Resx Translation

Resx Translation Generation

Overview

Generate translations for DAX Studio's .resx resource files. Target languages:

• es — Spanish
• fr — French
• de — German
• zh-Hans — Chinese (Simplified)
• ja — Japanese

Process

1. Read the English base .resx file (e.g., Strings.resx)
2. For each <data> entry, translate the <value> element
3. Write the translated entries to the language-specific file (e.g., Strings.es.resx)

Translation Rules

Do NOT Translate

• DAX function names: CALCULATE, SUMMARIZE, EVALUATE, MEASURE, VAR, RETURN, DEFINE, ORDER BY, etc.
• Technical terms that are industry-standard in English: VertiPaq, Storage Engine, Formula Engine, DirectQuery, xmSQL, ADOMD, XMLA, SSAS, TOM, TMSL
• Product names: DAX Studio, Power BI, Power Pivot, Analysis Services, Excel, Azure, SQL Server
• Format placeholders: {0}, {1}, {2} — preserve these exactly
• Keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+C, F5, Ctrl+Shift+Enter — keep as-is
• File extensions: .csv, .xlsx, .json, .parquet, .vpax

Translation Guidelines

• Keep translations concise — German and Japanese tend to be longer than English; keep labels short for UI layout
• Preserve any special characters (quotes, parentheses, brackets)
• Maintain the same tone (professional, technical)
• Use formal register (e.g., "usted" in Spanish, "vous" in French, "Sie" in German)
• For Chinese, use Simplified Chinese (zh-Hans), not Traditional
• For Japanese, use standard technical Japanese with appropriate katakana for loanwords

Resx File Format

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
  <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
    <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
      <xsd:complexType>
        <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
          <xsd:element name="data">
            <xsd:complexType>
              <xsd:sequence>
                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
              </xsd:sequence>
              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="0" />
              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
              <xsd:attribute name="xml:space" use="optional" />
            </xsd:complexType>
          </xsd:element>
          <xsd:element name="resheader">
            <xsd:complexType>
              <xsd:sequence>
                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
              </xsd:sequence>
              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
            </xsd:complexType>
          </xsd:element>
        </xsd:choice>
      </xsd:complexType>
    </xsd:element>
  </xsd:schema>
  <resheader name="resmimetype"><value>text/microsoft-resx</value></resheader>
  <resheader name="version"><value>2.0</value></resheader>
  <resheader name="reader"><value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader</value></resheader>
  <resheader name="writer"><value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter</value></resheader>

  <data name="ResourceKey" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Translated text here</value>
  </data>
</root>

Example Translations