Introduction

Language Translation is essential for conveying critical context. Authentic8 provides users with an integrated language translation service for Silo for Research.


Sections

  • Using Language Translation
  • Usage Scenarios
  • Enabling Language Translation via Admin Console


Using Language Translation

Users can find the Translation icon on the Silo extension bar located in the upper-right corner of the Toolbox browser. Clicking the icon will display a horizontal translation window directly below it, which can be closed by clicking the icon a second time or click anywhere else within the Toolbox browser.



Usage Scenarios

Users are able to translate content in three ways: 

  • Full page translation
  • Select text and translate (highlight, right click, translate)
  • Ad Hoc text translation (either typed or copied into the translate window)


Full Page Translation 

Full page translation assists users in translating the content of a web page. When visiting a foreign language site, users can either select the appropriate source and target languages from the Translation Extension. Prior to selecting the preferred target language, the Translation Service will attempt to identify the source language when it receives the query if no selection is made.



After selecting the source and target languages, clicking the 'Translate Page' button extracts the text and sends it for translation, displaying the translated results on the page. The translated content is displayed on the page in the same position as the content source.


 

The translated content will appear in the same location as the original text, and the 'Reset' button allows users to revert to the original language content.


Translate Specific Text

Users can select a segment of text within the browser to translate by highlighting source text on a page, right clicking and selecting Translate from the menu. A popover split-pane window will appear showing source text on the left, and translated text on the right.


 

The translation window does not need to be visible to use this mode of translation, the source language will be auto-detected and the target language will be English by default. If this is the wrong target language, the user can select a new one from the drop-down selection and hit Translate again. Hitting 'Reset' button will clear the selected text translation.


Ad-hoc Text Translation

From the Translation extension, users can select 'Translate Specific Text' or use the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+V to open the same split-pane window displaying the source and target languages. Users can enter source language in the left pane by typing or copying and then hitting translate. The source/target languages can be selected from the drop-down selections. The source language will be auto-detected if none is selected. Ad hoc translation is independent of the source language of the page that the user happens to be on.

 

Ad hoc translation is a generally useful way to translate any content, not just content that is presented on a web page. It is also a good way to translate content on a web page when the text cannot be extracted; for example content that is part of an image, or part of an i-frame.


Enable Language Translation via Admin Console

To translate content, the Silo Admin must enable the Language Translation policy for the organization through the Admin Console, as this feature is set to 'Disabled' by default.



Additional Notes

The default selection for the target language is English.



Please contact Support if you have any additional questions and/or require further information.