Localization Overview
Heretto CCMS enables you to create different localization packages. Each of them serves a different purpose. Learn which localization package works best for you.
- XLIFF Package
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The XML Localization Interchange File Format (XLIFF) is a standardized document format used for localization. Because an XLIFF package contains a single XLF file for your entire publication, XLIFF Packages are useful for the localization of small publications and for projects that can be completed by one translator. An XLIFF package can contain only textual content and cannot include any media files, like screenshots. Once you create an XLIFF package, you can download it as a ZIP file and send it to your Localization Services Provider (LSP).
This package is an integral part of Heretto CCMS and comes with your Heretto subscription.
- Source Package
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A source package contains both textual and media content, like screenshots, in its original format, like DITA and PNG files. Because of that, source packages are useful for the localization of large publications or projects that need to be completed by multiple translators. A source package is an all-in-one package type. Once you create a source package, you can download it as a ZIP file and send it to your LSP.
This package is an integral part of Heretto CCMS and comes with your Heretto subscription.
- Media Package
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A media package bundles all media files related to a publication, such as screenshots or diagrams. It contains no textual content. It is useful for projects in which media content needs to be localized separately from textual content or when only media content needs to be re-localized. A media package is also a complementary package to the XLIFF package and XTM Integration as they are text-only packages. Once you create a media package, you can download it as a ZIP file and send it to your LSP.
This package is an integral part of Heretto CCMS and comes with your Heretto subscription.
- XTM Integration
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XTM is a third-party cloud Translation Management System (TMS) that Heretto is integrated with. An XTM package can contain only textual content and cannot include any media files, like screenshots. It is useful especially to those teams that do not want to manually send ZIP files for localization. Once you create an XTM package, you send it for localization directly from Heretto with a click of a button.
This integration is an integral part of Heretto CCMS, however, to use it, you need to purchase an XTM license.
Considerations
Keep these considerations in mind when working with localization packages:
Do not mix localization packages in one publication. For example, it is not recommended to use a source package for a publication then switch to an XLIFF package. Each package segments your content differently. If you switch packages, you might run into issues caused by non-matching content segments in your target language content.
Avoid uploading very large packages. This applies to XLIFF, source, and media packages. Heretto enables you to create a single localization job for multiple target languages which can make your localization packages very large. Uploading such a large localization package to Heretto might fail due to the sheer amount of data that needs to be processed in a single upload operation. Instead of uploading one large package, we recommend splitting it into several smaller packages.