This document provides additional information on configuring Spanish-language translation for your optional supplemental questions in CCCApply.
For details on configuring Supplemental Questions, see the Working with Supplemental Questions User Guide.
What are Supplemental Questions?
Supplemental Questions are additional questions that colleges can add to the CCCApply application(s) if they choose. Implementing these additional questions is optional. Support for Supplemental Questions functionality is available in the CCCApply Standard, Noncredit, and International applications only. The CC Promise Grant Online Application does not support supplemental questions.
If your college chooses to ask additional questions, the following parameters must be considered:
the college is required to configure the question(s) and the response option(s); however some templates are available
all questions will display on a single page which appears near the end of the application; supplemental questions cannot be displayed randomly throughout the application
only one page of supplemental questions can display at a time
supplemental questions must be implemented separately, if required, on each admission application.
More on Configuring Supplemental Questions
Supplemental questions are written in XML and validated with XSD. You can create one or more sets of supplemental questions to be added to your college's CCCApply applications via the CCCApply Administrator tool. Only one supplemental question set can be active/displayed at a time. The Configuring Application Supplemental Questions section of the CCCApply Administrator User Guide provides details on importing, updating, and exporting your Supplemental Question XML files. If you want supplemental questions to display in both or all three CCCApply applications, you must configure and import separate XML files for each application.
Internationalization: The Optional <Translations> Element
If your college does not choose to internationalize the optional supplemental questions you’ve configured, no action is needed.
If your college has already provided both an English and a Spanish version of supplemental questions manually in the XML, you can continue to leave your XML code as is and both language versions of the question(s) will continue to display.
However, if you implement the internationalization approach below, the supplemental questions will conditionally display in either English or Spanish, based on the end-user's browser language setting.
To internationalize your custom supplemental questions:
Add the optional <Translations> element.
Within the <Translations> element, add at least two <Locale> elements, one without any "lang" attribute and one with a lang attribute of "es".
Add <Message> element blocks for each code into both of the <Locale> elements.
Each <Message> element must have a <code> and <message> attribute with values.
The <code> attribute value must match the question's <Label> value.
For example, for the two <Label> elements and three <label> attributes below:
<Header>main.header</Header>
<Section>
<Header>section.1.header</Header>
<Text maxLength="50" default="" id="1">
<Label>question.name</Label>
<HoverHelp lang="en">Enter your full name</HoverHelp>
<HoverHelp lang="es">Ingrese su nombre completo</HoverHelp>
</Text>
<Menu id="1">
<Label>question.color</Label>
<MenuItem value="1" label="question.color.1"/>
<MenuItem value="2" label="question.color.2"/>
<MenuItem value="3" label="question.color.3"/>
</Menu>
</Section>
...each has a corresponding <Message code="" message=""/> in the <Translations> element's <Locale> element; the first in English and the second in Spanish:
<Translations>
<Locale>
<Message code="main.header" message="Here are some questions"/>
<Message code="section.1.header" message="Knowledge (en and es)"/>
<Message code="여행지 추천 설문지 | where to go " message="What is your name?"/>
<Message code="question.color" message="What is your favorite color?"/>
<Message code="question.color.1" message="Red"/>
<Message code="question.color.2" message="Blue"/>
<Message code="question.color.3" message="Yellow"/>
</Locale>
<Locale lang="es">
<Message code="main.header" message="Aquí hay algunas preguntas." />
<Message code="section.1.header" message="Conocimiento"/>
<Message code="여행지 추천 설문지 | where to go " message="¿Cuál es su nombre?"/>
<Message code="question.color" message="¿Cuál es su color favorito?" />
<Message code="question.color.1" message="Rojo" />
<Message code="question.color.2" message="Azul" />
<Message code="question.color.3" message="Amarillo" />
</Locale>
</Translations>