Create a custom machine translation glossary

Create a custom machine translation glossary for specific terms often used on your site.

You can create a custom machine translation glossary that includes custom translations for specific terms you use often on your site. This is useful when you want to use a translation that differs from the one provided by auto-translate.

Note that this may not be a 100% translation guarantee — we recommend you review your site’s copy before publishing. 

How to create a custom machine translation glossary

To create your custom machine translation glossary you’ll first create a CSV according to AWS Translate instructions. You should add your primary locale tag in the first row, first column and the term in the second row, first column. Secondary locales follow in the next columns and rows (e.g., “ES” in the second column, first row, and the term in the second column, second row).

CSV file limitations and requirements

There are a maximum of 10 columns and 10,000 rows in a custom machine translation glossary CSV file — i.e., the machine translation glossary supports up to 10 different languages.

For each term listed in the first column, the corresponding cell in the translation column must:

• Not be blank
• Not contain any vertical whitespace characters
• Contain at least one non-whitespace character

How to upload the glossary CSV file to your site

Once your CSV is complete, you can upload it to your site:

1. Go to Settings panel > Localization > Custom translation terminology
2. Upload your CSV file
3. Click Save changes

Next time you localize any words present in your CSV, they’ll be translated according to what you have set as the translation in the CSV file.