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iMIS provides multi-language support through the iMIS Translation tool. The Translation tool enables you to easily become a true multi-lingual organization by translating your website as well as your iMIS system into multiple languages.

Key features

  • Allow website visitors to choose an offered language.
  • Display all website content including prompts and community posts in the chosen language.
  • Remembers the language selection and displays the correct language upon return visits to your website.
  • Allow your staff to choose a language when using the iMIS system.
  • Display field prompts, drop-down lists, and data in your iMIS system in multiple languages.
  • Includes bi-directional translation so staff can enter data in one language and have it displayed in another.
  • Supports any language, including languages that require a double-byte character set.
  • Allows for the creation and management of custom word or phrase translations.
  • Allows for excluding words or phrases from translation.

With iMIS Translation, your organization can transform your online presence to reach and engage with your members around the world. You can increase brand awareness, membership growth and revenue by engaging with potential users in their language. With a translated website, users can simply select their preferred language and your iMIS website is automatically presented in a friendly, familiar, and engaging way for your users.

Note: In order to use Translation you must have a license key. Contact ASI for more information.

iMIS includes translated Versions (dictionaries) for the following Cultures (languages):

  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Dutch

Additional languages will be available in the future.

Translated Not Translated

The following areas in iMIS are translated:

  • Labels
  • Prompts
  • Navigation links
  • Page titles
  • Tabs
  • Column and row headings and identifiers
  • Drop-down menu items (excluding some that are defined in General lookup tables)
  • ALT-text for images

The following areas in iMIS are not translated:

  • User-provided data content (i.e, phrases in a Content Html content item, product titles, event titles, General lookup table entries).
  • iMIS Form Builder content

For out-of-the-box websites and templates, the language translation drop-down is provided and appears either in the footer or header for each page. For Theme Builder templates, users must add the language translation drop-down manually.

Note: To display the language translation drop-down in a custom template, you need to add and configure the Utility Navigation content item to add this service to your website.