Upgrading Schemas (translatable items)

If you are upgrading from Translation Manager 2.0 SP1, after upgrading open your Schemas and select the Translatable check box for each Text field or External Link field you want to send to translation.

Before you begin

The supported versions of SDL WorldServer and SDL TMS support ITS (Internationalization Tag Set) on which translatable fields depend. Make sure you have upgraded to a supported translation management system.

About this task

In version 2.0 SP1 of Translation Manager you used ANL files, Content Types and <ItemTypes> in the TranslationManager.xml file to filter your translation content. After upgrading your Schemas, you also need to disable the <ItemTypes> element in the TranslationManager.xml file and, if you are using SDL TMS, add a Content Type to this translation system.

Procedure

  1. Open the Content Manager Explorer.
  2. Navigate to the Publication and Folder in which your Schemas are located.
  3. Select a Schema and choose Open in the context menu.
  4. In the General tab:
    • Select Translate Name if you want the name of the Component to be translated (the option is available for Simple Schemas only).
    • Select Aggregate Translation Items if you want to add 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.
  5. In the Design tab or Metadata Design tab, select the Translatable check box for fields that you want to be translated:

    You can send the following fields for translation:

    • Text fields (but not if the values are selected from a list)
    • External links (for example, if you want to translate a URL such as google.co.uk to google.nl)
  6. Click Save and Close.
  7. Disable the <ItemTypes> element:
    1. Open the TranslationManager.xml file in a text editor.
    2. Set the enabled="false" attribute, for example:
      <ItemTypes enabled="false" xmlns:tcm="http://www.tridion.com/ContentManager/5.0">
      	<ItemType type="2" fileExtension="FOL">
      		<Includes>
      			<Include id="title" aggregate="true">/tcm:Folder/tcm:Data/tcm:Title</Include>
      		</Includes>
      	</ItemType>
      </ItemTypes>

      The <ItemTypes> element is now disabled for new translations but is still available for translations sent using Translation Manager 2.0 SP2 and earlier that are awaiting retrieval from SDL TMS.

    3. Save and close TranslationManager.xml.
  8. If you are using version SDL TMS 2011 SP2 or onwards:
    1. Open SDL Translation Management System (SDL TMS).
    2. In your organization Content Types Folder, click Add Content Type.
    3. Add a Content Type called ITS.
    4. Make sure that your configuration has this Content Type selected and no other Tridion Content Types.
    5. You can consequently delete any Analysis (ANL) files you were previously using to identify or ignore content for translation.
    Adding a Content Type in SDL TMS ITS to instruct the configuration to use the ITS filter for each translatable Content Manager item type.