When aligning multiple files there is no "Language to extract:" menu in the dialog.

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If I want to align multiple files there is no "Language to extract:" menu in the dialog. It is only there for one file at a time. How can I align all the files at once?

Achim Herrmann · Answer

Yes, this is true and by design. SDL Passolo can align multiple files in multiple languages in one single steps. In this case a selection for “Language to extract” doesn’t make sense. When multiple files are aligned Passolo is automatically using the project target language of each file as the language to extract. This will require that all the language tags (and the file names and paths) must be set correctly in the project. Otherwise you need to align file by file anyway.

Achim Herrmann · Answer

Maybe my previous post was not clear enough. It is possible to align all files in one single step, but there are 2 pre-requisites: 
 
 The project must be setup in a way that the target path and file name in the project is pointing to the translated files on your hard drive 
 If the resource files support internal language tags that are read by Passolo (i.e. from a DLL) the language tags in the resource ile must match the project target languages

Achim Herrmann · Answer

After analyzing the issue in more detail it was found that the language tag in the translated resource files which is “Japanese (Japan)” doesn’t match the target language in the Passolo project which was “Japanese”. Changing the project target language from “Japanese” to “Japanese (Japan)” solved the problem and all files could be aligned in one single step. 
 
The languages supported in SDL Passolo are based on the language codes created by Microsoft that are used in various operating systems and other products like the .NET Framework. As Passolo is just using these publicly known language codes it doesn’t provide any documentation about it. 
 
This also shows the importance of liaising with you internal developers and localization engineers to get the right information to correctly setup your projects.

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When aligning multiple files there is no "Language to extract:" menu in the dialog.