Using HOPEX in a Multilingual Context
Knowledge sharing is possible across the company and in different languages through multilingual support: repository content is managed and published in as many languages as required.
HOPEX allows you to enter data in several languages.
You can easily switch from one language to another to enter or consult data or to generate documents.
Modifying the Data Language
HOPEX allows you to enter data in several languages. You can switch from one language to another to enter or consult data or to generate documents.
To configure the list of available work languages, see Managing Options.Modifying the data language
To modify the data language in HOPEX:
1. In your HOPEX desktop, click Main Menu 
.
.2. Select <current language> > <new language>.
The data (translated) appear directly in the selected language.
Defining the available languages
To make a language available:
1. Access the options.
2. Select Languages.
3. In the right pane, select the language.
4. Click OK.
Entering Data in Several Languages
Object characteristics in the target language
You can define the object characteristics in a target language.
E.g.: its name
To enter an object characteristics in a target language:
1. Access the object properties.
2. Display the General - Translation page.
3. In the Translation pane, in the Name field, enter the name of the object in the corresponding target language.
You can enter the name of the object in all of the available languages.The Date of language update of the modified data is then updated on the General > Administration page, Administration section.
Data whose translation in a given language has been entered manually can no longer be translated automatically per batch in this language. Only interactive automatic translation is possible.
For more details, see Using Automatic Translation for Data.Object comments in the target language
To enter the object comment in another language:
1. Access the object properties.
2. Display the General - Translation page.
Each target language has a Comment (<language>) tab.
3. Select the target language tab, i.e.: the tab of the language into which you want to translate your original text.
4. Enter your text.
You can use editing tools.Multilingualism and duplicated object names
When you duplicate an object, it must be in the repository language so that translations in the various languages will be correctly transferred to the duplicates.
To determine the language of your repository, consult the repository properties.For more details on duplication, see Duplicating objects.Viewing Untranslated Objects
To view untranslated objects:
1. Access the HOPEX options.
To access the options, see Managing Your Options.2. Click the Languages icon.
3. Select the Indication of objects not translated check box.
The name displayed for untranslated objects is their name in the language in which they were created. When you select this option, the name is suffixed by the code of the corresponding language (for example, US for English).
In the example above, an organizational process has been created in French and has to be translated into the current language (English in this example).