Translation Collections Overview

A Translation Collection is a customization object that stores translation strings with their translations. A single Translation Collection can contain many translation strings. A translation string is a key / value pair: the key being an identifier, and its value being a source string. Each key contains a value, a translation string, which can be translated into multiple languages. You can translate a string into any language supported by NetSuite. For a list of languages supported by NetSuite, see Configuring Multiple Languages.

If you are a NetSuite developer or NetSuite Administrator, you can create a collection of terms for translation. You can export the collection of terms to a translation vendor in the form of an XLIFF (.xlf) translation file. After the translation vendor provides translation of the collection of terms, you can import the translation file. You can use the collection of terms to translate labels and messages in the NetSuite UI and in SuiteApps. This collection is referred to as a Translation Collection.

You can now use SDF for Translation Collections to store translation strings with their translations in NetSuite. A Translation Collection is defined in a SuiteCloud project by translationcollection objects and XLIFF files. SDF can also be used to distribute translation strings from Translation Collections for translatable fields. For information about working with Translation Collections in SDF, see Translation Collections as XML Definitions.

In the user interface, you manage Translation Collections on the Manage Translations page, accessible through Customization > Translations > Manage Translations. For more information, see Manage Translations UI Overview.

The following table lists the available translation management tasks and the location of information about each task:

Task	See
Create Translation Collections	Creating a Translation Collection
Modify Translation Collections	Editing a Translation Collection
Delete Translation Collections	Deleting a Translation Collection
Export Translation Collection	Exporting a Translation Collection
Download a Translation Collection for Use in SuiteCloud projects	Downloading a Translation Collection into XML
Importing Translation files after Translation	Importing Translations into a Translation Collection
Manage Translation Collection Strings	Working with Translation Collection Strings
View Information about Translation Collections	Manage Translations UI Overview Manage Translations Page Collections Subtab
Filtering of translation strings	Filtering of Translation Strings
View Information about Strings in Collections	Manage Translations Page Strings Subtab
View information about Imported Collections	Manage Translations Page Import Jobs Subtab
Use Collections with SuiteScript	Using Translation Collections with SuiteScript
Include Collections in Bundles	Including Translation Collections in Bundles Objects Available in Customization Bundles
Creating String Hierarchy and Linking Translation String	String Hierarchy and Translation String Linking

Related Topics

• Manage Translations UI Overview
• Filtering of Translation Strings
• Creating a Translation Collection
• Editing a Translation Collection
• Deleting a Translation Collection
• Importing Translations into a Translation Collection
• Exporting a Translation Collection
• Downloading a Translation Collection into XML
• Working with Translation Collection Strings
• Using Translation Collections with SuiteScript
• Including Translation Collections in Bundles
• Globalization Glossary
• String Hierarchy and Translation String Linking
• Management of Translation Strings Distributed Through SDF

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