Language Translation (Localization) For User Messages; Understanding Language Translation - Cisco 5505 - ASA Firewall Edition Bundle Administrator's Manual

Chapter 8 Customizing and Localizing the AnyConnect Client

Language Translation (Localization) for User Messages

Localization provides a way of implementing translation for user messages that appear on the client user
interface. The security appliance provides language translation for the portal and screens displayed to
users that initiate browser-based, Clientless SSL VPN connections, as well as the interface displayed to
Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client users.
This section describes how to configure the security appliance to translate these user messages and
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Understanding Language Translation

Functional areas and their messages that are visible to remote users are organized into translation
domains.
Table 8-4
Translation Domain
AnyConnect
CSD
customization
banners
PortForwarder
url-list
webvpn
plugin-ica
plugin-rdp
plugin-telnet,ssh
plugin-vnc
The standard software image package for the security appliance includes a translation table template for
each domain. The templates for plug-ins are included with the plug-ins and define their own translation
domains.
You can export the template for a translation domain, which in some cases creates an XML file of the
template at the URL or IP address you provide. The message fields in this file are empty. You can edit
the messages and import the template to create a new translation table object that resides in flash
memory.
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Understanding Language Translation, page 8-3
Creating or Modifying a Translation Table Using CLI, page 8-8
Referencing the Language in a Customization Object, page 8-10
Changing a Group Policy or User Attributes to Use the Customization Object, page 8-12
Table 8-4 shows the translation domains and the functional areas translated.
Translation Domains and Functional Areas Affected
Functional Areas Translated
Messages displayed on the user interface of the Cisco AnyConnect VPN
Client.
Messages for the Cisco Secure Desktop (CSD).
Messages on the logon and logout pages, portal page, and all the messages
customizable by the user.
Banners displayed to remote users and messages when VPN access is denied.
Messages displayed to Port Forwarding users.
Text that user specifies for URL bookmarks on the portal page.
All the layer 7, AAA and portal messages that are not customizable.
Messages for the Citrix plug-in.
Messages for the Remote Desktop Protocol plug-in.
Messages for the Telnet and SSH plug-in.
Messages for the VNC plug-in.
Customizing the End-user Experience
Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client Administrator Guide
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