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The Content Translation Support module allows you to export and import content in translation-friendly XLIFF, CSV and Excel formats. You can send a file to a translator and then import the translated content. The file includes context information and a link to the relevant content to make translation easier. The module comes with a Content Translation app for managing page translation. Export formats are pluggable and can be extended to support a custom format. 

Please note that the artifact's IDs (Maven groupId and artifactId) have changed since Magnolia 5.5.

If you have custom Java code relying on this module, you need to install a compatibility module too.

Check  Git for the new module structure .

See also the Content Translation Support Extended (CTSX) module, which provides automated translation services for your content.


Installing

Maven is the easiest way to install the module. Add the following dependencies to your bundle:

Note the changes in groupId and artifactId since the 2.2 release.

<dependency>
  <groupId>info.magnolia.translation</groupId>
  <artifactId>magnolia-content-translation</artifactId>
  <version>2.3.2</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>info.magnolia.translation</groupId>
  <artifactId>magnolia-content-translation-pages-integration-app</artifactId>
  <version>2.3.2</version>
</dependency>

Pre-built JARs are also available for download. See Installing a module for help.

Compatibility module

We have been gradually removing the old Content API from our modules since Magnolia 5.6. If you have custom code relying on classes from the old form module then you must do one of two things:

With maven:

Add the following snippet to you pom file:

<dependency>
  <groupId>info.magnolia.translation</groupId>
  <artifactId>magnolia-content-translation-support-compatibility</artifactId>
  <version>2.3.2</version>
</dependency>

Manually:

Add these jar files to the WEB-INF/lib folder of your webapp:

Configuration

The module is configured in the following JCR nodes:

  • /modules/translation
  • /modules/translation-pages-integration
Node nameValue

 modules


 translation


 config


 commands


Node nameValue

 modules


 translation-pages-integration


 apps



In addition, the following directories in the Web Dev > Resource Files app contain configuration by file

  • /translation/dialogs
  • /translation/fieldTypes
  • /translation/i18n

Content Translation app

The Content Translation app allows you to manage the translation of pages. The app is in the Tools section in the app launcher.

  • Export translation: Exports i18n content of a page or tree.
  • Import translation: Imports translated content of a page or tree.
  • Preview page: Opens the page in preview mode in the Pages app.
  • Publish and Unpublish are subject to workflow

Exporting pages for translation

To export pages:

  1. Select a page. Subpages are included in the export file.
  2. Click Export translation.
  3. Select a file format
  4. Click Export File.

The download filename is created from the file path in the website workspace, with dots replacing forward slashes such as  website.travel.about.xls. The file has the following columns (comma separated headings in CSV or elements in XLIFF):

  • Modification date of page
  • Key: Internal identifier that consists of component UUID and field name. This is used by Magnolia to store and render translated content. Do not edit this value.
  • Link to page: Page URL for easy access by the translator. Click to see the translatable text in page context.
  • Title: A pseudo-title created by combining component type and field name, for example Text and Image: Subheading. This tells the translator what kind of page element he is translating.
  • Default language: Default language text.
  • <language_code>: Columns for each locale configured for the site. This is where the translator types the language text. Already translated content can be updated and new translations added.

The GoogleSpreadsheetTranslationBundleWriter importers and exporters adds the Google translate formula to the CSV exporter. When you upload the CSV file to Google Docs it evaluates the formula and the text is machine-translated into the target i18n languages automatically.

Importing translated page content

Once the file has been translated you can upload it in the app. The translated content is automatically included on the page.

To import translated page content:

  1. Select the page.
  2. Click Import translation.
  3. Upload the file.
  4. Optionally check the overwrite and import empty translations options.
  5. Click Import File.

In the Pages app you can now see the translated content in the components and dialogs.

Locales

Your site definition needs to have at least one locale in addition to the default locale. Locales show up as columns in the export file.

Example: travel site definition with English and German locales.

Node nameValue

 travel


 i18n


 locales


 en


 country   


 enabled

true

 language

en

 de


 country   


 enabled

true

 language

de

 class

info.magnolia.cms.i18n.DefaultI18nContentSupport

 enabled

true

 fallbackLocale

en

Importers and exporters

Importers and exporters are Java classes that contain business logic to convert translatable content into a convenient format. Out of the box the module provides importers and exporters for XLIFF, Excel and CSV files, and an exporter for Uploading to Googe Docs.

Importers and exporters are configured in /modules/translation/config


Node nameValue

 translation


 config


 importers


 xlsImporter


 readerImplementationClass

info.magnolia.translation.io.reader.XlsTranslationItemReader

 extension

xls

 label

contenttranslation.fileformat.xls

 csvImporter


 xliffImporter


 exporters


 xlsExporter


 writerImplementationClass

info.magnolia.translation.io.writer.XlsTranslationItemWriter

 extension

xls

 label

contenttranslation.fileformat.xls

 csvExporter


 xliffExporter


 googleSpreadsheetExporter




Properties:

class

required

Class that performs the import or export (readerImplementationClass and writerImplementationClass properties respectively).

  • info.magnolia.translation.io.reader.XlsTranslationItemReader
  • info.magnolia.translation.io.reader.CsvTranslationItemReader
  • info.magnolia.translation.io.reader.UnzippedXliffTranslationItemReader
  • info.magnolia.translation.io.writer.XlsTranslationItemWriter
  • info.magnolia.translation.io.writer.CsvTranslationItemWriter
  • info.magnolia.translation.io.writer.XliffTranslationItemWriter
  • info.magnolia.translation.io.writer.GoogleSpreadsheetTranslationItemWriter

You can write your own importers and exporters for other file formats, databases, or Web services that translators use. See examples in Git (importers | exporters).

extension

optional

File extension without the dot.

label

optional

Extension label.

Commands

The module includes two TranslationFile commands that are used to export and import content in various formats for translation.

Commands are configured in /modules/translation/commands/translation.

Node nameValue

 translation


 commands


 translation


 downloadTranslationFile


 class

info.magnolia.translation.commands.TranslationFileDownloadCommand

 uploadTranslationFile


 class

info.magnolia.translation.commands.TranslationFileUploadCommand

Properties:

commands

required

Commands folder.

translation

required

Content translation support catalog.

<command name>

required

  • downloadTranslationFile: Name of the command node to download files for translation.
  • uploadTranslationFile: Name of the command node to reupload translation files.

formPath

required

The path to the form.

workspace

required

Workspace name.

class

required

  • TranslationFileDownloadCommand
    • Downloads files from a specified path in a specified format, for translation. Operates on the  website  workspace by default.
    • Calls the relevant Importers and exporters class.
    • The exported file contains all page content nodes marked as i18n in the template definition.
    • The file path in the repository is converted into the file name by replacing forward slashes with dots. For example the file name for /travel/about/careers page is  website.travel.about.careers.<file extension>.
  • TranslationFileUploadCommand
    • Uploads translated files in a specified format to a specified path. Operates on the website workspace by default.
    • Calls the relevant Importers and exporters class.
    • Content is uploaded to relevant i18n fields in the dialogs.

Action definitions

The module includes some dialog actions that are used in the Content translation app. These can be Enabling content translation in content apps.

Example: Commit actions to download and upload files in /translation-pages-integration/dialogs/downloadTranslationFile/actions/downloadTranslationFile and uploadTranslationFile.

These actions are configured by file, for example in Web Dev > Resource Files >  /translation/dialogs/downloadTranslationFile.yaml, not in JCR nodes.

downloadTranslationFile.yaml
form:
  ...
actions:
  commit:
    command: downloadTranslationFile
    catalog: translation
    class: info.magnolia.translation.ui.action.TranslationFileDownloadDialogActionDefinition
  cancel:
    class: info.magnolia.ui.dialog.action.CancelDialogActionDefinition
uploadTranslationFile.yaml
form:
  tabs:
    ...

actions:
  commit:
    command: uploadTranslationFile
    catalog: translation
    class: info.magnolia.translation.ui.action.TranslationFileUploadDialogActionDefinition
    successMessage: translation.uploadTranslationFile.executionSuccess
  cancel:
    class: info.magnolia.ui.dialog.action.CancelDialogActionDefinition

commit

required

Commit action configuration.

catalog

required

translation command catalog.

class

required

Action definition class. See below.

command

required

Name of command configuration node.

label

optional

Action labels: Export file and Import file.

Action definition classes:

info.magnolia.translation.ui.action.TranslationFileUploadDialogActionDefinition

Uploads the translation file.

info.magnolia.translation.ui.action.TranslationFileDownloadDialogActionDefinition

Downloads the translation file.

info.magnolia.translation.ui.action.OpenCreateTranslationFileUploadDialogActionDefinition

Used in the app to open the uploadTranslationFile dialog.

downloadTranslationFile dialog is opened with OpenCreateDialogActionDefinition . See Action definition classes for more.

What is exported and imported

By default, text and rich text fields are included in export files, and additional field types can be Registering additional field types

The type of content that is exported is configured in /modules/translation/config/supportedFieldDefinitions and /propertiesToTranslateFinder.

Node nameValue

 modules


 translate


 config


 importers


 exporters


 supportedFieldDefinitions


 richText

info.magnolia.ui.form.field.definition.RichTextFieldDefinition

 text

info.magnolia.ui.form.field.definition.TextFieldDefinition

  propertiesToTranslateFinder


 class

info.magnolia.translation.finder.AdaptivePropertiesToTranslateFinder 

Properties:

config

optional

Module configuration folder.

supportedFieldDefinitions

required

Defines the field types to export.

<field name>

required

Registers rich text field and text field definition classes. These field types typically contain the textual i18n content.

propertiesToTranslateFinder

required

Node data to translate finder node.

class

required

AdaptivePropertiesToTranslateFinder delegates calls to an implementation of PropertiesToTranslateFinder based on the modules that are currently installed.

Registering additional field types

You can register appropriate additional field types to be included in the exported file. 

Example: Registering composite field as a field type to export.

Node nameValue

  supportedFieldDefinitions


 richText

info.magnolia.ui.form.field.definition.RichTextFieldDefinition

 text

info.magnolia.ui.form.field.definition.TextFieldDefinition

 composite

info.magnolia.ui.form.field.definition.CompositeFieldDefinition

In addition to registration, the subfields of the composite field should have an i18n property set to true. It is not necessary for the composite field itself to have an i18n property.

Example: Composite field configuration where text1 field will be included in the download file, but text2 will not.

/my-module/dialogs/my-dialog.yaml
form:
  tabs:
    - name: tabText
      fields:
        - name: test 
          label: Test
          layout: vertical
          fieldType: composite
          transformerClass: info.magnolia.ui.form.field.transformer.composite.DelegatingCompositeFieldTransformer
          fields:
            - name: text1
              i18n: true
              label: Text 1
              fieldType: text
            - name: text2
              label: Text 2
              fieldType: text
Node nameValue

 form


 tabs


 tabText


 fields


 test


 fields


 text1


 fieldType

text

 i18n

true

 label

Text 1

 text2


 fieldType

text

 label

Text 2

 fieldType

text

 label

Test

 layout

Vertical

 transformerClass

info.magnolia.ui.form.field.transformer.composite.DelegatingCompositeFieldTransformer

i18n content storage

You can view the translated nodes in the website workspace in the JCR Browser app.  The translated content is suffixed with a locale such as _de. Since English is the default locale on this site no _en suffix is used. 

Example: Jumbotron on About page in the Travel demo.

Enabling content translation in content apps

You can enable content translation support in any content app. 

Example: Enabling content translation in the Contacts app. 

  1. Add the i18n property to any field you want to translate in the detail subapp. See Enabling mulitlanguage content for more.
    Example: New Bio text field in the Personal tab in /modules/contacts/apps/contacts/subapps/detail/editor/form/tabs/personal/fields/bio

    Node nameValue

     editor


     form


     tabs


     personal


     fields


     bio


     class

    text

     i18n

    true

     label

    Bio

     rows

    3
  2. Configure contact translation upload and download commands in the translation catalog in the translation module. The commands are called by the dialogs configured in step 3.
     ExampledownloadContactTranslation and uploadContactTranslation commands configured in  /modules/translation/commands/translation/commands .

    Node nameValue

     commands


     translation

     downloadContactTranslation


     workspace

    contacts

     formPath

    /modules/contacts/apps/contacts/subApps/detail/editor/form 

     class

    info.magnolia.translation.commands.TranslationFileDownloadCommand

     uploadContactTranslation


     class

    info.magnolia.translation.commands.TranslationFileUploadCommand


  3. Configure contact translation dialogs in any module. The easiest way to do this is to copy the  downloadTranslationFile  and  uploadTranslationFile  dialog definition files in Web Dev > Resource Files /translation/dialogs/ and change the value of the command properties. These dialogs use the commands configured in step 2. 

    ExampledownloadContactTranslation and uploadContactTranslation dialogs configured in  /modules/translation/commands/translation/dialogs .

    downloadContactTranslation.yaml
    form:
      ...
    actions:
      commit:
        command: downloadContactTranslation
        catalog: translation
        class: info.magnolia.translation.ui.action.TranslationFileDownloadDialogActionDefinition
      cancel:
        class: info.magnolia.ui.dialog.action.CancelDialogActionDefinition
    uploadContactTranslation.yaml
    form:
      tabs:
        ...
    
    actions:
      commit:
        command: uploadContactTranslation
        catalog: translation
        class: info.magnolia.translation.ui.action.TranslationFileUploadDialogActionDefinition
        successMessage: translation.uploadTranslationFile.executionSuccess
      cancel:
        class: info.magnolia.ui.dialog.action.CancelDialogActionDefinition

  4. Add translation download and upload actions in the browser subapp. The easiest way to do this is to extend the downloadTranslationFile and uploadTranslationFile actions in the Content Translation app. 

    Example: Adding downloadTranslation and uploadTranslation actions in the Contacts app in /modules/contacts/apps/contacts/subapps/browser/actions.


    Node nameValue

     apps


     contacts


     subapps


     browser


     actions


     downloadTranslation


     extends

    /modules/translation-pages-integration/apps/pages-translation/subApps/browser/actions/downloadTranslationFile

     label

    Download for translation 

     uploadTranslation


     extends

    /modules/ translation-pages-integration /apps/ pages-translation /subApps/browser/actions/uploadTranslationFile 

     label

    Upload translated content 


  5. Add the actions created in step 4 to the actionbar.
    Example: Adding downloadTranslation and uploadTranslation actions to the contact section of the actionbar in the Contacts app in /modules/contacts/apps/contacts/subapps/browser/actionbar/sections/contact/groups/importExportActions.


    Node name

     browser

     actionbar

     sections

     contact

     groups

     importExportActions

     items

     export

     downloadTranslation

     uploadTranslation



1 Comment

  1. It seems to be that it's acutaly not possible to add a custom dialog for the items in an content app. So if you have multiple itemtypes it's not possible to translate your files without a lot of java development.