How it works
Smartling’s AEM Cloud and Touch connectors support instant translation, which allows for near-instant translation without creating a translation job or routing content through a traditional translation workflow. Content submitted using instant translation is not ingested into the Smartling platform. Instead, translations are generated immediately using Smartling’s Instant MT service.
Instant translation is best suited for use cases where machine-generated or LLM-generated translations without human review are sufficient, such as internal content or low-visibility pages. It is not recommended for highly creative or high-visibility content, as there is no human editing or review step.
Instant translation is available within the standard submission flow. To enable it, the translation provider in the AEM Cloud configuration must be set to smartling-instant. When configured, the Instant Translation dialog is displayed, allowing translations to be generated immediately.
How to use AEM instant translation
Step 1: Set up the connector
If you do not already have an AEM Cloud or Touch connector project set up, follow the steps outlined in the setup articles below:
Step 2: Configure the preferred Profile in Smartling
Instant translations are completed using the instant MT service in Smartling. To configure your preferred MT or LLM translation provider and settings, log into your Smartling account (requires Account Owner or Project Manager user role).
- From the top navigation of your Smartling dashboard, access the AI Hub.
- In the Instant MT section, select the AEM Touch Plugin tab. (The tab is named AEM Touch Plugin regardless of whether you are using AEM Touch or AEM Cloud.)
- Here, Enable Machine Translation for the AEM Touch Plugin.
- Under Default Profile, choose your preferred Profile.
- If needed, language-specific Profiles can be configured.
- Optionally, glossary terms can be inserted in machine translations.
Step 3: Configure Cloud configuration and request content for translation
To use the instant translation option, set the translation provider to smartling-instant in your AEM Cloud configuration.
When you request content for translation in AEM, the Instant Translation dialog only appears if the smartling-instant translation provider is configured for the selected content.
Click Translate Now to generate translations using the instant translation feature.