Multilingual content in the process area

Important at the outset:

If a management system for practical guidance is to be set up for an international company with several sites, the Q.wiki MultiSite solution is recommended. This allows the principle of interactive management systems to be implemented across language barriers, without effort being spent on often pointless and erroneous translations.

In Q.wiki, two components are distinguished for the language:

• The system language (control elements such as save button).
• The language of the content

Multilingualism of the system language

Dutch, English, French and German are offered as system languages. For a user, the system language depends on the language set in the browser:

• If the language in the browser is set to Dutch, French or German, Q.wiki appears in the respective language.
• If the language in the browser is set to another language, Q.wiki appears in English.

E-mails are sent in the language of the initiating user.

The system language can be forced to German or English for Q.wiki in the configuration. This configuration is adapted by the Model Aachen Support.

Multilingualism of the content language

Q.wiki now includes automatic content translation!

There are several possibilities to display Q.wiki content in different languages, which differ significantly depending on the use case:

• Different locations have different languages
  • If you have several locations in your company with different spoken languages, the introduction of the Q.wiki multisite is a good idea. In this case, a separate wiki is implemented for each of the different locations and/or languages. Globally applicable content is also made available locally in the corporate language.

If the same content is to be presented in different languages, the following methods are possible:

• Integrated translation
  • The integrated translation is recommended if isolated contents are to be translated and thus one language predominates.