Step 3: Seed and Export Text to a Translation File

Seeding Translatable Text

To translate an application, you must seed the translation. Seeding the translation copies all translatable text into the Translation Text repository. After you have seeded the application and specified the language in the Translation Text repository, you can then generate and export an XLIFF file for translation.

The seeding process keeps your primary language application synchronized with the Translation Text repository. You should run the seed process any time your primary language application changes.

To seed translatable text:

1. Navigate to the Translate Application page. See "Step 1: Navigate to the Translate Application Page".

2. On the Translate Application page, select Seed and export the translation text of your application into a translation file.

3. From Language Mapping, select the appropriate primary and target application ID map.

4. Click Seed Translatable Text.

   The XLIFF Export page appears.

   
   

   Note: XML Localization Interchange File Format (XLIFF) is an XML-based format for exchanging localization data. For information about the XLIFF or to view the XLIFF specification, see: http://www.xliff.org

   
   

Exporting Text to a Translation File

After you have seeded translatable text, a status box displays at the top of the XLIFF Export page indicating the total number of attributes that may require translation, including the number of:

• Existing updated attributes that may require translation

• New attributes that may require translation

• Purged attributes that no longer require translation

You can use this information to determine if you need to export translatable text for an entire application or just a specific page.

The XLIFF Export page is divided into two sections. Use the upper section of the page to export translatable text for an entire application (that is, all pages, lists of values, messages, and so on). Use the lower section to export translatable text for a specific page.

To export translatable text for an entire application:

1. Seed the translatable text. See "Seeding Translatable Text".

2. Under Step 2, Export XLIFF:

   1. From Application, select the appropriate primary and target application ID map.

   2. Specify whether or not to include XLIFF target elements.

   3. Under Export, specify what translation text is included in your XLIFF file.

   4. Click Export XLIFF for Application.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

To export translatable text for a specific page:

1. Seed the translatable text as described in "Seeding Translatable Text".

2. Under Export XLIFF for specific Page:

   1. From Application, select the appropriate primary and target application ID map.

   2. Specify whether or not to include XLIFF target elements.

   3. Under Export, specify what translation text is included in your XLIFF file.

   4. Click Export XLIFF for Page.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions.