About Localization

Use the Localization feature to translate or modify text for end-user interfaces, including Work Center, User Workspace, and Serena Request Center (version 5.0 and later). Default strings are provided for the English (United States), or en-US, locale.

Restriction: Users must have the Remote Administration privilege to modify or translate strings.

Use the Localization page to:

Translate strings for design objects that are created in SBM Composer into another language. For details, refer to Design Object Strings.
Translate strings for global design objects into another language. For details, refer to Global Design Object Strings.
Override the default labels, messages, and strings for scheduled report e-mails that are sent by the Notification Server. For details, Notification Server Strings.
Override the default labels, messages, and strings for interfaces such as Work Center and Serena Request Center. For details, refer to Work Center and Request Center Strings.
Translate strings for runtime objects such as group names, non-private report names, project names, and fixed-length text field values that are displayed in relational fields. Translation for runtime objects is handled by XML export and import. For details, refer to MLS Runtime Object Strings.
Translate strings for user-defined objects in Serena Request Center (version 5.2.1 and later). For details refer to "Translating Strings for User Defined Objects" in the Serena Service Manager Getting Started Guide.

Important: Before you begin, you must select the Allow translation for MLS Runtime Objects and Design Objects check box on the Settings tab to translate these types of strings.

The following string types cannot be translated or modified using the Localization feature:

View names and feed names in Work Center.
Display names for system views (My Dashboard, for example).
Certain data generated by the Application Engine, such as text on report pages in Work Center.

On-premise customers can use the Languages, Strings, and String IDs system auxiliary tables to customize or translate strings generated by the Application Engine. For details, refer to the "Customizing and Translating SBM User Workspace Strings" section of the SBM System Administrator Guide.