Languages

Enabled Languages

This lists the languages enabled in your Project, along with the percentage of human vs machine vs untranslated content for each language.

• To disable a language, click on the Enabled toggle.
• To reenable a disabled language, click Show disabled languages and toggle it back on again.

Adding a Language

To add a new language, click the Add Language button.

Then you can either scroll through the list or search for a language by starting to type in the Add a language text entry field. After finding the desired language, click the Add button. You can add multiple languages by clicking in the bar again.

See the list of supported languages here.

When selecting a language, you'll be able to see the options available for that language to be translated within the Localize platform, including by a human Language Service Provider, machine translations, or manual.

Language Locales

If the language that you want to add has one or more locales, they will appear below the main language in the list. Select the desired locale or the main language.

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Language Settings

On the Language Settings page, you can set your default machine translation settings, set up the Translation QA workflow, and set up the Translation Quality Score feature.

Order Machine Translations

You can order automatically generated machine translations using one of our supported Machine Translation Engines (MTEs). This option is enabled by default, with the Google MTE selected as the default MTE for the project. However, you can use a different MTE for each language in your project!

1. Click Settings on the Languages page.
2. Click Order Machine Translations on the Language Settings page.
3. Select the toggle to enable/disable this option.

4. Set the Project Default Engine for the entire project.
5. Set the Language-Specific Engines on a per-language basis.
6. When ready, click Save.

To see a list of supported languages for the translation engines, click here...

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Supported MTEs

We support the following Machine Translation Engines.

1. Google
2. Amazon
3. Microsoft
4. DeepL

Translation QA

The Translation QA workflow allows translation managers to review proposed translations before publishing.

See the Translation QA help doc for more details.

1. Click Settings on the Languages page.
2. Click Translation QA on the Language Settings page.
3. Select the toggle to enable/disable this option.

Translation QA Per Language

The Translation QA workflow can be enabled or disabled on a per-language basis.

• Toggle the Enabled option on or off as desired per language.

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Translations May be Moved

Toggling off Translation QA for a language will move all translations in that are in any of the Translation QA bins into the Published bin.

Translation Quality Score

Coming soon!

Enabling the Translation Quality Scoring option allows Localize to evaluate the linguistic quality of translated content, helping to ensure accuracy.

1. Select the checkbox to toggle this option on or off, then select Save.

• When enabled, Translation Quality Scores will be displayed in the phrases panel and the Translation Insights drawer.