Translate in the Workbench

The Workbench is where you translate. Each row is one string: the source on the left, your language beside it, with the glossary and memory on the right. Confirm a string and the next one opens.

Before you start: open a task from My work, or choose Next translation on Home.

1. The Workbench

Open Quality Engineering › Linguistic Testing › Workbench.

Under Pages, choose Workbench. It opens in the panel beside the chat; maximize the panel for more room.

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• 1 File and language. Your languages say (yours).
• 2 Strings, Live preview and Findings.
• 3 One string: number, source, your translation, status and findings.
• 4 Memory and Glossary for the string you are on. Page and Contents show where it sits.
• 5 Translated, next: confirm this string and move on.

2. Translate a string

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• 1 Glossary term. A lock means Do not translate: keep it exactly as written.
• 2 Your translation. The counter shows its length against the source.
• 3 Translate: the agent drafts this string, following the glossary and memory.
• 4 Status: Draft means nobody confirmed it yet; Imported or Machine says where it came from.
• 5 Comments: ask the lead a question about this string, or read an answer.

1. Read the source and its glossary terms.
2. Type or edit your translation. No text yet? Choose Translate for a draft.
3. Or press Alt 1…Alt 9 to insert a memory match or a term from the panel.
4. Press Ctrl Enter (Windows) or ⌘ Enter (Mac). The string is Translated and the next one opens.

Translate a string in the Workbench0:11

TranscriptEach string shows the source and your translation. Glossary terms are marked for you. No text yet? Choose Translate for a draft from the agent.

3. Fix findings

The Findings column and tab list what the checks flagged. Fix each one before you hand in.

Finding	What to do
A placeholder such as {amount} is missing or changed	Copy it exactly from the source
Do not translate term changed	Put the term back as written
Plural forms missing	Fill every form your language needs
Forbidden word	Use the approved term from the glossary
Too long	Shorten it; see Allow text to grow by in the language settings

4. Right-to-left languages

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Arabic and other right-to-left languages show right to left.

• 1 The Arabic text runs right to left. Brand names and codes stay left to right inside the line.
• 2 A lead or reviewer can accept or reject each string.
• 3 Open findings lists what still needs fixing.
• 4 Do not translate terms show in the panel.
• 5 Accept and next confirms the string as accepted.

5. Check it in context and hand in

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• 1 This file: how much is translated, reviewed and accepted.
• 2 Open findings: click to see them.
• 3 The keys: Tab next box, Ctrl / or ⌘ / all keys.

Choose Live preview to see pictures, posters and documents with your text in place.

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When the file is done, go back to the task in My work and choose Hand in.

Work faster

Translated, next saves and opens the next string that needs you. You never need the mouse: Ctrl Enter, Tab and Alt 1 cover most of the work.

What’s next

Review and LQAWhat happens after you hand in.

Glossary and translation memoryPropose a term.

Your language queueHand in and pick the next task.