About incremental localization

The incremental localization process allows you to start the localization process without having all the objects in the Authoring:done status (or the equivalent status in your deployment).

The incremental localization process allows you to start the localization process on a map when the map and its children are not in the Authoring:done status (or the equivalent in your deployment). This means that you can send topics to be translated as they become ready instead of having to wait until all objects are done. In fact, if you localize individual topics and images, IXIASOFT strongly recommends that you use the incremental localization process rather than sending them outside the context of the map.

When the incremental localization process is configured, a new status called Localization:do not translate is added to the workflow. It identifies the objects in the Localization cycle that are not authorized to be translated.

If objects in the Localization:do not translate status are included in the localization kit when it is prepared, the system automatically adds the translate="no" attribute to the root element of those objects so translation vendors can identify which files are not to be localized, and removes all the ixia_locid attributes from the elements contained in the objects to ensure that they cannot be imported after the localized files are received.