Once you have created and populated your Content Groups, you then create a target-language document with a translation workflow.
By definition, translation jobs have both a source language and a target language. In order to leverage tools such as a translation memory (TM), we need both of these languages to be available in the workflow.
Given that an Adobe® InDesign® document is monolingual, we will need both our original source-language document and a separate target-language document. The target-language document is named a Version.
This is an excerpt from the workshop: Create a Translation Workflow.
Open the Workflow Editor
Open the Workflow Editor for this Version by:
- double-clicking on the Version.
- selecting Open Workflow from the Version's option menu.
NOTE: It is not possible to edit a version document directly, as one can a source-language document. Editing of version documents must be done in a controlled manner via the Job Editor.
Update Document Properties
Here you can update the properties of your version document.
- Click on Properties in the main option menu to open the Project Details dialog for this version document.
- Update the details, which will appear in the top-left of the Workflow Editor once you save your changes.
NOTE: It is also possible to open the Project Details from the Projects area by clicking on the document thumbnail, or by choosing Properties in the document's option menu.
NOTE: Version-Document Naming
The names of the main columns in the upper and lower areas are different. The source-language project documents are identified by a Project Name column, while the version documents are identified by a Version column.
- The Project Name is the text from the Name field of the source-language document.
- The Version is the text from the Version field of the version document.