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View Pseudo Translations with AEM Touch

Using the AEM Touch Connector, you can select the "Pseudo translation" option in the Smartling-Translate dialog window to retrieve pseudo translations for your content. This option requires AEM Touch Connector version 5.8.33 or later.

Pseudo Translation is the simulation of translations, which allows you to view the resemblance of the translated content and make strategic decisions on layout and sizing requirements. Pseudo Translations take the original strings and change the formation of the characters to increase or decrease the length of each string, in an attempt to replicate the fact that some locales typically require more characters than others.

Pseudo Translation is particularly useful for visualizing the impact that translation will have on design and layout, without having to wait for the actual translation to be completed.

How to generate pseudo translations

  1. Follow the steps to Request Translations via the AEM Connector, and select the "Pseudo translation" option in the Smartling-Translate dialog window for the target locale(s) you want to view in pseudo.
    Pseudo translation checkbox selected in the Smartling-Translate dialog window
    • Pseudo translation will be delivered instantly - in 10 to 15 seconds, depending on performance of an environment.
  2. Only the target locale(s) you selected for pseudo translation will be displayed in pseudo; however, the results will confirm the outcome for all languages.
    • The pseudo translations represent the content fields that have been correctly set up with translation rules.
    • Any visible source content represents the content fields that have not been correctly set up with translation rules.
    • This will also be true for all other language translations.

Example of pseudo-translated content showing simulated character length changes compared to the source

Set pseudo translation as the default (optional)

By default, you need to select the "Pseudo translation" option each time you open the Smartling-Translate dialog window. If your team regularly reviews content in pseudo, you can configure AEM to pre-select this option automatically.

  1. In the OSGi configuration, go to Smartling - Dialog configuration (Touch).
  2. Enable the Pseudo Translation Default setting.
  3. Click Save.

Pseudo translation default setting enabled in the Smartling Dialog configuration (Touch) OSGi settings

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