Translating a track

Rights required: you must be able to edit the track, that is, hold the Allowed to update tracks right in the distribution rights, or the same right granted track by track. There is no translation right specific to tracks.

A track can be available in several languages at once. You enter its labels in a dedicated page, and each learner sees the ones matching their language, provided the track has been translated into it. The track’s composition stays the same in every language.

Opening the translation page

1. Open Content management > Tracks.
2. Open the track to translate. The Edit track window appears.
3. At the top of this window, click the three dots, then Translate.
4. If some changes are not saved, the Unsaved changes window appears. Click Save and Continue: the platform saves the track, then opens the translation page.

The left column lists the languages already present on the track. Each language shows its translation rate, and the source language carries the Default tag.

The + button at the top of this column opens the Add new language window: choose the language, then confirm to add it. The language is added to this track only. As long as the track has no language other than its source language, this window opens as soon as you arrive on the page.

What gets translated here

Three fields:

• Track name;
• Track description;
• Sub-track title, for each sub-track.

A field left empty in the source language does not appear on the page: a track without a description only shows its name.

The rate shown next to each language counts only these fields. A track translated to 100% can therefore contain nothing but French capsules.

Entering the translations

Select the language to fill in the left column. Each field then appears in two columns: the source text on the left, the translation to enter on the right.

• The Translate button, between the two columns, fills that field by machine translation.
• Translate all, at the top of the page, fills every field of the selected language.
• Save, at the top right, saves the translations you entered.

The back arrow at the top left closes the page. If translations were changed, they are saved before the page closes.

When several machine translation engines are available on your account, a ⋯ button appears next to Translate all. It opens Translation system, where you choose DeepL or OpenAI. The engine marked as default is the one set in your configuration.

💡 Tip: machine translation is a starting point. Have the trade vocabulary reviewed by someone who speaks the language.

On the Default language, the right-hand fields, Translate all and Delete translation are inactive: this is the source text, and it is not translated.

Deleting the translations of a language

Delete translation removes every translation of the selected language. A confirmation appears and states that the action cannot be undone.

What a learner whose language is missing sees

If the track has not been translated into the learner’s language, they see it in the track’s default language.

What track translation does not cover

Capsules. They carry their own translations, entered in their authoring tool. A translated track full of untranslated capsules gives you an English shop window and French content.

⚠️ Text embedded in images is never translated. This page only handles the track’s text fields. On a multilingual account, the visual has to be remade for each language, which is best planned at production time.

Going further

• Translating your content: translating capsules, with the default language and the XLIFF exchange.
• General options: the language your content is created in, and the one your learners ask for.
• Who can distribute what: where the right to edit tracks is ticked.
• Creating a track: the name and description you will be adapting.