Tribe allows you to translate products so they appear in the correct language on quotes and invoices. This is useful when you work with customers in different languages or use multilingual document templates. Setting this up ensures product names and descriptions are shown consistently and correctly. By following this guide, you will learn how to translate products, configure templates, and create documents in the right language.
Table of Contents
What Does Product Translation Do?
Why Or When Should You Use Product Translations?
Translating Products In Configuration
Creating Document Templates In The Correct Language
Using Word Templates With Product Translations
Creating Quotes Or Invoices In The Correct Language
Quick Summary
What Does Product Translation Do?
Product translation allows you to store multiple language versions of a product name and description. Tribe then automatically uses the correct translation when generating quotes or invoices, based on the language of the selected document template.
Why Or When Should You Use Product Translations?
You should use product translations if you send quotes or invoices to customers in different languages. This helps ensure clarity, avoids manual editing, and keeps your documents consistent and professional.
Translating Products In Configuration
You need administrator rights to translate products.
Navigate to Configuration and select Products.
Select a product.
Open the Product Identification section.
Enter the product name in the default language of your Tribe environment.
Enter the translated product names in the Name (Translated) field.
Save your changes.
Both fields are also available when creating a new product, allowing translations to be added immediately. Make sure all required languages are filled in. If a translation is missing, the product will be shown in the language of the Tribe user creating the quote.
Note: Product translations do not affect financial integrations. Translated values are not synchronised with external financial systems.
Creating Document Templates In The Correct Language
When creating or editing a quote or invoice template:
Set or check the Language of the template.
Write the template content in that language.
Product line block labels, such as description, quantity, and VAT, are automatically translated by Tribe based on the template language.
Using Word Templates With Product Translations
If you use Word templates for quotes or invoices, you must adjust the merge fields to display translated product data.
Merge fields without translation:
MERGEFIELD Product.Name – Product name
MERGEFIELD Description – Product line description
Merge fields with translation:
MERGEFIELD Product.LocalizedName – Translated product name
MERGEFIELD LocalizedDescription – Translated product line description
Using the translated merge fields ensures products appear in the correct language on the document.
Creating Quotes Or Invoices In The Correct Language
Creating a quote or invoice works the same way as usual.
Create a quote or invoice.
Select the correct Quote Template or Invoice Template.
The document is generated in the template language, and products are translated automatically based on the product translations.
Did you know?
If a product description is set as editable, you must also update its translation manually. Click Change Description, then select the Flag or Globe icon to enter the translated description.
Quick Summary
You can translate products in Tribe so they appear in the correct language on quotes and invoices. This requires setting translations on products and using templates with the correct language settings. When configured correctly, Tribe automatically applies product translations to your documents.