Editing a template translation table (beta)

You can add translations for an email template directly in Ometria when building a multi-language template or campaign.

Editing the translation table in Ometria

Type directly into the cells to add translated copy.

You can also select images directly from your asset manager:

You can also quickly copy content from one translation into another:

Editing the translation table via API

Third parties who have received a translation request via API can get the data from our API endpoint.

They can also check updates to existing translation requests by calling the same endpoint.

It's up to the third party to fetch this data and integrate it into their own software platforms. 

When they're ready to send it back to you, they should push the data back to Ometria and you'll get an email notification. 

Editing the translation table via Excel

You can download a translation file from your template when building a multi-language template or campaign.

Translation file structure

Column A in your translation file (language) is a mandatory column which lists the language variations selected for your template:

As well as your template blocks with translation tags, the file contains the following headings:

• asset_library_folder_path - see How to add images to the translation file
• subject_line
• preheader

Adding images to the translation spreadsheet

To map images to asset manager folders, you'll need to enter the asset manager folder path into the asset_library_folder_path column. 

In Ometria, go to Campaigns > Asset manager and select the folder you've uploaded your images to.

Click on file path dropdown and select Copy path link:

Go back to your translation file and paste the path link into the asset_library_folder_path column in the correct language row:

Ometria will check this folder for the right translation when processing your translation file. 

Templates without translation images

You might not have any images with text in your campaign, meaning you don't need to update different translations for your images.

You can remove the asset_library_folder_path from the file if you don't plan to use it.

If you don't upload any image folder paths, you'll see a "Content missing" warning after the translation file has been processed. 

You can still save and publish the template without any problems.

Uploading your translation file

Once you have your translation file ready to add to your template, select Translation actions > Upload translation xls file: 

…and upload or drag and drop the file:

You have the option to either overwrite or merge your changes - this is useful if more than one person is editing the same campaign:

Ometria will process your file and let you know once the upload is successful.

If Ometria finds missing content, duplicate rows for the same language, missing headers, or any other issues in your translation file, you'll see a message explaining the problem. 

Edit the file and re-upload it. 

When the upload is successful, you can preview your multi-language templates.