Configuring Source/Target content

An item can contain content that requires translating and in turn, the translated content can be used as the source of a translation. This task describes how to configure an item in your Translation BluePrint which contains source and target content.

Before you begin

To configure an item that contains target content and source content:

  • You must have Translation Configuration rights for the Publication
  • You must have configured items—Publications, Folders, Structure Groups, or Categories—that contain source content in a Parent Publication in the BluePrint hierarchy.
  • For SDL Translation Management System (SDL TMS), you require the Configuration ID or GUID.
  • For World Server, you require Client and Project Type information—a Client is an organization or a department within an organization, and a Project Type contains the definitions of a translation project such as source language. A Client is associated to one or more Project Types.

Procedure

  1. Select the item which contains content in a source language and choose Properties from the context menu.
  2. Select the Translation tab.
  3. Set Item is configured for translation to Yes.
  4. In the Item is configured for translation section:
    1. Select the Source for translation radio button.
    2. In the Send notification e-mail to field, enter a comma-separated list of e-mail addresses of people who need to be notified when items are sent for translation (optional).
  5. Configure the Translation source configuration section:
    • For SDL WorldServer, select a Client then a Project Type.
    • For SDL TMS, enter a Configuration ID.
    The language of the Source Publication is set and the Target language configuration shows a list of possible target languages.
  6. In the Translate item options section (available when you select Publication properties), select whether you want to send additional Folder, Structure Group, Page, Category and Keyword fields for translation:
  7. Click Save and Close.

Results

The items you configured contain content that requires translating (target content) and content that is the source of a translation.

What to do next

After you have configured source content configure your target content.