Get Started with Transcy's Enhanced Automated Translation
Running a global e-commerce business shouldn't mean spending countless hours manually translating every product, blog post, and page. With constantly evolving customer demands and the need for timely content updates, manual translation processes can quickly become overwhelming and inefficient.
This comprehensive guide explores how Transcy's enhanced Automated Translation feature revolutionizes your multilingual workflow. Whether you prefer setting up smart translation rules or integrating with Shopify Flow, you'll discover how to streamline your content translation process, save valuable time, and maintain consistent quality across all your target markets.
I. Understanding Automated Translation
What's New in Enhanced Automated Translation
Available Translation Approaches
II. Setting Up Rule-Based Automated Translation
Manual Content Selection Method
Condition-Based Automation Method
III. Shopify Flow Integration
Setting Up Translation Actions in Flow
Supported Triggers and Use Cases
Monitoring Translation Activity
IV. Managing Your Automated Translation Setup
Quota Management and Plan Considerations
Understanding plan limitations
Transcy's enhanced automated translation system introduces intelligent, condition-based translation that adapts to your business needs. Instead of manually selecting each piece of content for translation, you can now create smart rules that automatically identify and translate content based on specific criteria you define.
To unblock this feature please follow : Navigate to Transcy → Translation menu → Automate Translation
Note: This powerful upgrade is designed for merchants on Growth plans and above, ensuring you have the scalability needed for expanding global operations.
You now have two distinct approaches to automate your translation workflow, each designed for different business scenarios:
Perfect for merchants who want granular control over their translation process within Transcy's interface. This approach offers two methods: manual content selection and intelligent condition-based automation.
Ideal for merchants already using Shopify Flow for business automation. This integration allows you to incorporate translation actions directly into your existing workflows, maintaining all your automation in one centralized system.
Note: You can choose either the rule-based approach or Shopify Flow integration, but not both simultaneously. This ensures clear workflow management and prevents conflicts between different automation systems.
This straightforward approach gives you complete control over exactly which content gets translated.
Begin by choosing the specific resource type you want to translate:
Products - Individual product listings and descriptions
Collections - Product category pages and descriptions
Blog Posts - Individual blog articles and content
Pages - Static pages like About Us, FAQ, etc.
Themes - Template and interface elements
Important: Each rule can only target one resource type, ensuring clean organization and easier management.
Configure your preferred translation engine for each target language. Transcy supports multiple premium translation services including:
Default Setiing: Translate with previously used engines. Pages without prior AI translations will default to Google Translate.
Customize Translation Engine: Assign specific engines to different content types and languages to optimize translation quality and cost.
You can mix and match engines based on your quality requirements and budget for different language pairs.
Browse through your selected resource and manually choose specific items to include in your translation queue. This method works perfectly when you need to translate specific products for a campaign or selected blog posts for particular markets.
This intelligent approach automatically identifies content for translation based on criteria you define, perfect for ongoing automation.
Just like the manual method, start by selecting your resource type and configuring translation engines for each target language.
For Products:
Status Conditions - Automatically translate products when they're set to active or remain in draft
Category Targeting - Focus on specific product categories relevant to particular markets
Tag-Based Selection - Use product tags to identify seasonal items, promotions, or specific product lines
Collection Membership - Automatically translate products when they're added to designated collections
For Blog Posts:
Visibility Settings - Translate posts set to visible or keep hidden posts in your workflow
Category Filtering - Target specific blog categories like tutorials, news, or product updates
Pro Tip: When you set up blog post translation conditions, the blog categories are automatically translated at no additional quota cost, ensuring complete category structure consistency.
For Pages:
Visibility Control - Choose whether to translate visible or hidden pages
Template Targeting - Focus on specific page templates like product pages, landing pages, or informational content
For Collections:
Template-Based Selection - Target collections using specific templates for consistent presentation across languages
Future Content Automation:
When you select "Future added items," your translation rules automatically apply to new content that meets your criteria. The system continuously monitors for new content and updates your translation queue accordingly.
Smart Conflict Resolution: If content already belongs to another translation rule, Transcy will notify you and let you choose which rule should handle that content, preventing duplicate translations and quota waste.
Transcy provides a dedicated "Translate content" action block that seamlessly integrates into your existing Shopify Flow workflows.
Configuration Options:
Content Selection - Choose to translate newly created/updated products and collections, or specify particular items manually
Target Languages - Select multiple languages from your Transcy configuration
Translation Engine - Pick the most appropriate engine for your content and quality requirements
Primary Triggers Available:
Product Created - Automatically translate new products as soon as they're added
Collections Created - Handle new collection translations immediately
Advanced Scenario:
Set up conditional triggers that only activate translation when content doesn't already have translations in your target languages, preventing unnecessary re-translation and quota usage.
Every translation action triggered through Shopify Flow creates detailed logs showing:
Success/Failure Status - Clear indication of translation completion
Content Details - Specific items that were translated
Action History - Complete record within Flow's native logging system
This integration ensures your translation activities are fully visible within your existing Shopify Flow monitoring dashboard.
Smart Quota Handling:
When your translation queue exceeds your plan's quota, Transcy disables additional content in alphabetical order from bottom to top
Plan Upgrades - Previously disabled content automatically becomes available when you upgrade your plan
Plan Downgrades - The system helps you adjust your content selection to fit within your new quota limits
Future Content Notifications:
If you're using condition-based rules with future content enabled, Transcy will notify you when new content exceeds your quota and suggest quota extensions to ensure continuous translation coverage.
Publishing your automated rules: After creating automation rules, you must publish them to activate automatic translation functionality. This step is crucial – unpublished rules won't trigger any automation.
Plan-based limitations: Each Transcy plan includes specific limits for Automate Translation. Reference the Overview of Transcy Pricing Plans to understand your current limits.
Managing plan changes:
Downgrading: Rules automatically become unpublished and need manual reactivation within new plan limits
Upgrading: Gain access to higher limits and can publish more rules for automation
Reaching your limits: When you hit your plan's limit:
New rules cannot be activated until existing ones are removed or unpublished
Consider upgrading your plan for higher limits
Alternative: Purchase additional resource quotas to extend current plan capabilities
What will happen when I upgrade/downgrade plan in app?
If you need further assistance please contact us via live chat or email us at support@transcy.io
This comprehensive guide explores how Transcy's enhanced Automated Translation feature revolutionizes your multilingual workflow. Whether you prefer setting up smart translation rules or integrating with Shopify Flow, you'll discover how to streamline your content translation process, save valuable time, and maintain consistent quality across all your target markets.
Table of Contents
I. Understanding Automated Translation
What's New in Enhanced Automated Translation
Available Translation Approaches
II. Setting Up Rule-Based Automated Translation
Manual Content Selection Method
Condition-Based Automation Method
III. Shopify Flow Integration
Setting Up Translation Actions in Flow
Supported Triggers and Use Cases
Monitoring Translation Activity
IV. Managing Your Automated Translation Setup
Quota Management and Plan Considerations
Understanding plan limitations
I. Understanding Automated Translation
1. What's New in Enhanced Automated Translation
Transcy's enhanced automated translation system introduces intelligent, condition-based translation that adapts to your business needs. Instead of manually selecting each piece of content for translation, you can now create smart rules that automatically identify and translate content based on specific criteria you define.
To unblock this feature please follow : Navigate to Transcy → Translation menu → Automate Translation
Note: This powerful upgrade is designed for merchants on Growth plans and above, ensuring you have the scalability needed for expanding global operations.
2. Available Translation Approaches
You now have two distinct approaches to automate your translation workflow, each designed for different business scenarios:
Perfect for merchants who want granular control over their translation process within Transcy's interface. This approach offers two methods: manual content selection and intelligent condition-based automation.
Ideal for merchants already using Shopify Flow for business automation. This integration allows you to incorporate translation actions directly into your existing workflows, maintaining all your automation in one centralized system.
Note: You can choose either the rule-based approach or Shopify Flow integration, but not both simultaneously. This ensures clear workflow management and prevents conflicts between different automation systems.
II. Setting Up Rule-Based Automated Translation
1. Manual Content Selection Method
This straightforward approach gives you complete control over exactly which content gets translated.
Begin by choosing the specific resource type you want to translate:
Products - Individual product listings and descriptions
Collections - Product category pages and descriptions
Blog Posts - Individual blog articles and content
Pages - Static pages like About Us, FAQ, etc.
Themes - Template and interface elements
Important: Each rule can only target one resource type, ensuring clean organization and easier management.
Configure your preferred translation engine for each target language. Transcy supports multiple premium translation services including:
Default Setiing: Translate with previously used engines. Pages without prior AI translations will default to Google Translate.
Customize Translation Engine: Assign specific engines to different content types and languages to optimize translation quality and cost.
You can mix and match engines based on your quality requirements and budget for different language pairs.
Browse through your selected resource and manually choose specific items to include in your translation queue. This method works perfectly when you need to translate specific products for a campaign or selected blog posts for particular markets.
2. Condition-Based Automation Method
This intelligent approach automatically identifies content for translation based on criteria you define, perfect for ongoing automation.
Just like the manual method, start by selecting your resource type and configuring translation engines for each target language.
For Products:
Status Conditions - Automatically translate products when they're set to active or remain in draft
Category Targeting - Focus on specific product categories relevant to particular markets
Tag-Based Selection - Use product tags to identify seasonal items, promotions, or specific product lines
Collection Membership - Automatically translate products when they're added to designated collections
For Blog Posts:
Visibility Settings - Translate posts set to visible or keep hidden posts in your workflow
Category Filtering - Target specific blog categories like tutorials, news, or product updates
Pro Tip: When you set up blog post translation conditions, the blog categories are automatically translated at no additional quota cost, ensuring complete category structure consistency.
For Pages:
Visibility Control - Choose whether to translate visible or hidden pages
Template Targeting - Focus on specific page templates like product pages, landing pages, or informational content
For Collections:
Template-Based Selection - Target collections using specific templates for consistent presentation across languages
Future Content Automation:
When you select "Future added items," your translation rules automatically apply to new content that meets your criteria. The system continuously monitors for new content and updates your translation queue accordingly.
Smart Conflict Resolution: If content already belongs to another translation rule, Transcy will notify you and let you choose which rule should handle that content, preventing duplicate translations and quota waste.
III. Shopify Flow Integration
1. Setting Up Translation Actions in Flow
Transcy provides a dedicated "Translate content" action block that seamlessly integrates into your existing Shopify Flow workflows.
Configuration Options:
Content Selection - Choose to translate newly created/updated products and collections, or specify particular items manually
Target Languages - Select multiple languages from your Transcy configuration
Translation Engine - Pick the most appropriate engine for your content and quality requirements
2. Supported Triggers and Use Cases
Primary Triggers Available:
Product Created - Automatically translate new products as soon as they're added
Collections Created - Handle new collection translations immediately
Advanced Scenario:
Set up conditional triggers that only activate translation when content doesn't already have translations in your target languages, preventing unnecessary re-translation and quota usage.
3. Monitoring Translation Activity
Every translation action triggered through Shopify Flow creates detailed logs showing:
Success/Failure Status - Clear indication of translation completion
Content Details - Specific items that were translated
Action History - Complete record within Flow's native logging system
This integration ensures your translation activities are fully visible within your existing Shopify Flow monitoring dashboard.
IV. Managing Your Automated Translation Setup
1. Quota Management and Plan Considerations
Smart Quota Handling:
When your translation queue exceeds your plan's quota, Transcy disables additional content in alphabetical order from bottom to top
Plan Upgrades - Previously disabled content automatically becomes available when you upgrade your plan
Plan Downgrades - The system helps you adjust your content selection to fit within your new quota limits
Future Content Notifications:
If you're using condition-based rules with future content enabled, Transcy will notify you when new content exceeds your quota and suggest quota extensions to ensure continuous translation coverage.
2. Understanding plan limitations
Publishing your automated rules: After creating automation rules, you must publish them to activate automatic translation functionality. This step is crucial – unpublished rules won't trigger any automation.
Plan-based limitations: Each Transcy plan includes specific limits for Automate Translation. Reference the Overview of Transcy Pricing Plans to understand your current limits.
Managing plan changes:
Downgrading: Rules automatically become unpublished and need manual reactivation within new plan limits
Upgrading: Gain access to higher limits and can publish more rules for automation
Reaching your limits: When you hit your plan's limit:
New rules cannot be activated until existing ones are removed or unpublished
Consider upgrading your plan for higher limits
Alternative: Purchase additional resource quotas to extend current plan capabilities
Frequently Asked Questions
What will happen when I upgrade/downgrade plan in app?
If you need further assistance please contact us via live chat or email us at support@transcy.io
Updated on: 29/05/2025
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