Table of contents
- Access Localization Library
- Translation Language(s)
- Search & Filter
- Add Translation
- Add Back Translation
- Show More Suggestions
- Optimize the Display
1. Access Localization Library
Search for the Title in the Localization Scheduler.
Check the job assignment page. A link for the Localization Library is added, as shown below.
2. Translation Language(s)
Single Translation Language
Choose and enter a language for which translations are entered.
A column labeled with the chosen language is displayed, including the 'Translations', 'Back Translations', 'Notes' and 'Approved' checkboxes.
Multiple Translation Languages
To add multiple translation languages, enter the languages in the below text box. Multiple columns are added displaying their corresponding language.
In the below example, Arabic and Spanish (Castilian) are added in the text box.
NOTE: The Translation Languages are displayed in the order by which they were added in the text box.
A column is added for each Translation language; each column contains 'Translation', 'Back Translation', 'Notes' and 'Approved' checkbox.
NOTE: Due to the limitations of the screen, horizontal scrolling is required to view all the translation languages.
To freeze the OV Language columns for better viewing, choose Toolbox → 'Freeze OV columns.'
Only the translation languages columns are viewed by scrolling horizontally while the 'Category', 'Profanity', 'AKA', and 'OV Language' columns are fixed.
3. Search & Filter
Search
When searching, enter the text in the Search box.
Results will match your search from Category, AKA, Original Version (Term) and Notes fields.
Category
Each Term fits into a different category (shown in #1). Click on the filter icon to view the categories.
The Term can be marked as profane or not through the Profanity column (shown in #2).
Sort/Filter Table Columns
Filter Titles by choosing any or all of the following: Movie, Series, Season and Episode.
Sort column items in ascending or descending order through the up and down arrows next to the header name (see #3).
Also, choose column categories/options through this icon (see #4).
When you choose to filter an Original Version or Translation, choose to 'Show Empty' to display all empty translations that are yet to be added.
Paging
Choose how many results to be displayed on a page, as shown below.
Show/Hide Columns
Modify (show or hide) the table columns by checking/unchecking the column names when clicking on 'Columns'.
The selected columns are shown/hidden in your view; every time you log in, the columns will be saved and displayed based on your preference. Please see the next section Saved Views for detailed steps.
Saved Views
Tailor your view to create a custom filter and retain your column selections, by selecting and un-selecting to display columns, explained in the previous section.
Your Saved View includes the created column filters, column sorting, column selections and results per page.
Click All Terms → 'Save New Filter', enter a name for the new filter, and then click 'OK'.
As shown below, the newly added custom filter ‘My Saved View’.
To delete a custom filter, click on the ‘x’ shown to the right of the Filter name when you hover on it.
Click ‘Reset to default’ to revert to the original columns view (see #1).
All Terms is a default filter that shows all the Terms (see #2).
4. Add Translation
Add the Translation for the selected Term, after entering a translation language in the input box.
In the below example, the Arabic Translation ("نيو يورك") is added for the Term 'Big Apple'.
NOTE: If you ‘double-click’ on an empty translation in a specific language, the OV Translation is copied there.
Notes
The OV "Notes" column is displayed by default in all languages.
If there is text in the OV “Notes” column, it will display as helper text in the "Notes" column for all languages.
If "Notes" are added to a language, the helper text will disappear, as shown below.
5. Add Back Translation
Back Translation: is a reference to the original meaning of the Term. Back translations are not required and should only be added if they will add value or if requested for review. In the below example, after translating the Term 'Big Apple' in Arabic, the Back Translation is 'New York' referring to the original meaning of 'Big Apple'.
NOTE: The 'Back Translation' column does not appear in the default view. To show it, click 'Columns' and select 'Back Translation.'
6. More Suggestions
When trying to add a Translation, the user is given three options to choose from:
- Inheritance: Suggestions for common Terms that are proposed by Pixelogic "Generic"
- AKA: Suggestions of other Terms in the same scope that are AKAs to this one.
- More: Possible translations from the system, regardless of which Title they belong to.
Under "More", a list of suggested translations is provided for the selected Character (Term) from other Titles that are found in the Localization Library. NOTE: "PXTL" → Title, "PXSR" → Series.
7. Optimize the Display
Depending on the resolution of your computer monitor and the zoom settings on your Chrome browser, when you open the Localization Library, the layout may not be optimal.
In the below example, only the ‘English (US) Translations’ are showing even though ‘Arabic’ is entered in the search box and partially displayed on the screen, as shown below.
To show the Arabic column, you will need to use the browser’s zoom settings to zoom out until you can see all the language columns on the screen.
Click on the three vertical dots (or the up arrow) located on the top right corner of the browser window (as shown in #1) and adjust the zoom settings (as shown in #2).
You can see all the Languages on the whole screen, as shown below.
8. Change History
1. Term Change History
All changes made to the following are tracked:
- Category
- Approval Required
- Profanity
- Tags
NOTE: The "AKA" column is not tracked.
Click the "Info Icon" and the "Info Drawer" shows every modification for the previous (tracked) columns of the corresponding locale.
You can also select Columns → "Info Icon" to view the "Info Drawer."
The "Info Drawer" opens from the top of the page.
It includes a table that has four columns:
- Column → Displays column name information (eg. Category, Approval Required, Profanity and Tags).
- ModifiedTo → Displays what the data in the column was changed to.
- ModifiedBy → Displays the email address of the user that made the change.
- Date → Displays the date and time of the change.
2. Translations Change History
For each language, all changes made to the following are tracked:
- Original Version/Translation
- Back Translation
- Notes
- Approval Status
NOTE: The “Info Icon” appears when there is saved data in the columns referenced above.
Click the "Info Icon" and the "Info Drawer" shows every modification for the previous columns of the corresponding locale.
The "Info Drawer" opens from the top of the page.
It includes a table that has four columns:
- Column → Displays column name information (eg. Translation, Back Translation, Notes and Approval Status).
- ModifiedTo → Displays what the data in the column was changed to.
- ModifiedBy → Displays the email address of the user that made the change.
- Date → Displays the date and time of the change.
At the bottom of the table, the "Translation Word Count" and "Translation Character Count" are displayed.
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Comments
3 comments
How to delete a duplicate entry ?
Important to include instructions to users to NOT use "Add Term" button but instead to email TM. This is currently a point of confusion.
Please add a note regarding NOT using Add Term button
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