Sending Products for Translation from the Hybris Product Cockpit (Hybris 6.1 to 6.6)

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Note: This functionality is supported only for Hybris versions 6.1 to 6.6.

Notes: In Hybris 6.4 or higher, you can also send products for translation from the Hybris Backoffice Product Cockpit. For detailed instructions, see Sending Products for Translation from the Hybris Backoffice Product Cockpit (Hybris 6.4 and higher). In all supported versions of Hybris, you can also send products for translation from the Hybris Backoffice Products page. For detailed instructions, see Sending Products for Translation from the Hybris Backoffice Products Page.

You use the Connector to send out configured localized attributes of products for translation from the Hybris Product Cockpit.

Note: You configure which localized attributes of products you can send out for translation in the Content Mapping page. For detailed instructions, refer to the Lionbridge Connector for SAP Commerce Installation and Configuration Guide.

To send out the localized attributes of business objects for translation from the Product Cockpit:

  1. In your Web browser, navigate to /ctcockpit/ on your Hybris instance.

  2. Log in to the Hybris Product Cockpit.

  3. In the All Products tab, locate the products to send out for translation. You can view the items in either the Grid view or the List view.

Tip: You can use the search, advanced search, and saved search query functionality to display only the products to send out for translation.

  1. Select the products to translate.

Tips: To select a range of adjacent business objects, press the Shift key. To select multiple non-adjacent products, press the Ctrl key.

Tip about catalogs: To send all the products in a catalog for translation, click the catalog in the left pane and then select all the objects within it.

  1. In the toolbar, click the Send selection to translation button .

The first page of the Send selection to translation wizard opens.

The following information is displayed about each product you selected previously:

  • Article Number: The product code.
  • Identifier: The product identifier.

These are both displayed in the List view in the Product Cockpit.

Tip: You can clear the check box for any product you do not want to send out for translation.

  1. Select one of the following radio buttons:
  • Add to Translation Queue (the default selection): The Connector sends the content items to the Translation Queue, where a user must send them out for translation.
  • Send to Translation Now: The Connector sends the content items to the Lionbridge Content API Platform, which sends them to the translation provider specified in the company’s routing rules. The Connector displays additional fields below, where you can specify additional information about this translation job.

Note: This setting determines which fields are displayed on the following page of the wizard.

  1. Click Next.

  2. One of the following happens.

  • If you previously selected the Add to Translation Queue radio button, the second page of the wizard is displayed as follows:

  • If you previously selected the Send to Translation Now radio button, the second page of the wizard is displayed as follows:

  1. Enter the following information about the content items to translate:
Field Description
Source Language Required. Select the source language of the selected items to send for translation.

Note: All selected items must have the same source language.
Target Language Required. Select the check boxes of one or more target languages into which to translate the content.
LSP Select the translation provider for this translation job from the list. Required and displayed only if you selected the Send to Translation Now radio button in the previous page of the wizard.
Job Name Your name for this translation job. A translation job contains all the content items that the Connector sends out together for translation. Required and displayed only if you selected the Send to Translation Now radio button in the previous page of the wizard.
PO Reference The purchase order reference number. Displayed only if you selected the Send to Translation Now radio button in the previous page of the wizard.
Notes to Translator Any special instructions or requests. Displayed only if you selected the Send to Translation Now radio button in the previous page of the wizard and when any translation provider other than Lionbridge Freeway is selected in the LSP field, above.
Special Instructions Any special instructions or requests. Displayed only when both:

* Send to Translation is selected in the previous page of the wizard.
* The Lionbridge Freeway translation provider is selected in **Choose LSP**, above.
Analysis Codes You can specify the configured Lionbridge Freeway analysis codes for the translation job.

Displayed only when both:

* Send to Translation is selected in the previous page of the wizard.
* The Lionbridge Freeway translation provider is selected in **Choose LSP**, above.
  1. Click Next.

Note: The Next button is displayed only after at least one target language is selected.

  • If you selected the Send to Translation Now radio button in the previous page of the wizard, then the final page of the wizard states the number of items that were sent out to translation. Click Done to close the wizard.

  • If you selected the Add to Translation Queue radio button in the previous page of the wizard, then the final page of the wizard states the number of items that were sent to the queue. Click Done to close the wizard.

Important: You must open the Translation Queue to send out these items for translation. For detailed instructions, see Sending Items for Translation from the Translation Queue.