The Translation Job Life Cycle refers to the steps and processes involved from the time the translation job is created to the final import and updates for the translated content. Create and maintain content in Author or the Library and then manage your translation jobs by using Localize. This topic looks at the process in Localize.
Let's look at the main steps in the life cycle:
| Create a new Translation Job in Localize Objects from the Library are added to the job and locale variants of the objects are automatically created (for the first translation). Release states are assigned to the objects. |
| Download the job from the server The ZIP file containing the translation job XML file (and any other required files) is downloaded from the server and sent to the Service Provider. |
| The Service Provider completes the translation and returns the file. |
| Upload translated job to the server The files from the Service Provider are uploaded to the server and made ready for importing into the Library. |
| Import the draft translation job into the Library During the import, Localize updates the locale variant objects in the Library with the translated content. Release states are updated against the objects to the draft import state. |
| Import the translated job into the Library During the import, Localize updates the locale variant objects in the Library with the translated content. Release states are updated against the objects to the final import state. |
