Manual versus bulk translation of product, category and promotion data
Key Takeaway
When there is a lot of product, category and promotion text to translate, export source files from Translation Workbench (Salesforce recommends XLIFF), have them translated and import them back. When there are only a few products or categories, add translations on each record's Translations tab, then rebuild the Commerce search index.
In B2B Commerce, data translation lets a store show product, category and promotion text in each buyer's language. There are two ways to translate. Manual translation means entering translations on a product or category record's Translations tab. Bulk translation means exporting source files from Translation Workbench, having them translated and importing them back. The size of the job decides which route fits.
How to set up data translation
Two settings come first: Translation Workbench and Data Translation.
- In Setup, open Translation Workbench, then "Translation Language Settings", and click "Enable".
- Add each language your stores use, and mark it "Active".
- Enable the "Data Translation" setting.