Multilanguage Report in Oracle BI Publisher Using XLIFF Method

There are two options for adding translated templates to your report definition:

·         Create a separate RTF template that is translated (a localized template)

·         Generate an XLIFF file from the original template (at runtime the original template is applied for the layout and the XLIFF file is applied for the translation)

Use the first option if the translated template requires a different layout from the original template.

XLIFF (XML Localisation Interchange File Format) is an XML-based format created to standardize the way localizable data are passed between tools during a localization process.

Generate an XLIFF file from the original template (at runtime the original template is applied for the layout and the XLIFF file is applied for the translation)

Each <source> element contains a translatable string from the template in the source language of the template. For example,

<source>ORDER NUMBER:</source>

When you initially export the XLIFF file for translation, the source and target elements are all identical. To create the translation for this template, enter the appropriate translation for each source element string in its corresponding <target> element.

Therefore if you were translating the sample template into French, you would enter the following for the Total string:

<source>ORDER NUMBER:</source>

<target>NUMÉRO DE COMMANDE:</target>

Naming Standards for Translated Files

Your translated XLIFF and RTF files must be named according to the following standard:

TemplateName_<language code>_<TERRITORY CODE>.xlf or .rtf

or

TemplateName_<language code>.xlf or .rtf

where TemplateName is the original template name

Uploading Translated Files

Create Localized Template

Add Translatable template.

Click on Export Translation button

After the translation upload the file using upload Translation Button

After uploading the translation files you can see the available files in template section.