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Configuring source and pivot languages

Add the source and pivot languages to the translation configuration file. Languages that are not configured are not generated by Translation Management.

Procedure

  1. Login to the SDL LiveContent Architect web client as a user with an Administrator user role.
  2. Select Settings > XML Translation Settings
    The Admin.XMLTranslationConfiguration.xml file is displayed in the right pane.
  3. Locate the section that begins <GenerationScheme> in the file. Note:
    • The <FromLanguage> element contains the source language.
    • To define pivot languages configure multiple <FromLanguage> elements.
    • The <ToLanguage> element contains the target language.
    • Configure at least one target language for each source language.
  4. Add <FromLanguage> tags within the <GenerationScheme> tags, in the format:
    <FromLanguage ref="xx">
    </FromLanguage>
    where xx is a language code, defined in Settings > List of Values > Language, for the source or pivot language. For example:
    <FromLanguage ref="en">
    </FromLanguage>
  5. Add the <ToLanguage> tag within the <FromLanguage> tags in the format:
    <ToLanguage ref="xx>"/>
    where xx is a language code, defined in Settings > List of Values > Language, for the target language. For example:
    <ToLanguage ref="it"/>

Example

The following example defines a source language of English with target languages for German, Spanish, French, Italian and Chinese. The second group indicates that Chinese can be used as source language (pivot) for translating to Japanese and Korean.
<GenerationScheme>
 <FromLanguage ref="en">
   <ToLanguage ref="de"/>
   <ToLanguage ref="es"/>
   <ToLanguage ref="fr"/>
   <ToLanguage ref="it"/>
   <ToLanguage ref="zh"/>
 </FromLanguage>
 <FromLanguage ref="zh">
   <ToLanguage ref="ja"/>
   <ToLanguage ref="ko"/>
 </FromLanguage>
</GenerationScheme>