Typical translation scenario
When you create (a new version of) a publication, you can specify the set of languages to which the objects in that publication version are to be translated. You can also specify a fallback language to use if a specific object in your publication version is not available in a target language. When you create objects, you can enable or disable translation for those objects.
<languagepath> element defines the source language - target language combination that is allowed in the system. For the example above, English is the source language.
- Creating language objects for translation
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Content Manager methods for managing translation and creating language objects for translation depend on the Status of the source language objects, and on the objects' Enable translation management metadata field.
- Behavior
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Assuming Enable translation management is selected for the object:
- A target language object for translation is created for an object when a user selects to generate target languages for a publication version that contains that object in its baseline.
- Alternatively, a target language object for translation is created for an object when a user selects to add a publication version that contains that object in its baseline to a translation job.
In both cases, the target language object will only be created if the source language object is in a Released-type workflow status.