smartcat_config1= Smartcat Connector

1. Installing the Connector

To install the connector, please install the FSM via FirstSpirit ServerManager.

Thereafter, you can open translationstudio’s configuration panel, navigate to connectors, click on the add button and choose the connector from the given list. Its configuration panel will open automatically.

2. Requirements

The connector requires

  • an accessible API URL

  • valid credentials

This can be achieved by navigating to Settings / API and creating a new key.

Save the Account Id as well, because you will need it later.

3. Configuration

3.1. Connection

You have to provide valid credentials here. Thereafter, you need to click on load templates to fetch available project templates. The connector creates new projects for every translation job (which may contain several XMLs) using a project template.

Account Configuration
Figure 1. Account Configuration

3.2. Languages

FirstSpirit uses language abbreviations which may not correspond to Smartcat’s language codes.

Consequently, you have to tell Smartcat which language code to use for a given FirstSpirit language.

Languages
Figure 2. Languages

4. How the Connector Works

The connector allows you to submit files for translations, monitor the translation progress as well as download translated documents and importing them into FirstSpirit automatically.

Once a project has been completed, the connector downloads files automatically and, depending on your configuration above, adds an ACHIVE prefix to the project name to indicate that the files have been downloaded successfully.