ACT Defining Invoice Language Translation
Language Translation Tables allow you to print invoices for different customers with descriptions for charging element units, charging elements, and invoice categories in different languages. This is accomplished by creating a set of translation tables for each language that you want to use and then referencing the appropriate set in Invoice Format Options (MWF;4;2;3;2;5).
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Language Translation Tables is option 4 on the Special Requirements Menu. Use this option to create translation tables for charging element units and descriptions, invoice category descriptions, and credit category descriptions. The translations can be used on invoices instead of the descriptions in the default Charging Element, Invoice Category, and Credit Category tables.
Each set of tables is associated with a language identifier. You specify the language identifier on the Accounting Options Invoice Format Options panel to cause the invoices printed with the formats to use the charging element and invoice category translations that you entered for the associated language.
The translations are generated to SAS PROC FORMATS named $ACTTRnx, where n is 1 - 4 ( 1 refers to charging element units, 2 to charging element descriptions, 3 to invoice category descriptions, and 4 to credit category descriptions) and x is the language identifier.
The credit category translations are not used on the standard invoices, but the generated $ACTTR4x (where x is a language identifier) formats are available for you to use in your own programs.
The following sections contain a worksheet to help you prepare to use the language translation feature and an example of a completed worksheet.
Invoice Language Translation Worksheet
+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Date: __/__/__ Administrator: _________ | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Language Identifier Description _ _________________________________________ Charging Element Translation ____ _________________________________________ ____ _________________________________________ ____ _________________________________________ Charging Element Translation Unit (Comp Code) ____ _______________ ____ _______________ ____ _______________ Invoice Category Translation ____ _________________________________________ ____ _________________________________________ ____ _________________________________________ Credit Category Translation ____ _________________________________________ ____ _________________________________________ ____ _________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________
Use the Invoice Language Translation Worksheet to make the following decisions:
- Language Identifier
- Description: A one-character identifier for the language to be added to the Language Translation Tables
- Language Selection panel.
- Default: None
- Values: One alphanumeric character.
- Language Description
- Description: A description of the language to be added to the Language Translation Tables
- Language Selection panel.
- Default: None
- Values: A maximum of thirty alphanumeric characters.
- Charging Element Description
- Description: The description of each charging element to be translated.
- Default: None
- Values: A maximum of forty alphanumeric characters.
- Charging Element Unit
- Description: The description of each charging element unit to be translated.
- Default: None
- Values: A maximum of sixteen alphanumeric characters.
- Invoice Category Description
- Description: The description of each invoice category to be translated.
- Default: None
- Values: A maximum of forty alphanumeric characters.
- Credit Category Description
- Description: The description of each credit category to be translated.
- Default: None
- Values: A maximum of forty alphanumeric characters.
Invoice Language Translation Example
+-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Date: __/__/__ Administrator: _________ | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Language Identifier Description E Espanol Charging Element Translation 1200 DB2 Instrucciones Ejecutadas Charging Element Translation Unit (Comp Code) 0025 Segundos Invoice Category Translation 6001 Administration Credit Category Translation 8210 Problema de Seguridad _____________________________________________________________