Setting Up Your Adobe Workfront Connector

A simple configuration process allows you to integrate and automate your translation project management with Smartling’s Connector for Adobe Workfront.

Please note that this Connector is a paid product. For pricing information, please reach out to your Smartling Customer Success Manager.

Step 1: Create a dedicated Smartling project for the Workfront Connector

To ensure a dedicated translation environment is available for translations with the Workfront Connector, we recommend creating a new Smartling project:

1. Create a new Project in Smartling
2. Select the Project type “Connector”
3. Select "Workfront" as your connecting platform
4. During the Project creation, select the desired source and target locales

Once the Project has been created, ensure that all workflows, linguistic assets, and team members are set up correctly. In particular, we would recommend checking that the default workflows for all of your target languages are set up according to your preferences. If desired, these workflows will be used automatically for all translation requests with the Connector.

Step 2: Connect Adobe Workfront to Smartling

Once the dedicated Smartling project has been fully set up, it needs to be connected to your Adobe Workfront environment. To establish a connection between the two platforms, an authentication process needs to be followed. This step needs to be completed by a team member with a Smartling user account.

Step 3: Configure the Adobe Workfront Connector

At this stage of the configuration process, your Smartling representative will implement your preferred Connector settings.

The Connector can be customized to suit your exact requirements. For example, the following elements can be configured by your Smartling representative:

• Your preferred workflows for each target language:
  If desired, translation Jobs can be authorized automatically, using your preferred workflow for each language
• The mapping of your Workfront environment to Smartling Jobs:
  Depending on your preference, translation Jobs can be opened based on the creation of Workfront projects or Workfront tasks
• Your preferred naming convention for the Workfront folder containing the source files to translate, as well as the folder containing any reference material to be added as a Job Attachment
• Directives and templates to ensure the uploaded files will be parsed correctly:
  Customize which elements within your files should remain untranslated or parsed as metadata, whether any placeholders should be blocked from translation etc.
• Your preferred naming convention for translation Jobs created with the Connector, as well as your preferred time zone for the timestamps displayed as part of the Job name. 
  The names of the Jobs created with the Connector will follow a template that can be adapted to your requirements and can contain variables such as:
  • the name of the connected Jira project, the the project ID or object code,
  • the task name, ID or object code, or
  • the portfolio name, ID or object code.

Once the Connector has been fully configured by your Smartling representative, you are now ready to start translating. Should any changes to your Connector configuration be required at a future point (e.g. to add directives for additional file types), please contact our team for assistance.