Localization Export and Import (in Grid) accompanies our core feature - Dependencies. It allows you to export translation files with the current statuses of strings. When you re-import using Localization Import statuses can be updated automatically.  

Export files using Localization export

• Open a Grid, you’ll see the Localization button in the header (if dependencies are set).
• Select Localization Export. 

Gridly will export the translation file in XLSX (Excel format). You can select what to feature in the exported files.

• Source language: Select the source language you want to export. 
• Select target language to export: Select the target language columns to export, or click the check box to Export all target languages.
• Other settings (optional): 
  • Highlight source changed: Highlight changes in the source language columns since the last translation update.
  • Include up-to-date record: Files exported using the Localization export function will by default solely include records that need updating (Dependency status: Out-of-date, Unset). Select this option if you also want to include up-to-date records
  • Include do-not-translate: Select this option if you want to include records with the source status: Do not translate
  • Include not-ready-for-translation record: Select this option if you want to include records with the source status: Not ready for translation
  • Export to the same sheet: For Grids containing more than 1 target language, each language will be exported to a separate sheet. Select this option if you want the languages to be exported to the same sheet
• Select other columns (optional): Select other columns you want to export.
• Click Export.  

Re-import files using Localization Import

After sending out to translators to update translations, you can re-import the files to update the records in the Grid.

• Open the Grid, then click on the toolbar.
• Select Localization import from the dropdown list. 
• Drag and drop, or click to browse for your files.

• If you want to import multiple localization files at once, click Add more files.
• Click Manage to start checking the updates.  

Manage import

Let’s review the changes before we finish importing.  
In the Manage import window, you can see a preview of the imported records and changes made (or not made). All the changes will be highlighted by type: Error, Warning, Info. Gridly won’t import the values or update the translation statuses for some changes. Please check the table below for detailed information.

Filter issues and actions

Click   next to the target language to filter issues by issue type and action:

Click  to show unresolved issues.

View records details

You can compare the changes in the Grid and imported file by clicking on the cells in the target language columns. For specific updates, you are required to select whether to overwrite or skip the updates, and set the statuses for the targets.

You can choose to apply an option to all similar issues:

Confirm import

After reviewing the import preview, click Import, then click Apply. 

If you don’t manually resolve issues, Gridly will apply the default option for those.

Export the list of issues

If you don’t know how to resolve the issues, or simply want to save them for further investigation, you can choose Export copy of issue list to export a list of current import issues. The exported file will be in XLSX format.

Issue overview

Don't know what the issue is about? Here is the list of issues with detailed explanations. You can always open a record to view the issue details:

• Issue: the issue name.
• Issue type: Issues are highlighted by types: Error (Red), Warning (Yellow), Info (Blue).
• Description: Explain what the issue is about and why it occurs.
• Action: What can be done with the issue.
• Default Dependency status: the Dependency status of a string will be updated following this Default Dependency status if you don't take any separate actions.

Manage import issue warnings

You can choose whether to show warning messages for specific issue types and also select a default action if that issue is found. This is all configured in the Import warning tab.
On the project page, click next to the company name and select Localization settings, then open the Import warning tab. 

Default import warning settings are applied to all projects. You can toggle on or off and select the default action under each issue type. If you want to create a custom import warning for a specific project, click Create New Setting. 

For example, the message below won't be displayed when the option Display warning is set to off. The default action will be applied automatically.  

You can check and change the default actions for your issues in the Import warning setting.

• Skip: Skip importing the records to the Grid
• Overwrite - set up-to-date: Overwrite with updated text from the imported file, mark the dependency status of the strings as up-to-date.
• Overwrite - set out-of-date: Overwrite with updated text from the imported file, mark the dependency status of the strings as out-of-date