How to Upload Files with Existing Translations
Learn how you can upload your existing translation files into PTC and use them in your software translation projects.
For the highest-quality results, it’s recommended to let PTC translate your projects from scratch. When PTC translates your entire software, it can better understand the full context and project requirements to deliver Better Than Human Translations.
Existing translations, on the other hand, often lack context or result from the work of multiple translators, which impacts consistency.
But, if you still want to use them, you have the option to do this at project setup.
Importing Existing Translations into PTC
When setting up your project in PTC, indicate you want to use existing translation files. To import them, you have two options:
- Upload multiple translation files for a language, and PTC will automatically match each file to the correct resource file.
- Assign each translation file to its corresponding resource file yourself.
Tip: Make sure your files follow standard locale naming conventions, such as en_US for English (United States) or fr_FR for French (France).
Deleting Imported Translations from Your Project
Once PTC finishes translating your project, you’ll receive a merge request with the completed translations. If you need to delete any of the imported translations:
- Go to the Translations tab from your project’s dashboard in PTC.
- Toggle Select translations to delete to filter the table and display only imported translations.
At this point, you can choose how you want to delete the imported translations:
- Select a specific translation to remove it from the project
- Select a source string to remove all its translations in every language
- Select a secondary language to remove all imported translations for that language
After you delete imported translations, PTC will automatically retranslate the removed strings using its AI-powered automatic translation.
Getting Started
How to Upload Files with Existing Translations
