Editor View Modes

Table of Contents

• View Modes
  • Bilingual View
  • Multilingual View
    • Use Cases
    • Considerations
• Switch between View Modes
  • Default Behavior
  • Bilingual → Multilingual
  • Multilingual → Bilingual

View Modes

When the GL Strings Editor is open, there are two available modes to view translations: the bilingual view and the multilingual view.

Bilingual View

Focus on a specific language (pair) for either translation or review.

Multilingual View

Work across multiple languages simultaneously: view, edit, search, and filter all draft/target strings at once for any set of selected languages.

Use Cases

• Work on multiple dialects of the same language (e.g. German-Germany, German-Austria, and German-Switzerland).
• Use a pivot language for indirect translation (e.g. Greek → English (pivot) → Thai).
• Compare translation status for any set of strings across multiple languages.

Considerations

Ensure the language(s) you want to edit are selected from the language dropdown:

• Select source (base) language to edit source strings.
• Select target language(s) to edit draft/target strings.

When using the Inconsistencies or the Duplicates filters:

• Include the source (base) language in your selection to provide necessary context for filter results.

Once the language(s) you want to edit are selected:

• Strings can be sorted according to various criteria. See Sorting for more information.
• Actions taken using the Status or Actions buttons for selected strings will apply to all currently selected languages:
  • Status: See Workflow Statuses and Rules for more information.
  • Actions: See Multi-Edit Actions for more information.

⚠️ Warning: The option to add character restrictions to a string is disabled in the multilingual view.

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Switch between View Modes

Default Behavior

• The Editor opens in the bilingual view by default.

• Sort Options
  When selecting languages in the language dropdown, languages are sorted by Name in A → Z order by default. You can adjust sorting by:

  • Name or ISO code
  • A → Z or Z → A order

Bilingual → Multilingual

To switch from bilingual to the multilingual view:

• Toggle the switch in the page breadcrumbs

• In the language dropdown, select via

  • Individual language(s): Use the checkboxes to select language(s)

  • Select All: Click Select All to select all languages available
    ℹ️ Option available for projects with fewer than 50 languages.

  • Batch Selection: Click the Batch Selection dropdown to select a batch of 50 languages at a time
    ℹ️ Option available for projects with 50 languages or more.

• Click the Apply button

Multilingual → Bilingual

To switch from multilingual to the bilingual view:

• Toggle the switch in the page breadcrumbs

• Select the target language from the language dropdown

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