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You can use a tool called "Bulk Translation" to export all of the display text in a form, add in the translations, and then upload them all back into the form at one time. The export can be put into an excel document so that you can send it to a translator or work on the translation separately from the form builder. Translation of buttons or error messages are not dealt with using Bulk Translations, but with Translate the CommCare User Interface Translations.
How to Use Bulk Translation
- In this sample application, we have two languages: English and Haitian Creole French. When making the application, only English text was entered. The Haitian French display text was left blank. CommCare automatically populates the additional language display text blocks with the English text as a placeholder until the Haitian French translation is added:
2. You can click on each form and edit the local language translation for each question one by one. Or, you can use the the Bulk Translation feature to update the language for all the questions in one form at once.
3. To use the Bulk Translations feature, click on the "Tools" box on the right side of the specific form name as demonstrated below. The menu will open and you will see several options, including "Edit Bulk Translations" at the very bottom of the list.
4. When you click on "Edit Bulk Translations" a box/window will appear in the center of the screen that shows all of your question text:
5. Select All the text by pressing Ctrl + A.
6. Copy the selection in the box by pressing Ctrl + C, or by right clicking and selecting "copy."
7. Open a new Excel Spreadsheet. Select the top left cell (Cell A1) and then Paste (Edit - > Paste, Ctrl + V, or Right Click -> Paste). You will see all of the text from the "Edit Bulk Translations" box is now in columns in the spreadsheet:
8. Each column represents a piece of content (either text or multimedia) in each language. The Haitian versions Some of the French versions (column B) of the text the questions are in English because we have not translated them. You can go ahead and replace the default English text with your translations.
NOTE: Not all fonts show up on all phones. Always use UNICODE fonts where possible, and make sure to test your individual phones. See Local Language Support and Fonts for more information.
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12. To confirm the changes, click "Update Translations." If you press "close" the box will close and your translations will not be updated.
13. Click on one of the questions you just translated in the Question Tree, and you will now see the updated text you entered while working with the Excel file.
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15. Repeat this process for other forms in your application.
