Creating a Multilanguage Translation Package

Use the Multilanguage Translation Package to create and control groups of content that require translation. Translation packages contain any type of content managed by Ektron including

• HTML
• XML Smart Forms
• assets like Microsoft Word documents, PDFs
• images. Images (.gif, .png, .jpg etc.) are also managed with their associated source documents like Photoshop (.psd) files.

For ease of use, you may add content and folders to one or more Translation Packages.

After creating a Translation Package, you use the Export for Translation screen's Select Packages field to export the content for translation. See Also: Using the Language Export Feature

Only content that’s selected for that package and marked “Ready for Translation” is exported. See Also: Mark Translation Statuses

Prerequisite:  You must be a member of the Administrators group or be assigned to the XLIFF Admin role. See Also: Defining Roles

This section also contains the following topics.

Viewing Translation Packages

Adding a Translation Package

Assigning Items to a Translation Package

Assigning Folders to a Translation Package

Linking a Photoshop Source File to an Image for Translation

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 dropdown.

Adding a Translation Package

1. Go to Workarea > Settings > Localization > Translation Packages.
2. Choose a language for this Translation Package using the View: dropdown.
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3. Click Add (). The Add Translation Package screen appears.
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4. Enter Translation Package title.
5. Enter a description.
6. Click Save (). Now you see the Items and Properties tabs.
7. Below the tabs, a screen appears. Use toolbar buttons to add items to the Translation Package.

Button	Description	More information
	Assign languages into which the package's content is exported for translation	Creating the .zip File
	Assign content to Translation Package	Assigning Items to a Translation Package
	Assign folders to Translation Package	Assigning Folders to a Translation Package
	Edit Translation Package	Change the title or description. To change other elements of the package (content, folders, etc.), 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: dropdown.
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   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 ().
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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 one content item in English, two in Spanish, and one 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:.
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4. Click Assign Folders ().
   
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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.

To associate a Photoshop file to an image for translation, follow these steps.

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. Publish() the change.