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Localize an offer

It is possible to translate the values of category and offer attributes to the supported languages. For offer, the following attributes can be translated:

  • Offer name and Short description - see here for reference

  • Link text to display - text to display for an external link to an offer (if used, see here for more information)

  • Quantity label - a label to be used for the quantity field (if used, see here for more information)

In addition to offer attributes, it is also possible to localize the configuration elements belonging to the offer.

Prerequisites:

  • Localization is possible only if the Shop has been deployed with more than one supported locales. (To check your deployed supported locales, go to the Language and currency page of Shop settings.)

  • These supported locales must also be defined for the Shop in the USU Localization Manager.

    The USU Localization Manager is a tool which is used to centrally administer the localization of all USU applications. The translation of individual attributes is performed within this tool, the resulting data then synchronized and stored also in the Shop database. Thus the translations are also part of Shop data export/import.

To localize an offer:

  1. Open the offer in offer detail. Offer detail opens by default in the read mode. Stay in this mode.

  2. Click the ... symbol at the right top of the detail tab and select Translate offer.

  3. A translations editor of the USU Localization Manager opens in a new browser tab, and you are redirected to this tab.

  4. The translations editor displays all translatable attributes of the offer.

    • Offer name - As a mandatory attribute, name will always be available for translation.

    • Short description - Short description will be available for translation only if it is filled in (in the default language).

    • Link text to display - available for translation only if an external link is defined for the offer and the Link text to display field is filled in.

    • Quantity label - available for translation only if quantity is relevant for the offer and the Label field in the Quantity section is filled in.

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    The translations editor for a group of translatable offer attributes.

    Note that the editor only allows localization of the offer from which it has been called. To localize another offer, call the editor again from the offer's More actions <...> menu.

  5. Specify translations for available attributes and languages.

  6. Click Save to store the changes. A popup message will confirm that the translations have successfully been updated. You can close the browser tab.

    Note: To leave without saving any changes, just close the browser tab.

  7. Back in the Shop, you need to reload the page for the changes to take effect.

    You are notified about the need to reload the page by a "New or changed translations" message temporarily displayed in the offer detail tab.

    Note that the message, which was triggered by calling the Translate category action, will be displayed until the Shop page is reloaded even if the translations editor has been closed without saving any changes.

The values of translatable attributes have been created for the offer. They will be displayed when the user switches their Shop to the corresponding locale. Translatable attributes whose value has not been translated will display value in the default language.

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