Configuring translatable fields in Schemas

You can control what fields are sent for translation by configuring your Schemas.

Before you begin

You must have the following rights and permissions in the Content Manager to create or edit a Schema:

Rights
  • Schema Management rights
  • Write permissions for the Folder in which the Schema is located
Translation management system support for ITS
Translatable fields require ITS (Internationalization Tag Set) support. Perform these steps if you are using SDL WorldServer 10.1 or SDL TMS 2011 SP1 onwards.

About this task

You can control which Text fields and External Link fields are sent for translation in Schemas by selecting the Translatable check box in:

  • Schema fields
  • Embeddable Schema fields
  • Schema metadata fields
  • Multimedia Schema metadata fields
  • Metadata Schema fields
  • Bundle Schema metadata fields

You can translate Text fields provided the values are not selected from a list. You translate External Link fields, for example, if you want to translate a URL such as google.co.uk to google.nl. In a simple Schema (a Schema that defines Component fields), you can also control whether to translate the Component name.

Procedure

  1. Open 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 Schemas and Multimedia 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 each Text field or External Link field that you want to be translated (when an item that uses this Schema is sent for translation).
  6. Click Save and Close.

What to do next

You need to add a TMS File Type in SDL TMS called ITS to instruct the configuration to use the ITS filter for each translatable.