Translation process
A successful Translation Job process flow is Definition > Ready for Translation > Sending for Translation > In Translation > Completed. In between these stages, the state of a Translation Job can be: Error sending, Awaiting Authorization, Error retrieving, Cancelled, or Deleting
You can see the current stage of a Translation Job—the job status—in the Translation Jobs Queue. The following diagram provides an overview of the translation process:
Translations are handled in the following stages by the Translation Manager:
- 1. Definition
- The Translation Job has been defined and has been saved but has not been sent to the translation management system. At this stage, you can still edit the Translation Job and add or remove items. When you send the job for translation, the job status is set to Ready for Translation.
- 2. Ready for Translation
- The Translation Job has been defined and has been sent and is awaiting transferral to the translation management system. In the Ready for Translation stage, the Translation Jobs are waiting to be picked up by the Translation Manager Service. The service polls the Translation Manager at configured intervals for Translation Jobs submitted for translation. When the service picks up the job, the job status is set to Sending for Translation.
- 3. Sending for Translation
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The Translation Job is being processed for transferral to the translation management system. In the Sending for Translation stage, the Translation Manager Service retrieves Translation Jobs ready for translation from the Translation Manager and does the following:
- localizes and checks out the Content Manager items in the relevant Target Publications
- splits the Translation Job into one or more jobs depending on settings in the Translation Manager configuration file
- sends the jobs and source content to the translation management system when polled (the translation management system polls the Translation Manager Service at configured intervals to check for translations waiting for transferral).
- sets the job status to In Translation, unless an error occurs in one of the previous steps in which case the job status is set to Error sending and the process is stopped.
- 4. In Translation
- The Translation Job is being processed in the translation management system using the specified translation workflow. During this stage, the Translation Manager Service polls the translation management system at configured intervals to check for translations that have been processed through workflow. You can derive information about the state of the job in the translation management system from the workflow status. You can see workflow stages in the Translation Progress tab of a Translation Job.
- 5. Completed
- The items in the original Translation Job have been returned from the translation management system and checked in.