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Sending off a Component for translation

Send a Component off for translation to have it translated into one or more languages.

Procedure

  1. On an editable webpage, start editing by clicking the pencil button in the top right corner.
  2. Right-click anywhere inside a Component border to open its context menu, and select Translate.
    A translation dialog opens.
  3. If you have previously created and saved one or more translation jobs without sending them off yet, you are prompted to add it to the existing translation job(s), or to create a new one, by doing one of the following:
    • Select Create New Translation Job and click OK.
    • Select Add to existing Translation Job, select one of the open Translation Jobs from the list and click OK.
  4. In the General tab, enter values in the Translation Job Details section:
    • Enter a Name.
    • Ignore the Configuration path setting.
    • You may be able to set a Priority—Translation Jobs with higher priorities are sent sooner to the translation management system than those with lower priorities and also have precedence for translation on the translation management system. You can set High, Normal or Low priority levels.
    • Select a Required Date—set a due date for when the translation should be returned from the translation management system (if you do not specify a value, the default value on the translation management system is used).
    • Select a Include already translated items—by default, Translation Manager does not send items included in a Translation Job to translation if the item has not changed since it was last sent. You can override this behavior by selecting the Include already translated items check box, for example if you were not satisfied with the translation.
  5. In the General tab Translation Targets section:
    • If you initiated a job from a Source Publication, you can select the Languages you want to translate to and you may be able to specify the Workflow to use.
    • If you initiated a job from a Target Publication, you can specify the Workflow to use.
  6. Select an item and in the Added Items tab, click the Open button to open the Content Manager item you want to send to translation.
  7. Select an item and in the Added Items tab, click the Remove button to remove the Content Manager item from the Translation Job.
  8. In the Info tab, you can view information about the Translation Job.
  9. When you are finished with the Translation Job, proceed by clicking one of the following in the ribbon toolbar:
    Save
    Saves the Translation Job, which remains open for editing.
    Save and Close
    Saves and closes the Translation Job (the remains in an editable state until it is sent).
    Send to Translation
    Sends the Translation Job to the translation management system.