I too would like to know about this Plugin and how to use it. The information on the DOCs site is very limited. I have it activated in a sub-prod environment that needs to be translated into 20+ languages.
Included with the plugin:
Script Include "TranslationLoader" and the description is:
A. Create files to send to translators...
Start with a freshly zbooted instance and run the following:
var tl = new TranslationLoader();
tl.process();
OR
var tl = new TranslationLoader();
var pluginArray = ['com.glideapp.custom_charts', 'com.snc.hr_management'];
tl.process(pluginArray);
1. Loads default plugins (an array of unpublished but used plugins)
2. Loads array of unpublished plugins as provided via script
- processing only occurs on published plugins.
- If translations are required for an unpublished plugin then pass that plugin id into this processing script by means of the pluginArray
3. Loads all inactive published plugins
4. For each plugin:
Grab new modules
Grab new tables (from above module definition)
Render table form/list
5. Copy sys_choice, sys_documentation, sys_translated, sys_ui_message to the corresponding translation tables
- gives us english entries for each record
6. Loads all of our existing translation plugins so we have the data in place to build a master sheet
translated fields -> u_trf_translations
messages -> u_msg_translations
sys_documentation -> u_gmld_translations
sys_choice -> u_choice_translations
7. Attachement records are created for each translation table
Processing takes 3-4 hours
B. Process files from translators
Copy files from translators into a directory on your local machine (/translations)
Start with a freshly zbooted instance and run the following
var tl = new TranslationLoader();
tl.setDebug(true);
tl.setImportPath('/trans/import/');
tl.setExportPath('/trans/export/');
tl.importTranslations();
1. Loads the translated files
2. Transforms to sys_choice, sys_documentation, sys_translated and sys_ui_message
3. For each language export each table to excel
Result is excel files matching the below file naming convention
4. Check these excel files into each language plugin
File naming convention
sys_choice_<country>.xls
sys_translated_<country>.xls
sys_documentation_<country>.xls
sys_ui_message_<country_.xls
There are also the following Transform Maps that are created.
1) How is one supposed to create these translation files, which take 3-4 hours.
2) In the tables created for language translations from this plugin (e.g. sys_translatedtxt_translations & sys_translated_translations, I do not see a business rule that runs when entries for other languages are entered and they need to be copied to the Translated Text, Translated Name/Fields, UI Messages, sys_choice, etc. Is this table just a visual representation of the data that needs to be manually populated via a separate import/update?
