Users of the Social Media Kit  can now directly order translations from Supertext as mentioned in our main Blogpost. This post is a little manual and FAQ.

Setup

First, make sure that the language settings are setup according to your needs. We often offer the choice between different types of the same language. E.g. with English, you can choose between UK, US and Ireland.

For this you have to go to “Einstellungen SMK” –> Dienste –> Supertext Übersetzungen –> Bearbeiten” and then to “Sprachen Einstellungen”.

Usage

You can send an an article into translation either directly from the article overview, by pressing on the plus sign.

Or inside an article with the “Sprache” menu bar on the right.

Afterwards you can choose which parts of your post you want to have translated and decide when you need it back. Adding a comment always helps us with the translation.

Once the post is translated, it will automatically appear in the Social Media Kit and you will get an email from us. In the meantime the post looks like this:

Technical functionality

The Blogwerk Plugin uses our REST API. My blog post should answer most of your questions.

Blogwerk FAQ

I had to change the original article, but already sent it into translation. Can I resend it?

Call us as quickly as possible +41 43 500 33 80 and we can stop and delete or order on our side. On your side you need to completely remove the still empty post (you also need to remove it from the recycle bin (Papierkorb). Then you should see the option to order it again.

I ordered an English translation and Supertext delivered it in UK English. But I need US English.

We do both UK and US English. You just have to adjust your settings as mentioned at the beginning of this post. If such an order is still in translation with us, just call us, we can change it.

Supertext FAQ

Can I group different articles into one Trados Project?

Yes.

Can I use one source file for multiple languages in a Trados Project?

Yes

Can I resend a finished translation again?

Yes, as long as the post has not been published yet.

How can I see if the post has been published?

Log into the local.ch blog and go to the article. On the upper right corner is a menu called “Veröffentlichen”. There you see the status.

We have multiple customers that are using Contao CMS (formerly TYPOlight). Unfortunately there is no good export/import tool to get the content in and out for translations. We have a plugin for Drupal and Typo3. WordPress is in development, Contao in the evaluation phase.

In the meantime what we often get are Microsoft Word files. This works perfectly for us, but is cumbersome for the client. We recommend to send us the raw HTML code. This way there is no copy&paste and modify necessary. All formats stay as the were.

Click on the HTML button in the Contao Editor Toolbar (as seen above). This will open the plain text HTML editor.

Just copy&paste this text into a normal text file and send it to us.

You will get it back in the exact same format and everything you have to do, is paste it back into this editor. Done.

If you need to translate multiple pages or your whole website, we can export all your pages automatically and reimport them again afterwards. This involves no manual work for you at all. Just contact us.