7
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16.6.5 Translating Text Libraries
System text libraries and user text libraries provide a list of texts that can be integrated into
messages, updated dynamically at run time, and shown on a programming device or other display
device.
The texts in system text libraries are provided by STEP 7 or STEP 7 optional packages. There can
be several text libraries assigned to one CPU. You can translate these texts into the required
languages.
In the SIMATIC Manager, you can select the languages that are available in a project (menu
command Options > Language for Display Devices…). You can also add or delete languages
later.
When you initiate the translation of a text library (Menu command Options > Manage Multilingual
Texts > Export), an export file will be generated that you can edit in Microsoft EXCEL, for
example. After you have opened the file, the screen displays a table that contains a column for
each language
Caution
Never open a *.cvs export file with double-click on the file. Always use menu command File > Open
under Microsoft EXCEL to open the file.
Note
You can print user text only in the application used for the translation.
Example of an export file
German English
ausgefallen
Failure
gestört
Disruption
Parametrierfehler
Parameter assignment
error