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Microsoft Visio is a most useful and versatile diagramming application that has the ability to include information with every single item. Although Microsoft Visio can be installed in many different language versions, it is not possible to maintain multiple language shape text or page names in the same document.
This can be a problem if you have a diagram that needs to be periodically updated because you will need to keep many different copies of the diagram synchronized. This will soon lead to errors or inconsistencies and the diagrams will become misleading and inaccurate.
bVisual developed an add-in for Microsoft Visio 2013, and have now updated it for all newer versions, that enables you to put alternative language translations of the text in every shape text and even the names of each page.
There are 98 different languages supported by Visio, and you can add alternate text for all of them, if you need to. You can even use Microsoft Cognitive Services Translator to automatically translate a large number of these languages. The add-in will also maintain hyperlinks that have been created between pages in the document, even after the names of pages have been changed.
Key Benefits
- No more alternate language copies of Visio diagrams required
- Check alternate language texts in one place
- Simple one-click button to switch the display between different languages
Sample output
Note : All of these alternative languages were automatically translated using Microsoft Cognitive Services Translator – so, any errors are Microsoft’s!
| Language | LCID | |
| English (UK) | 2057 | Click |
| French (France) | 1036 | Click |
| German (Germany) | 1031 | Click |
| Spanish (Spain) | 3082 | Click |
| Italian (Italy) | 1040 | Click |
| Dutch (Netherlands) | 1043 | Click |
| Arabic (Saudi Arabia) | 1025 | Click |
| Hebrew (Israel) | 1037 | Click |
| Japanese (Japan) | 1041 | Click |
| Korean (Korea) | 1042 | Click |
| Russian (Russia) | 1049 | Click |
| Hindi (India) | 1081 | Click |
Here is the actual Viso diagram that contains all of the above languages (and more): Click
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