In SharePoint server 2013 we have many new service
applications. Machine Translation service is one of the new in service
applications. It allows us to translate the site and user content. This service
will have a list of APIs, REST and Client Side Object Model support. By using
API’s content can pre-translate when required or content can be translated on
the fly by the users. Here the process will happen Asynchronously,
Synchronously or using streaming.
Machine translation service will translate the text from one
language to another language. Here the translation process will happened by
using cloud-hosted machine translation service. Machine translation service
will share many components with word automation service timer jobs, Documents
Queue etc. Here is the simple image that explaining Machine translation
service.
Machine translation service will process the translation
requests asynchronously and synchronously. Jobs that submitted to the machine
translation service will process synchronously when translation timer job
executes configurable. Default interval for this is 15 min. We can translate
Asynchronous requests manually by running SharePoint translation Service timer
jobs through Central Admin or using Power Shell script.
We can create new Machine translation service by using
the steps below,
To Configure the Machine Translation service we need to Configure App Management service, Server-server authentication should be configured,
App authentication should be configured and User Profile Application proxy be configured as default proxy group.
In Central Admin, Application Management, select Manage
Service Application
Select New Machine Translation Service.
In the “Create New Machine Translation Service Application
form”, enter the Name. In the Application Pool section, if we want to use
existing application, we can select “Use existing application pool”, and select
the app pool wanted to use. Else, Create new Application Pool. In my case Iam creating
new App pool. The account using for App pool must have the full permissions to
User Profile service application.
In the “Partitioned Mode”, we have to select “Run in
partitioned mode” if we are going to provide hosting services for other sites.
Select “Add this service application’s proxy to the farm’s default proxy list”
in the “Add to Default Proxy List” section. When we have multiple web
applications and wanted to use them in different set of services, we don’t have
to check the check box.
In the Database section, we have to specify the DB server
name, DB name and authentication methods. Click on “OK” button.
We can configure the Machine translation service by using
the Power Shell script below,
New-SPTranslationServiceApplication -Name "ServiceAppName" -DatabaseName "DBName" -DatabaseServer "DBServerName" -ApplicationPool "AppPoolName" –Default
Here
ServiceAppName is the name of the Translation service, DBName is the database
name for translation service, DBServerName is name of the DB server,
AppPoolName is application pool name. Here
is the sample script to create new translation service,
New-SPTranslationServiceApplication -Name "Machine Translation Service Application" -DatabaseName "MachineTranslationService_DB" -DatabaseServer "DBServer" -ApplicationPool "MachineTranslationServiceAppPool" –Default
In my next post i will write how to configure machine translation service.
