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How localization works

For language leads, linguists and reviewers2 min readUpdated for v4.0

Your view

A localization project takes your app strings, documents, pictures and courses into other languages. The agent drafts, linguists translate, reviewers check, and the language lead delivers.

1. The loop

Section titled “1. The loop”
Step Who Where
1. Set up languages, people and rules Language lead Create a localization project, Languages and locales
2. Add the source files Language lead Source assets
3. The agent drafts every string, using the glossary and memory The agent Workbench
4. Translate and confirm each string Linguist My work, Workbench
5. Review in context, accept or send back Reviewer Review and LQA
6. Check gates, then export and deliver Language lead Deliveries

2. Where the language pages are

Section titled “2. Where the language pages are”
Open Quality Engineering › Linguistic Testing. The tabs are Language status, My work, Review, Workbench and Video Translate.
In a localization project, the Pages list in the sidebar shows the language pages your role uses.
Language status for the Pay Later launch: the language pages, languages ready, translated, and files not moving (Manage view)
Language status for the Pay Later launch: the language pages, languages ready, translated, and files not moving (Manage view)

Manage view

Language status for the Pay Later launch: the language pages, languages ready, translated, and files not moving (Hands-on view)
Language status for the Pay Later launch: the language pages, languages ready, translated, and files not moving (Hands-on view)

Hands-on view

  • 1 The language pages. Your pages. A language lead sees Language status, Review, Deliveries, Approvals and Release Ready.
  • 2 Languages ready: how many languages can ship.
  • 3 How much is translated, reviewed and accepted, across all languages.
  • 4 Files not moving: files nobody has started, or that are at risk of missing their date.

3. Words you will see

Section titled “3. Words you will see”
Word Meaning
Draft The agent’s or a machine’s translation, not yet confirmed by a person
Translated A linguist confirmed it
Reviewed / Accepted A reviewer read it and accepted it
Finding Something a check flagged: a missing placeholder, a wrong term, text too long
Do not translate A glossary term that must stay exactly as written, such as a brand

See the Glossary for more.

What’s next

Section titled “What’s next”
Create a localization projectThe setup wizard, step by step.
Your language queueFor linguists and reviewers: where your work starts.
Translate in the WorkbenchEdit strings with glossary and memory.
DeliveriesGates, exports and delivery.