The localization process in Author-it uses variant objects for localized content. This enables both your source content and your localized content to be stored in the same Library. The content is created using Author or Contribute. Localize is used to manage the translation jobs and update the variants topics in your Library.
The following overview discusses the processes of creating and updating content in the Library during the translation process.
The locale variant is created when the translation job is created and then updated with the translated file from the Service Provider is imported. Let's look at the process for a topic object being translated for the first time.
Step 1: Create your source content in Author or Contribute.
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)to indicate it requires translation.
) to indicate it has been translated.