Adobe InDesign Plugin Installation and Setup

The Adobe InDesign plugin allows you to send, preview and receive translations performed within Smartling, from within your InDesign app.

Using the InDesign plugin will also provide automatic Visual Context for linguists in the CAT Tool.

Prerequisites

1. Adobe InDesign app
2. Access to Adobe Creative Cloud
3. Access to Smartling as an Account Owner or Project Manager user
   • This means having an activated user account (i.e. you have signed in to Smartling successfully)

Create a Files Project in Smartling

1. Log in to Smartling
2. Create a Resource Files Project
   • The Project is the space in Smartling where your content will be translated. Ensure the Project includes the appropriate linguistic package to ensure content is translated as desired.

Download the Smartling InDesign Plugin

1. Launch Adobe Creative Cloud
2. Go to Stock & Marketplace
3. Filter for Plugins in the dropdown menu and search "smartling"
4. Click Get on the Smartling plugin tile
   

The Smartling plugin is now available in your Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator apps.

Connect the Smartling InDesign Plugin to Smartling

1. Open Adobe InDesign
2. Create a new or open an existing InDesign file
3. Click Window > Extensions > Smartling
   
   • A tab in your browser will automatically open, prompting you to log in to Smartling
4. Log in to Smartling with your user role credentials
   • After a successful login, you can close the browser tab
5. In Adobe InDesign, choose the project you want to send content for translation to in Smartling
6. Choose to exclude irrelevant strings
   • Enabling this setting prevents any string that does not contain words from being submitted for translation
   • E.g. strings with just characters, emoji's and numbers are not sent for translation
7. Click Save
8. Once the confirmation flag appears, click X to close out the window

Now you're ready to start translating with the Smartling InDesign plugin.