Designating Content using Localize Section
The Localize Section button (
) lets you designate paragraphs to localize for the XLIFF translation process. (See Also: Using the Language Export Feature.)
For example, an author creates content in English, and does not want a specific paragraph to be translated into French. So, he uses the Localize Section feature to exclude that paragraph from the French version of content. When the content is exported, the selected paragraph does not appear in the French XLIFF file.
This section contains the following topics.
Creating a Localized Section
To create one or more localized paragraphs, follow these steps.
- Open the content with paragraphs that you want to localize.
- Select one or more paragraphs.
IMPORTANT: You must select entire paragraphs. You cannot select individual words or sentences within a paragraph.
Also, if the content is a bulleted or numbered list, you must select the entire list.
-
Click Localize Section (
). The Localize Section dialog appears. -
For each language on the list, Include or Exclude the selected text.
- If you include one or more languages, all unchecked languages are excluded.
- If you exclude one or more languages, all unchecked languages are included.
- If you include some languages and exclude others, all unchecked languages are excluded.
- See Also: Include/Exclude Examples
- Click OK.
From now on, when editing that content, authors see a <localize> box that shows the localized sections that are exported/imported when using the XLIFF process.
Include/Exclude Examples
On the sample screen below, Dutch and U.S. English are excluded. This means that French, German and Italian are included even though the Include box is not checked.
On the sample screen below, German and Italian are included. This means that Dutch, U.S. English, and French are excluded even though the Exclude box is not checked.
On the sample screen below, Dutch is included and U.S. English is excluded. In this case, because one language is included and another is excluded, German, Italian, and French are excluded even though the Exclude box is not checked.
Editing a Localized Section
To edit a localized section, follow these steps.
1. Edit the content that contains the localized section.
A localized section looks like a table within the editor.
- Place the cursor in the table header, near
<Localize>. - Right click the mouse.
- Choose Localize Section.
- Choose Locale Languages to Include or Exclude.
- Click OK.
Removing a Localized Section
To remove a localized section, follow these steps.
1. Edit the content that contains the localized section.
A localized section looks like a table within the editor.
- Place the cursor in the table header, near
<Localize>. - Right click the mouse.
- Choose Remove Localize Section.
- The localization information is removed . The text remains.