Controlling content sent for translation
Translation Manager has various properties and settings that allow you to control the content that is sent for translation and how to send it to your translation management system.
- Translatable content
While Components and their Component fields represent the primary content that gets translated, you can also send many other items for translation that also have translatable content in the form of metadata or properties. This topic describes the content that is sent for translation for the different item types. - Enabling translation of minor versions of content items
You can enable minor versions of content items to be translated through theAllowTranslateDynamicContentproperty in the TranslationManager.xml configuration file. This setting affects all Multimedia Components, Components and Pages. - Configuring maximum job size
You can configure the maximum number of files allowed in a Translation Job when it is sent for translation. To do so, configure the<MaximumJobSize>element in the TranslationManager.xml file on the server. - Configuring job ID prefix
You can specify a prefix which is appended to each Translation Job sent to the translation management system. To do so, configure the<JobIdPrefix>element in the TranslationManager.xml file on the server. - Aggregating Content Manager items in a Translation Job
Aggregation adds all the Content Manager items included in a Translation Job into a single item on the translation management system instead of in separate files for each item. - Including/excluding translation content
A Translation Job has several properties that allow you to control what content is sent for translation. - Writing ITS Rules
Translation Manager comes with an ITS Rules document in which you can define the elements and attributes you want to send for translation. You can use this file to, for example, control which content from a Format Area gets sent for translation. - Configuring translatable properties
Publications, Folders, Structure Groups and Categories have Translate item options that allow you to select the properties of an item you want to send for translation. - Configuring translatable fields in Schemas
You can control what fields are sent for translation by configuring your Schemas. - Configuring linked items to be included in translation jobs
In Schemas, you can configure Component fields that are linked to other Components to also be translated when the 'container' Component is sent for translation. - Adding metadata information to Translation Jobs
You can add information about items that are sent for translation. This is called metadata information. Once configured, it is sent as part of the Translation Job. - Recommendations for sending content
You must carefully consider what content to send for translation in order to maximize reuse through BluePrinting. This topic provides some guidelines and recommendations for translating content.