Configuring Multiple Languages

If the Multi-Language feature has been enabled in your account:

System-Supported Languages

Enabling the Entry of Translation Strings for a Specific Language

The following procedure describes how to let users enter website translation strings in a specific language.

To enable the entry of translation strings for a specific language:

  1. Go to Setup > Company > General Preferences.

  2. Click the Languages subtab.

  3. Select a language you want to make available for translation.

    Note:

    Your “base language” doesn't appear in the list. That is, the language determined by your country when your account was created is not available as a translation language. For example, if your base language is Spanish, then you won't see it in the list, but you can see Spanish (Latin America).

  4. Click Add.

  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each language you want to add.

  6. Click Save.

Now you can go to Lists > Mass Update > Bulk Update Translation to enter item translations for each language. For more information, see Working With Multi-Language Names and Descriptions and Setting Up a Site for Multiple Languages.

Translation Management

If you have the Multi-Language feature enabled, you can edit translations with a translation collection. Manage your translation collections using the Manage Translation feature. For more information, see Manage Translations.

A Translation Collection is a customization object that stores translation strings with their translations. One Translation Collection can contain many translation strings.

If available, you can edit a translation on the Translation subtab, but editing in the UI has limitations. You can, for example, override a field label on the Translation subtab of a custom form definition. When you translate a field label on the Translation subtab of a custom field, the translated label overrides the language set up in Home > Set Preferences. Language changes are visible only to users with the same language preference. For example, if you change the language from English (US) to English (International), only users with the English (International) language preference see the changes. For more information about translations, see Configuring Multiple Languages.

If you use SDF, make translation changes in SDF XML with a translation collection. If you enter translation strings directly on a form, they're not connected to terms or translation collections. The translations are visible only to users with the same language preference. If you change your language preference, you'll need to add translations for that language too.

For more information, see Translation Collections Overview and Translation Collections as XML Definitions.

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General Notices