Form Translation Next Steps

Michelle_Stunka · ‎10-12-2018

I'm in the process of setting up forms to replace many current forms on our site. Each form has to be translated into at least 5 different languages so I'm trying to handle that with Sanford's translation code referenced on this thread: https://nation.marketo.com/message/94034#comment-94034

It's working great but I'm stumped on how to add additional fields to the translation map:

m-files.com/en/marketo-test-form

{

"en": {

"LastName": {

"placeholder": "Testing-Name",

"submit": "Go Home"

}

},

"fr": {

"LastName": {

"placeholder": "Testing-Name",

"submit": "Go Bonjour"

}

</span></div>

Any ideas on how I can get the full form setup in this map?

SanfordWhiteman · ‎10-12-2018

Each language is an object, and each field name is a property of that object (and is also an object itself).

So you extend it like so:

{ 
  "en": { 
    "LastName": { 
      "placeholder": "Testing-Name", 
      "submit": "Go Home"
    },
    "FirstName": { 
      "placeholder": "First"
    }
  },
  "fr": { 
    "LastName": { 
      "placeholder": "Testing-Name", 
      "submit": "Go Bonjour" 
    },
    "FirstName": { 
      "placeholder": "Prénom"
    }
  }
}

The admittedly strange thing about this format, which I wouldn't do again but apparently was lazy about a couple of years ago, is that "submit" should've been a property right on the language. But it's not, so you have to use it as shown.

Please use the Advanced Editor's syntax highlighter in future when posting code:

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