Once the connector is installed, you will be ready to translate your content. Start by creating a translation project, making a copy of the original website, and placing the copied website into the translation project.
I) Create a translation project. The translation project is a container that helps you manage the translation of your site into any target language.
II) Create a language root for the new language. The language root helps organize the multilingual versions of your website.
III) Make a copy of the original website. When you copy the site, AEM will rebuild a translatable version of the original site, and will place it into the language root you choose.
IV) Add the copied website into the translation project. Once the website copy is added to a translation project, you will be ready to send it to a linguist.
V) Publish the completed translation. Publish the completed translation to your AEM site.
Tip: You will need to create a new translation project for each language you wish to translate into. Repeat these steps for each site and each new target language.
Create a Translation Project
To begin, create a translation project. The translation project is a container that helps you manage the translation of your site into any target language.
To create a translation project,
1) Log into AEM. Go to the side panel and select Projects.
2) At the top of the page, click Create > Translation Project > Next.
3) Next, complete fields on the Basic and Advanced tabs.
a) Basic tab: Enter a Title. (All other fields are optional).
b) Advanced tab: Complete all fields, as shown below.
i) Name: Enter a project name. Use a name that will help you distinguish the translation job from other jobs. (E.g. “fr_geo_outdoors_21May”).
ii) Source Language: Select the source language for the original site.
iii) Target Language: Select the language you want to translate into.
iv) Translation Method: Select Machine or Human Translation.
v) Translation Provider: Select Lingotek.
vi) Content Category: Optional.
viii) Cloud Config: Choose the default translation settings to use for this translation project.
4) When you are ready, Create and then Close the project.
Create a Language Root
Next, create a language root within the source website. The language root helps you organize the multilingual copies of your website.
Once created, language root(s) appear directly below the website’s original homepage.
|- geometrixx
|- en
|- fr
|- de
|- es
Fox example, if you want to translate your site into French (fr), go into the home page and create a language root for French.
Go into your site and be sure to create a language root for each language you wish to translate into.
To create a language root,
1) Log into AEM. On the side panel, click Sites.
Tip: Switch to the Column View. (This gives better selection options).
2) Next, click to select the site you wish to translate and create a language root.
a) Click to select the homepage for the site you wish to translate.
b) At the top of the screen, select Create > Create Page.
c) In the next screen, choose a Home Page template (If home page doesn’t display, you can choose any page as a template) and click Next.
d) In the dialog, type the 2-letter language code for the language into both the Name and the Title fields, (e.g. Type fr for French).
Optional fields: Optionally, enter a Page Title and a Navigation Title.
3) When you are ready, click Create (upper right) and then select Done.
Copy the Site
Next, create a copy of the site. When you copy the site, AEM will rebuild a translatable version of the original site, and will place it into the language root of your choice.
To build a multilingual site copy,
1) Log into AEM. Open to the site you want to make a copy of.
a) On the side panel, open Sites. Then at the top of the page, select Create > Create Live Copy.
b) With the Select icon at the top of the page, click to choose the site you want to make a copy of. (Note – this is usually the English version of your site). Choose Next.
2) On the next page, click to select the language root you just created. Then click Next.
3) In the Title and Name fields, type the 2-letter language code for the language you are translating into.
4) When you are ready, click Create and then Close the language copy.
Add the Site Copy to a Translation Project
Once the site has been copied, you can add it to a translation project.
1) Go to the side panel and select Projects.
2) Click to select the project you created earlier.
3) On the Translation Job card, click the … icon.
4) At the top of the page, click Add.
5) Scroll down. Then navigate to the copy of the website that you just created. (Tip – it should be labeled with the 2-letter language code).
6) When you are ready, click the check mark to add the selected content to the translation job.
Start Translating
Once the translation job is created, you will be ready to send it out for translation.
1) From the side menu, select Projects.
Non-translated pages
Once you start the translation job, all pages in the project will be sent for translation. If any pages should not be translated, be sure to remove them from the translation job.
2) If any pages need to be excluded from the translation job, you can delete them from the project. To remove pages from a translation project,
a) Open the translation project.
Go to Projects > [click the project name]
b) Click the … in the Translation Job card.
This will open to a list of all translation jobs.
c) Click the check box next to the page(s) you wish to remove.
d) Click the Delete icon at the top of the page.
3) When you are ready, start the translation job.
a) At the top of the Translation Job card, click the down arrow and select Start.
This will kick off the translation workflow you’ve configured. (e.g. Machine translation, human translation, etc.).
Tip: If you have previously started the job, the Start icon will not appear.
4) After the job is started, its pages will become available in the Lingotek workbench.
Publish the Completed Translation
To publish the completed translation, go to the translation project, open the appropriate page, and click Publish.
1) Go to the side panel and select Projects.
2) Click to select the desired translation project.
3) On the Translation Job card, click the … icon.
4) Click the check box next to the page you wish to publish. Then, at the top of the page, select Reveal in Sites.
5) From the menu at the top of the page, select More > Publish.
The translated content will be published to the site.
If you need any help setting up a translation project, please send an email to support@lingotek.com.