Introduction

The TranslationOS connector for Contentful allows you to entrust Translated with the professional translation of your entries, saving you the hassle of manually importing and exporting content or switching between tools.

This connector is event-based, meaning it is triggered by specific actions. To learn which actions trigger the connector, see the section Requesting translations.

Support

For general questions about functionality, our dedicated support team can be reached at [email protected].

If you need technical information or you’re ready to integrate your Contentful instance with TranslationOS, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] for assistance with onboarding.

The onboarding process may vary depending on your needs, but the following steps are a helpful guideline:

  1. We will ask you to provide your space ID and a content management token (see below for instructions to retrieve them).
  2. We will guide you through testing the connector in sandbox mode, which means that you will get back machine-translated content to test the user experience.
  3. You will agree with Translated on the required service levels, also known as service types. We will then take care of configuring the connector for you.
  4. We will be ready to receive, process and deliver your translation requests!

Setting up the connector

You will need to retrieve the following two pieces of data from Contentful and communicate them to us. We will then complete the connector configuration for you. With that done, you’ll be ready to set up the Contentful app, which you’ll use to send your entries for translation.

To begin, log in to Contentful with an admin account. The account must have read/write access to the content you want to send for translation.

Retrieving the space ID

To get your space ID, navigate to Settings > General settings (under Space settings). The ID is provided in the General section.

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Generating a management token

To generate a management token, navigate to Settings > CMA tokens (under Space settings).