1. Technical session on Taxonomy & Translation
Tech
Who Is She

2. How to translate the Who Is She
To translate is easy – language is the difficult part!
System
Translation
Content/profile
translation
Taxonomy
translation

3. System translation
Search, add translation and save! It’s as easy as that!

4. Once you translate the system and
functions your site will start looking
a whole lot more consistent and
nice!
Search for the phrase you want to
translate – for instance : ”’s tags”
Translate it and save!
Start with the system translation

5. Cleanupyoursystemtranslation To many english words in the arabic version?
If you find a lot of english in your arabic version of your site – go
through it page by page, note the words and look up the arabic
translation.
You can change nearly
everything through the
translate interface!

6. Content /profile translation
Translate, save and proofread your translation

7. In a bilingual site every page, every view has a translation
You can and should split up the translation process and translate the taxonomy
later!
Translate the profile

8. Use several browsers and preview
your content not logged in – and try
all the ”big” browsers: Internet
Explorer, Firefox and Chrome
Prepare youself for different user
experiences!
Publish and unpublish your profiles so
you can see how the main public will
see your site and proofread it
thouroughly!
Preview and proofread your content

9. Not everything can be translated – but you
should give it a try!
Make your site consistent
It’s worth it.

10. Taxonomy translation
Be organised, translate everything and leave no holes behind!

11. » Use the Translate Taxonomy/Menu option in
the Administration menu
» Start with the groups of taxonomy, fill out
both english and arabic
» Filter every group of taxonomy – and translate
every term!
» Save every change you make – and be sure to
translate every new term, once you’ve added
it to a group of taxonomy
TAXONOMY/TAGS

12. If you run in to a problem – ask!
Maybe some of the other partner have similar experiences.
Contact me – I’ll answer you ASAP!

13. ?
Was that all…
Do you have any
questions?
Don’t be afraid to ask!