Knak

Knak offers translation capabilities through a variety of options, including Knak AI, manual translations, and integrations with several providers. 

In addition to these options, you are also able to manually download an XLIFF file of your base asset, translate it however you'd like, and upload the translated XLIFF file back into Knak to complete your translation.

To enable XLIFF translations in your account, follow these steps.

Navigate to the Admin section of your Knak account

Scroll down to Translations and toggle on the following:

1. XLIFF Uploads
2. Use Knak Translations

Select the XLIFF version (1.2 or 2.0) that your team uses

1. This will change the format that your XLIFF files are downloaded in

1. Navigate to the Admin section of your Knak account
2. Click on Settings
3. Scroll down to Translations and toggle on the following:
 1. XLIFF Uploads
 2. Use Knak Translations
4. Select the XLIFF version (1.2 or 2.0) that your team uses
 1. This will change the format that your XLIFF files are downloaded in

Open your Knak asset and navigate to the Translate tab

1. Open your Knak asset and navigate to the Translate tab
 
 
2. Click Download Base Asset XLIFF

At this stage, you can use your external translation tool to translate your base asset into whichever languages you require. Once complete, you'll have several XLIFF files, one for each of your translated languages.

Click Translate Now on the Translate tab

Select Use Knak Translations in the bottom right corner of the modal

Select your source language and the languages you translated your XLIFF file into, then click Next: Sources

On the Source Selection page, toggle the translation source to Upload Xliff. From here you can either browse for the related language file or drag it into the drop target.

Note: If the file you upload either a) doesn't match the content of your base asset or b) doesn't match the language specified (eg. a French-translated XLIFF in the French row), you will see a warning and will need to reupload the correct XLIFF file

Once you've successfully uploaded your XLIFF files, click Next: Confirmation

Finally, review your translation summary and click Submit Request

1. Click Translate Now on the Translate tab
 
 
2. Select Use Knak Translations in the bottom right corner of the modal
 
 
3. Select your source language and the languages you translated your XLIFF file into, then click Next: Sources
 
4. On the Source Selection page, toggle the translation source to Upload Xliff. From here you can either browse for the related language file or drag it into the drop target.
 
 
5. Note: If the file you upload either a) doesn't match the content of your base asset or b) doesn't match the language specified (eg. a French-translated XLIFF in the French row), you will see a warning and will need to reupload the correct XLIFF file
 
 
6. Once you've successfully uploaded your XLIFF files, click Next: Confirmation
 
 
7. Finally, review your translation summary and click Submit Request

And that's it! You've just completed a translation in Knak using our manual XLIFF download/upload process.

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Enabling XLIFF translations

Downloading your XLIFF file

Translating your base XLIFF file

Uploading your XLIFF files to Knak

Walkthrough