Linkage

Linkage defines the relationship between source folders, which contain assets in the original language, and target folders, which contain translated content for each target locale. This indicates where to save the translated content.

Linkage Prerequisites

To configure linkage for two assets or folders, the following prerequisites must be met:

The source asset or folder must exist.
The target asset or folder must exist.
The source asset or folder must have a Locale configured.
The target asset or folder must have a Locale configured.
The source and target assets or folders must be of different Locales.

Linkage and Translation Projects

Linkage is often important to WorldServer because it is used by the system to determine which assets are valid candidates for translation.

Suppose, either manually or automatically (for example, via a Business Rule), twenty different assets are selected for potential translation from English to German. When you create a project, you can specify that WorldServer process only New or Changed assets.

WorldServer determines, via the linkage rules that have been configured, which target asset maps to each source asset and then determines whether each source asset has been updated (that is, has a newer timestamp) than the corresponding target asset.