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You might already be familiar with Smartcat’s WordPress integration to localize websites. To give you more options, we recently launched an app that offers another approach to managing website localization in WordPress.It allows you to create translation requests and monitor progress right from your website admin panel. This comes in especially handy for content creators and managers operating large websites, as they don’t need to leave their usual CMS environment or interfere with the translation team’s work. Other benefits include:Translation status updated in live modeBulk actions apply a similar flow to multiple content piecesFunctionality for both project creation and adding translations to existing projects.With the new app, you’ll be able to cut both the time and effort needed to localize your WordPress website.

Context is what makes translations precise and consistent. That’s why so many of our users enjoy the Preview feature in the Editor.Preview is enabled out of the box for many document types: DOC, PDF, HTML, and subtitles. But what about other file formats? You can use the same Preview tab to upload reference files to the document being edited. And now you can add these to individual segments, as well as the whole document.Add PDFs, images, HTML files, or even provide a URL to an online resource, such as:A documentation page explaining the essence of the textA Figma frame that shows your future interfacePictures or screenshots that you uploaded onlineWe hope that you and your translators would love the new feature!

Welcome a new, more agile, and friendly version of Smartcat! We have just revamped all the key product pages. Let us just show you around!All-inclusive HomepageNo more need to switch between the individual and manager views. Whatever you are looking for, you can find right on the homage under the handy shortcuts. Your translations, team, linguistic assets, available translation workflows, and more, are all in one place now, which means you can navigate to any section in a click.Accelerated projects pageNext, we’ve completely redesigned the projects page to let you see all the key information about each project right away. We also have reconsidered the project filters and sorting options based on your feedback. Now, you can filter your projects by creation date and sort them by Name, Creator, and creation date. Streamlined project creation flowAnd last but not least, we’ve optimized our project creation wizard with the most popular translation options in mind. You can choose between fully human translation performed by your team or translators from the Smartcat Marketplace, a combination of Smartcat AI translation and human editing, human translation and editing, or both of these plus proofreading. You can also build your own workflow to customize it to your specific needs.You can also hire a professional linguist to review automated translation results in a click of a button. Smartcat AI will pick the best professional at the lowest price automatically and do all the hiring and paperwork for you. Can’t wait to try out the new Smartcat? We are looking forward to seeing you there!-

How well does each of your language service suppliers perform? With quality being the number one importance for companies today, as shown in our Translation Industry Survey, we’ve added a new feature that will help you attain it each time: Introducing our LQA profiles, which will allow you to ensure more consistency in your translation quality assurance process.How does Language Quality Assessment (LQA) work?The functionality lets you create LQA profiles based on the MQM (Multidimensional Quality Metrics) scoring model that annotates each error with: Category (Accuracy, Fluency, Terminology, etc.)Weight (0 or more)Severity (Critical, Major, Minor, Neutral)These profiles are used as labels to mark errors in the source and target text in the Editor. The scoring algorithm will automatically collect and process all data from the labels, combine it with additional information, such as the size of the text in words and return a value from 0 to 100, which represents the quality score for the specific project.What can you do with the LQA data?Download custom reports for analytic purposesDetermine the pass/fail threshold for supplier evaluationUnify the editing processFor now, the LQA functionality is in Beta, but soon it will be available for free to our Enterprise subscribers and as a 30-day trial to the rest.Check out our documentation for more details.

When it comes to translation accuracy, comments can play a big role to communicate the needs and requirements of each translation. They may contain reference, context, background information, doing a great deal to clarify any ambiguity and make translators more productive and their work more precise.They are also essential when it comes to evaluating translation quality. That’s why we added structured commenting. This functionality will help you keep your translation team on the same page.What is structured commenting?You simply select the element in the source or target text that you would like to annotate and type in your comment in free form or add a label. There’s no limit to the element size, you can comment on anything from a segment to a character, so it’s always clear what the comment refers to.You can create your own labels or use the readily available quality assurance templates to report errors.The information about each comment, its time and the author is always at hand in the segment comments section.We hope that structured commenting will help your linguists and project managers to better communicate on our platform and quicker resolve potential issues.Check out our documentation for more details.

The XML Localization Interchange File Format (XLIFF) is a special file format that allows you to easily send content for translation and get the work back again. Many content management systems, tools, and platforms support it as a de-facto standard for the import/export of files.To put this into perspective, there are two unfortunately incompatible versions of XLIFF, these being 1.x (1.2 is the most wide-spread) and XLIFF 2.0. Previously, Smartcat would work with XLIFF 1.2, but we started noticing that more tools are now using XLIFF 2.0. That’s when we decided it was time for an upgrade to keep up with industry standards. So, we’d like to officially reveal the news that we have added support for XLIFF 2.0, and will automatically detect this type of file when you upload it manually, or send it into Smartcat through our API. No action is required from you, it’s part of our journey towards automation success!Better compatibility = happier clients!

Since its release, our new Editor has undergone a series of improvements. These are aimed at making editing quicker and more efficient.Set your preferences. Specify the display options and/or select a more dense (compact) display mode. Add reference files in a click. Just drag and drop them right in the Editor to provide extra context and provide quick previews for designers. Navigate with ease. Work with document sequences by automatically navigating to the next one when reaching the end of the file. See all similar segments. When filtering documents, you can also see other documents that have segments matching the specified criteria.And there’s more, such as streamlined glossary terms adding, tags inside TM matches, etc.So if you haven’t switched to the new Editor yet, do it now!

Smartcat for Google Sheets supports both instant automatic translation and is able to sync up content into a Smartcat project for professional translation and review.Download Smartcat for Google Sheets from Google Marketplace and try it yourself!How does it work?Install the app and sign in to your Smartcat account without leaving Google Sheets.Configure your translation by selecting the target languages and the rows to be translated.Choose to use AI translation or create a Smartcat project with the content of your spreadsheet to translate it in the Editor, either on your own or inviting collaborators.Send your translations back to the spreadsheet automatically or when you need them. This means you don’t have to constantly switch between the spreadsheet and your translation tool, or have to use complex formulas to get your content translated.Want to learn more? Check out our help documentation.

Website Translator is a tool that allows you to automatically translate all your website content in mere minutes and publish it for your visitors without any development efforts. With the improvements introduced in recent months it got even more convenient than before. Here’s what we added:Automated translation options. You can now enable automatic translation as a default behavior for all website visitors. With this mode enabled, simply install one line of JavaScript code onto your website, and your visitors will automatically get a translated experience on all pages. Website Translator will auto-detect the user's preferred language and switch to it. You also have an option to give users a way to manually switch to another language.  Language selector placement options. From the same settings dialog of Website Translator, you can now control the placement of a floating language selector (available options are: top-right corner, bottom-right corner, and hidden). You can also fine-tune the placement by providing exact offsets from the edge of the page. Manager view: Smartwords balance notification. When previewing your website and performing translations, we will show you the amount of Smartwords available on your account. You will also get a notification message when you're running out of Smartwords so you can buy more.To learn how to use Website Translator, check out our documentation.

Have you already tried inviting collaborators to your Smartcat workspace? Well, we’ve got more sharing capabilities for you!Now you can share specific translations via email or link in a few clicks. This functionality lets you direct collaborators to specific translations instead of a whole workspace and present your translations to stakeholders and external reviewers.And don’t worry, your sensitive materials are still secure. The people you share with receive the link to the translation pack you specifically choose to share but you still have full control over both selected email and link, and can easily change access permissions to your liking at any moment. 

Contentful is a popular CMS built to integrate with all kinds of software and known for its super-easy-to-use app.With our new integration, you can pull content from Contentful, translate it, and push it back in a click of a button. Or, you can fully automate the process by setting up scheduled syncs. Using this integration means you can combine the powerful content management capabilities of Contentful with the comprehensive localization project management features of Smartcat, namely:Continuous localization: fully automated content exchange between Contentful and Smartcat. Content updates notifications: Smartcat will automatically detect which parts of your content have been updated and need translating.Linguistic assets: customizable translation memories and glossaries to help you improve translation quality and consistency, and save on translating identical content.Machine translation: get a cheap and instantly accessible pretranslation and easily estimate the resources you need to polish it.Collaboration options: all you need to hire translators and manage collaborators in one place without the need to communicate or exchange files externally.Check out the documentation to learn more.

Salsify is a product experience management tool that assists companies in managing, optimising, and providing product information to as many potential customers as possible.We at Smartcat have found a way to speed up and simplify translating Salsify product descriptions.Our new integration allows you toDistribute multilingual product content from a centralized source.Increase conversions by offering shoppers content in their native language. Overtake competition and conquer strong markets by combining Salsify analytics with the unparalleled translation capabilities of Smartcat. This integration empowers your commerce ecosystem with machine translation, editing options, a marketplace of professional linguists, and the Smartcat Autopilot project automation tool making your product information available at every digital touchpoint.

Our new integration tracks Jira tickets and detects any files attached to them. It automatically creates a Smartcat project for each file based on a predefined template, then generates the translation, and pushes it back to the original Jira issue. Here are just a few of the benefits:Agile project management. Eliminate manual content uploads and translation task creation,Transparency. Get up to date on project progress automatically.Speed. Use the power of Smartcat automation to deliver in less time. We sync every 15 minutes!Consistency. Use custom issue filters and create translation templates including your glossaries, translation memories, etc.The integration setup is standard and will take just a few minutes. All you need is the URL of your Jira instance, the email specified in your Smartcat profile, and an API token generated in your Atlassian account. Check out our documentation to streamline the setup. 

We’ve got great news for our WordPress/WPML integration users. Now you can translate just a few posts or pages instead of a whole website. When setting up a new integration, select the pages or posts you want to translate in the Translation Scope tab. These will be localized and pushed back to your website when the next sync is run.And there's more! Our integration now also lets you translate more custom fields.  As a reminder, Smartcat already integrates with the ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) plugin, probably the most widely used WordPress extension for adding custom fields to blog posts.Now, we also support the CMB2 plugin, another popular solution for this purpose. To translate the metadata or any other custom field, just select them in the same Translation Scope tab.But you don’t have to translate any custom fields at all if you don’t want to. Just set your translation scope accordingly. With these updates, you’ll be able to prioritize your website content updates on the fly and keep an eye on your local SEO too!

Drupal is all about build-launch-and-go, and so is our redesigned integration! Our recent update lets you connect your website to Smartcat via TMGMT, the module that offers many extra tools for content translation. Leverage all the flexibility it offers, such as:• A convenient dashboard many Drupal users are familiar with• More transparency with translation job statuses at a glance • Automated collection of all text elements for translation• and more...The integration process has also been simplified. If you already have the TMGMT plugin installed, you can get the connection up and running in no time.We’re keen to know what you think - share your comments, ideas, and suggestions: feedback@smartcat.ai

Did you know that 42% of prospects will never purchase from a website in a foreign language? Translating website content to your customers' languages is a must have in highly competitive markets - and in some regions, is a legal requirement.. Today, we’re introducing Website Translator — a powerful and easy-to-use tool that lets you automatically translate and publish website pages in multiple languages in minutes.Key benefits of Smartcat’s Website Translator:• Translate any webpage to 280+ languages and instantly preview it on your website• Editing is available right in the translated page preview• You can set up different localization workflows: machine, human translation, or mixed (automatic translation with post-editing)• No need to set up an integration or manually copy-paste and upload your translations into a CMPSHow does Website Translator work?With Smartcat’s Website Translator, you can translate your website in five easy steps:1. Select your language pairs and pages that you want to translate2. Preview translated pages: you’ll be able to see what they’ll look like within your website interface3. Edit selected pages by yourself, invite your colleagues or hire professional editors in our Marketplace4. Instantly preview the edits on your website5. Embed a simple javascript code on your website to push the ready translations live Integrating Website Translator with your CMSSetting up an integration with Website Translator is fast and simple. Smartcat will generate a javascript snippet that you drop into your website header - either site wide, or page-by-page. This renders the toggle to let you and your users switch between languages, and delivers the translated text once you have the code installed.You can run the preview without installing the javascript code so it’s drop-dead simple to try it out directly with your own website. We’re keen to know what you think - share your comments, ideas, and suggestions: feedback@smartcat.ai

The new Editor is designed to create a serene, uncluttered environment that helps you stay focused on your work. All the functionality you've gotten used to has remained untouched, more useful and powerful features based on our customers' feedback have been added, but the Editor looks surprisingly clean and almost transparent.To enable you to tailor the look-and-feel to your liking, we've made it customizable through various attributes. You can turn on Compact Mode that will reduce the row width, fitting many more segments into one screen; you can decide whether to show segment borders or whether to apply shading to alternate rows.The icons in main toolbar will remain unassumingly hidden until you click on the leftmost icon to display them.You can switch between the project files, the languages, and even between projects (yes, you've heard it right) by selecting them from the corresponding drop-list in the breadcrumbs on top of the page.The file you are working on can be downloaded in various formats and in different shapes and forms. You can retrieve the original version, intermediate results, or the final translation, and the variety of download flavors is truly impressive:To bring your undivided attention to the current translation segment, it is delicately but noticeably highlighted.

Smartcat Translator for Desktop is a long-awaited companion to its namesake extension for the Google Chrome browser. Smartcat Translator for Desktop is the easiest way to communicate or create content in multiple languages on the go. For maximum versatility, we have provided three versions of the app: for macOS, Windows, and Linux.The only pre-requisite to installing Smartcat Translator is an active Smartcat account. If this requirement is fulfilled, download the suitable version, launch the lightning-fast installation, and the next thing you see is this cheerful person with a genuinely puzzled cat welcoming you to Smartcat Translator.The only required settings are Source text and Target text languages. As soon as those are defined, you can select any text on the page or type it inside the source text editor, and then press Ctrl + Enter to translate the it. The translation to the selected target language will immediately appear in the Target text field.In addition to translating texts directly in the Translator window, you can translate them in any application without losing the keyboard focus, by executing a simple sequence of keystrokes. To simplify the process even further, you can automate it and reduce it to a single keystroke. Note that keeping your Translator window open is not necessary. You can close it and continue using the shortcuts to perform the translation.Smartcat Translator will automatically check for updates on startup. If there is a new version, a notification will be shown and the application will be updated on restart.

Smartcat’s video subtitles editing module provide you with the fundamental capability of immediately previewing the translated subtitles in the video, make sure they conform to the size limitations and are displayed exactly when necessary.Smartcat lets you translate subtitles manually or automatically with post-editing with just a couple of clicks. All you need to do is upload your video subtitle, choose the target and source languages, open the Smartcat editor, and use the Source preview tab to upload the video.Even while the video is not uploaded, the subtitles are fully functional, allowing you to scroll them and have the subtitle matching the currently selected segment highlighted in the Target and Source preview.The timeline shows the CPS (characters per second) for each segment, enabling you to adjust the translation accordingly. The CPS indicators are color-coded to give a better understanding of the text density.After you've uploaded a video, it appears in your project's Files tab as a reference file. You need to explicitly select it in the Preview tab and then the screens that were empty and black come alive and you can see your subtitles in action.In addition to Source preview, Smartcat also allows you to preview the current Target version. By switching to the Target preview tab you can assess how readable the translation is, whether it is correctly synchronized with the picture, and whether there are specific subtitles strings that need to be split or shortened. If no translation is yet available for a specific segment, its source text will appear in the target preview.

The days when a user was required to create and maintain multiple accounts in order to manage projects or perform routine translation tasks are now gone. You can choose any role after login and then switch to another role with literally one click.After login, you are tactfully reminded of your current role by the notification in the top-right corner:Clicking on this notification opens the role selector allowing you to either proceed with your current role or switch to another role, whichever is more relevant at the moment.Clicking Choose in the Simple user tile transports you to the workspace where all your translation tasks are shown with just the right amount of detail: name, creation date, completion level, source and target languages, the number of files, and the respective amount of words and segments.Selecting an existing task prompts you to proceed working on it using the editor or to enable automatic translation:Alternatively, you can launch a new task by clicking Create a new translation.You can also invite teammates to lend you a hand with any task by selecting this option from a drop-down list:If you are assigned to some projects as Project Manager, you can start handling them by switching to the corresponding role and finding yourself in a workspace with the advanced set of features. To do it, click on I’m an individual in the top-left corner and select Manager from the role selector:If you want to be among the first to test-drive our new platform, feel free to reach out to our customer support team: support@smartcat.ai

Figma is a web-based graphics editing and user interface design app widely used for designing mobile app interfaces, prototyping designs, creating social media posts, and everything in between. The Smartcat plugin for Figma will instantly translate your Figma pages and individual frames into any language, allowing you to modify and test layouts in one place, without the messiness of endless copies for every language.To start using the Smartcat plugin for automated translation, select the source language and destination languages. As soon as a destination language is specified, the original texts in frames will be automatically translated and replaced with their equivalents.When multiple languages are selected, you can switch between them, verify that the translated text is correctly located inside the frame and make necessary adjustments on the fly.The number displayed next to each destination language represents the percentage of the source text in the selected frame currently translated to this particular language. If the number is smaller than 100%, click on the three-dot icon for the corresponding language and select Update translations. The Smartcat plugin allows you to keep track of the styles applied to various text objects in your frames. If Show text object properties is toggled on, the currently selected text objects and its styles will appear at the bottom of the plugin window.If the automated translation needs to be improved, select the corresponding text object and edit it in the Smartcat plugin window. Enabling the option This translation is edited manually will instruct Smartcat to safeguard your edits to make sure that they are not overwritten by the automatic translation.For the detailed instructions on installing, configuring, and using the Smartcat plugin for Figma check out our documentation.

Localization Project Managers are responsible for translation quality and are constantly in search for the most efficient and versatile tools for evaluating and providing feedback on translations. It is, after all, vital for quality enrichment and quality assurance. Smartcat now automates this procedure by providing the LQA tool that enables you to:Select the quality criteriaCreate LQA projects and assign them to editorsDecide how often you want to test a specific translatorGet a badge notification when quality assessment is completeYou cannot assess a translation's quality until it is finished. Therefore, LQA checks can be created for completed projects only. To be eligible for an LQA check, the project must have a subject set in the project details and the identical subject and language pair specified in the freelancer's profile.After making sure that the project is completed and meets the above requirements, the Project Manager navigates to Team, selects  Linguistic Quality Assurance and is prompted to start creating an LQA check:After specifying the initial LQA settings and selecting a linguist and a language pair, all the remaining parameters are set, such as subject, project, document, and editor.Clicking Create an LQA check will not only create a new LQA check, but also automatically send an email with a link to the corresponding project to the designated editor. After receiving the notification email and clicking on the link, the editor is redirected to the LQA tool, where they open the project and start reviewing it. If the editor detects an error, they use the mouse to select the problematic segment, indicate the error type and optionally leave a comment explaining why they consider the current translation erroneous.

Akeneo is one of the most popular product information management (PIM) systems that help brands provide quality customer service across all sales channels, store product data, and manage product catalogues easily.Smartcat can connect to your Akeneo account and import all the source fields marked as localizable. If some of your product descriptions are already translated, Smartcat will import the existing language versions automatically. When the translation is ready, the localized versions will be pushed back to Akeneo.You can also customize the translation process to your liking: use machine translation, translate the documents manually, assign your internal linguists to do it, or find and hire trusted translators and editors at our marketplace.In the example below, there are 370 localizable source fields, but the Smartcat connector eats such volumes for breakfast:After gathering and processing information from Akeneo, Smartcat represents it in the same exact hierarchy, allowing you to select the categories for translation:The rest is the ordinary integration configuration process that Smartcat customers are already familiar with: select the source and target languages, choose the most suitable workflow type and click Translate.If some of your product descriptions are already translated, Smartcat will import the existing language versions automatically.When the translation is ready, the localized versions will be pushed back to Akeneo and appear when the respective language is selected from the Locale drop-down list.

Every enterprise wants to harness the power of the Smartcat Marketplace without taking risks or additional liabilities. This is why we launched Autopilot, the project management automation technology, supervised by humans.Once enabled, Autopilot will automatically select suppliers based on your project requirements and budget, assign them to projects, track the project progress to ensure deadlines are met, cut periodic payments for continuous projects, and even monitor the quality of translations!When necessary, it signals copilots (our certified human supervisors) to intervene. Copilots also handle requests from clients to reconfigure the system or perform manual tasks and guarantee 24/7 project progress monitoring to make sure everything runs smoothly and measures are taken if there are any issues.Each time a segment is manually translated, reviewed or edited by anyone who was assigned to the segment, in a project that had Autopilot enabled at the moment of that change, Smartcat counts the number of source words in that segment towards the Autopilot monthly quota.

You can conveniently download our template by navigating to Supplier Payments > Add Supplier Job > Bulk import multiple jobs, clicking Import, and then clicking Download.The template is merely a table consisting of multiple columns. Their number should not intimidate you - all of them are self-explanatory and you can always refer to our documentation for their detailed descriptions. Among the required job details are:Supplier's email address and full nameThe service provided by the supplierThe job’s source and target languagesThe billable unit typeThe amount of units in the job and the rate per unitThe start and end dates, and moreWhen the spreadsheet is complete with your suppliers' job details, return to the Choose file to upload page and upload the file back into Smartcat.