# Better than Ignition. Any SCADA?

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [March 5, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/better-than-ignition-any-scada/17215 "2018-03-05T03:54:27Z")\
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> [@fabio.gandolfi](#):
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> If you have to do a multilingual it is better that you pray, because as has happened to me you have to do everything by hand, you cannot extract the texts, for example in excel. have them translated and then imported.

As it happens, there is help for that.

> [@Translating project](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/translating-project/11168/23):
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> I had been working this up on and off (mostly off) for a few months. This works with XML exports of the Translation Manager, and will handle multiple locales at once. You will need a Microsoft Azure account, but the free version is, as of this writing, 2 million characters per month. Export XMLs from Translation Manager [image] Run the script in whatever fashion you choose. Resultant files will be in the same directory. Import the translated files back …

> [@fabio.gandolfi](#):
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> They are in different folders, but have the same name. You know what chaos that comes out … Cross reference is something that makes any programmer shiver.

A consistent naming scheme does not equate to chaos. Indirect referencing actually thrives on such consistency.

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I'll also stress the importance of using resources available to you. InductiveU is one that has been mentioned, but also the helpful people here on this forum. There is a wealth of people who can help out with most things right here. All one has to do... is ask. 🙂

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