Creating a Multilanguage Translation Package

Viewing Translation Packages

When you first view the Translation Packages screen, you see all packages in the default language. To view existing packages in any (or all) languages, change the language drop-down.

Adding a Translation Package

1. Go to Workarea > Settings > Localization > Translation Packages.
2. Choose a language for this Translation Package using the View: drop-down.
3. Click Add Translation Package. The Add Translation Package screen appears.
4. Enter a translation package title and description.
5. Click Save. TheItems and Properties tabs appear.
6. Below the tabs, a screen appears. Use toolbar buttons to add items to the Translation Package.
   —Toolbar icon descriptions—

   • —Assign languages into which the package's content is exported for translation. See Creating the .zip File.
   • —Assign content to Translation Package. SeeAssigning Items to a Translation Package .
   • —Assign folders to Translation Package. See Assigning Folders to a Translation Package.
   • —Edit Translation Package.Change the title or description. To change other elements of the package (content, folders, and so on), click the appropriate button.
   • —Delete Translation Package.

Assigning Items to a Translation Package

1. Go to Workarea > Settings > Localization > Translation Packages.
2. Choose a language for this Translation Package in the View: drop-down.

   NOTE: You can add more languages to the package after you create it.

3. Click a Package Name to view it.
4. Click Assign Items (). The following image shows an example of the \Content\Company\Careers folder.
   

   

5. Check items to include in this package. Only content in the selected language appears.
6. Click Update Translation Package.

Assigning Folders to a Translation Package

If you select a folder, only content in that folder that matches the Translation Package's source language is included. For example, you create a Translation Package in English. In that package, you select folder which has 1 content item in English, 2 in Spanish, and 1 in German. When the package is exported for translation, it includes the English content only.

1. Go to Workarea > Settings > Localization > Translation Packages.
2. Click on a Package Name to view it.
3. Choose a language for this Translation Package in View:.
4. Click Assign Folders (). The following image shows an example of the MainSite\Content\Company\Careers folder.
   

   

5. Check folders to include in this package.

   NOTE: To check subfolders, open the folder tree to show the subfolders then check the top folder. If you do not want to include the subfolders, do not open the folder tree or uncheck the specific subfolders.

6. Click Update Translation Package.

Linking a Photoshop Source File to an Image for Translation

Complex images often contain text that you wish to translate. Because the image is a "flat" non-layered file, it is difficult to make text changes. However, the text may be on a layer within a Photoshop (.psd) file.

1. Create a Metadata key called XliffReferenceSource of the type Content Selector.

   NOTE: The key name XliffReferenceSource is a reserved name and recognized by the XLIFF import/export process.

2. Assign XliffReferenceSource metadata to the folder where the images are stored.
3. Add the Photoshop file as an asset in the folder.
4. Go to the Library and edit the image to which you associate the psd file.
5. Click the metadata tab and add the Photoshop file to the XliffReferenceSourcefield.
6. Click Publish.