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Include or Exclude Missing Translations (PDF)

By default, if you publish a document to PDF with missing translations, those parts are prefixed with the source language ISO code within square brackets, and the untranslated content is highlighted in red with a light pink background. You can set Paligo to exclude the missing translations and the readers will only see translated content.

For example, if you have a document written in English and translated into German. You write the content, get it translated, and then publish it in both languages. Later you decide to add a "Customer support" topic to the document, so you write that in English, and publish it in both languages, even though it has not been translated.

A page from a PDF output. It has German text in the header and Deutsch in a language sidebar. The title and content on the page is in English and each element has an [en] prefix. The English content is shown as red text with a light red background.

This results in the German version containing the "Customer support" topic in English and the elements on that page are prefixed with [en] and are highlighted in red with a light pink background.

To include or exclude missing translations from your PDF:

  1. Select Layout in the top menu.

    Paligo editor. The Layout option in the header menu is highlighted.

    Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

  2. Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

    Tip

    You can copy the URL of the Layout Editor and paste it into a new tab in your browser. This can be useful if you frequently switch between your Paligo content and the Layout settings.

  3. Select General in the sidebar. New_Layout.jpg

    Select_General_PDF_small.jpg

  4. Select Language tabs.

  5. Use Hide missing translations to control whether to exclude or include the missing translations from the PDF. Choose either:

    • Disabled if you want Paligo to include the missing translations prefixed with the source language ISO code within square brackets and the untranslated content highlighted in red with a light pink background.

    • Enabled if you want Paligo to exclude the missing translations from the PDF.

    • Default to inherit the value for this setting from the base Layout. The base Layout is either a built-in Layout provided by Paligo or another custom Layout, see Layout Relationships - Base, New, Duplicate.

    Hide missing translations setting. It is set to default but also has enabled and disabled options.

  6. Select Save.

When you publish a document with this PDF layout, Paligo will include or exclude the missing translations, depending on your choice in the layout.