Testing real-time translation for chatbots

Before enabling real-time translation for a chatbot or any other custom application, administrators can quickly test the following aspects of translation:

• Whether a given text is translated correctly. 
• When using a non-English locale, whether the chatbot understands the conversation context and is able to provide appropriate responses. To test the localized training data for chatbots, see Testing-the-chatbot-training-data-to-improve-predictability.

Before you begin

Enable the real-time translation provider. For more information, see Enabling-a-real-time-translation-provider-for-chatbots.

To test real-time translation

To test real-time translation, you must first create an in-bundle application UI. You then use this new UI to add a sample text and specify the source language and target language for testing. 

• To create an in-bundle application UI
• To test real-time translation by specifying the source and target language

To create an in-bundle application UI

1. Log in to BMC Helix Innovation Studio and navigate to the Workspace tab.
2. Select the application in which you want to create the in-bundle application UI.
3. Click the Configurations tab.
4. Select New > In-bundle Settings.

5. In the New In-bundle Settings window, specify the properties as indicated in the following table, and click Save.

   Property	Description	Values	Example
   Component Name	Indicates the name of the configuration.	Real-time Translation
   Is View Component	Opens a view definition.	Not selected
   Registered Module Name	Specifies the unique name of the registered module.	real-time-translation
   Status	Provides the status of the configuration.	Selected
   Available in Navigation Sidebar	Makes the configuration UI available as a menu on the BMC Helix Innovation Studio Administration tab.	Selected
   Component Label	Specifies a unique label for the configuration. The label you provide appears as a setting on the Administration tab.	Translation Testing
   Show In	Specifies whether you want to show the configuration only in the application, in BMC Helix Innovation Studio, or both.	Both
   Permissions	Defines the permissions associated with the setting. You can add permissions for a group or a role.	Administrator group
   First Menu	Defines the first menu that gets displayed on the BMC Helix Innovation Studio Administration tab.	Real-time Translation
   Second Menu	Defines the second menu that gets displayed on the BMC Helix Innovation Studio Administration tab.	-

After you create the in-bundle application UI, it is displayed on the Administration tab in the Settings section. The following image displays an example configuration created by using the example values:

To test real-time translation by specifying the source and target language

1. Log in to BMC Helix Innovation Studio and navigate to the Administration tab.
2. Select the configuration UI that you created earlier.
   For example, select Real-time Translation > Translation Testing
   

3. On the Translation Testing page, click Interactive Translation and fill out the following fields:
   
   

   Field	Description
   Source Language	Specify the language of the content that you want to be translated.
   Source Text	Type a sample text in the source language for translation.
   Target Language	Specify the language in which you want the text to be translated.

4. Click Translate.

The translated text is displayed in the Translation field, as shown in the following example:

Where to go from here

Enabling real-time translation for each chatbot