You need to configure items that contain content that requires translating. This task describes how to configure an item in your Translation BluePrint which can receive translated content.
Before you begin
To configure target 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.
Procedure
- Open the Content Manager Explorer.
- Select the item which contains content that requires translating and choose Properties from the context menu.
- Select the Translation tab.
- Set Item is configured for translation to Yes.
- In the Item is configured for translation section:
- Select the Target for translation radio button.
- 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).
- In the Translation source configuration section, select the Language from the drop-down list:
- If you are using SDL TMS, the languages displayed are derived from the Configuration ID (GUID) of the source content.
- If you are using SDL WorldServer, the languages displayed are derived from the locales configured on WorldServer.

The
Source language configuration displays the following properties:
- Use—deselect if you do not want to use configured source content for translations (source content can be configured at many levels of the BluePrint hierarchy).
- Language—the source language.
- Item—the Publication, Folder, Structure Group or Category that contains source content.
- Default Workflow—the default workflow.
- Authorization required—for SDL TMS only, whether translations stop at the Authorization workflow stage.
- Click Save and Close.
Results
The items you configured contain content that requires translating.