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Download and translate content using excel format
  • 14 Apr 2023
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Download and translate content using excel format

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Whatfix enables content creators to translate content using excel format. This can be done by downloading the language file in the excel format from the dashboard and then translating the content.

Download the excel format

Use the following steps to download the excel format,

  1. On the Whatfix Guidance dashboard, click Settings.
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  2. Click Translations.
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  1. Click the Download icon next to the language file you want to download.
    DB_Translations_ClickDownload.png

  2. From the pop-up, choose the .xlsx format option.
    DB_Translations_Selectexcelfile.png

  3. Click Download.
    DB_Translations_Click Download.png

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The language file gets downloaded in .zip format.

Translating the content in excel format

Use the following steps to translate the content in the downloaded excel format,

  1. Extract the zip file and open the excel format.
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  • If it's the first time you're translating to the language, translate content in the sheet labeled Full.
    DB_Translation_Excel_Full.png

  • If you're translating the new content created, translate content in the sheet labeled Delta.
    DB_Translation_Excel_Delta.png

  1. Translate the content in the target language column.
    DB_Translations_Translate content.png
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  • You receive the following error when the downloaded content exceeds the character limit of the excel and cannot be translated in the excel format.
    • Error: Field could not be exported due to Excel character limit. Please update the translation on Whatfix Dashboard.
  • This content can be translated using Whatfix UI.
  1. Once the files are translated, convert them into a .zip file using a compressor tool and upload them.
    For more information, see Use excel format to upload translated content.


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