Translating text in the Strings panel or an XML file

After you have finished authoring your document, assigned IDs to all the text in the Strings panel, and selected all the languages you want to translate the document into, you can send it to translators. When sending files to translators, you need to include not only the FLA file but also the folders for the XML files and the XML file for each language.

Translators can either work directly in the language columns in the Strings panel or work in the XML files for each language to translate the FLA file to selected languages. If you translate directly in the XML file, you must either import the XML file to the Strings panel or save it in the default directory for that language. See Importing an XML file into the Strings panel.

To translate text in the Strings panel:

Select Window > Other Panels > Strings to open the Strings panel.
For each language to be translated, select the appropriate language column, then type the translated text for that language to be associated with each string ID.
To display the text on the Stage in the language you selected, select the language in the Stage Language field.
When you are finished, save, publish, or test the file.
All XML files for all languages are overwritten with the information in the Strings panel.

Note: If you want to preserve the translation in an XML file, save it in a different folder.

To translate text in an XML file:

Using an XML file editor or translating software, open the folder for the desired language, then the XML file for that language. The XML file is populated with the IDs for each text string.
Enter the text string for the language next to the ID. See English source version sample and French version sample.
If necessary, import the translated XML file into the Strings panel. See Importing an XML file into the Strings panel.