Locale: Creating a Locale project with the Yext Connector

Introduction

Yext is a cutting edge digital experience platform offering a dynamic, flexible environment for creating just about anything you would need from a headless CMS system. Together with the Locale platform and our Yext connector, it is now easier than every to automatically extract content for translation via your existing workflows, whether it is a TMS, MT engine, or dedicated human for translation.


What you will need to get started

  1. The Login link for Locale (https://app.locale.to/en/).

  2. The admin login information with access to the Developer Console for your Yext instance.

    1. Note: If you do not possess the correct credentials to access this information, please contact your system administrator or your Yext representative. Locale does not have access to this nor do we provide this information.

  3. User login information for both your Locale instance, and your Yext instance.

    1. A trial account of Locale can also be taken for free by going to locale.to and selecting the “Get Started” button.


Creating a Locale project with the Yext Connector

Once you have followed the steps in our article Adding the Yext Connector to Locale, you are ready to create a project.

  1. Start by entering the source and target languages for your instance and selecting Add Project.

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  1. Locale will automatically calculate the number of words which need to be translated for your project.

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  1. And provide the option to push them for translation.

  1. Once the translation step has been completed, the status will update in Locale, and the content will be delivered into your Yext instance.

  1. Translated Name and Description content into Italian.