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Machine Translation

How to Use Machine Translation in GL Strings

GlobalLink Strings allows all users to translate their app content using machine translation.

Table of Contents

  1. Supported Engines
  2. How to Apply Machine Translation
  3. Machine Translation Rules
  4. Machine Translation in Translation Orders

Supported Engines

GL Strings offers an integration with GlobalLink Now, TransPerfect’s proprietary machine translation (MT) technology.

By default, we use TransPerfect’s generic neural machine translation engines. This feature is available to all users in GL Strings, regardless of their license type.

However, teams can request that we instead configure third-party engines or custom engines that we train using our technology.

If you would like to find out more about our machine translation services, feel free to contact us at support@applanga.com or use the support chat in the bottom right corner of the website.

How to Apply Machine Translation

There are different ways to apply machine translation in the Editor.

If you’re translating or reviewing translations on the Editor and want to use machine translation on a single string:

  1. Click on the string to edit it
  2. Click MT

If you want to translate multiple strings in one go:

  1. Mark the checkbox at the top of the Editor to select the strings (screenshot below, marker 1)
  2. Click Actions > Apply Machine Translation (marker 2)
  3. Define the scope (marker 3). In this step, users can define if the MT output should be saved as a draft or target value. They can also decide if the MT scope should be limited to empty, target, draft, or outdated translations.

Machine Translation Rules

Generally, in localization workflows, machine translation is used to obtain fast, temporary translations that are then reviewed and fine-tuned by a human translator.

Teams that use this workflow in GL Strings often need to establish a process to coordinate, hand over, and complete these reviewing tasks promptly and efficiently.

To that end, we introduced a machine translation rule to our set of existing workflow rules.

The machine translation rule allows teams to define which workflow status should be automatically applied to strings that have been translated using MT.

When used in combination with user groups, reviewers can get notified when a set of strings has been translated, set to a specific status and is ready to be reviewed.

Machine Translation in Translation Orders

If you don't have in-house reviewers who can review the machine translation output, TransPerfect Translations Services can do that for you. You can send your strings to us via a translation order.

TransPerfect will take care of the machine translation and the post-editing step, during which a certified translator will review the MT output and ensure that the final translations have the desired quality.