03. Create Custom Labels & Translate

Custom labels are custom text values that can be translated into different languages to enable multilingual applications.

The following high-level topics will be covered in this article:

• A. Create and Translate Custom Labels
• B. Create and Translate Picklist values

A. Create and Translate Custom Labels 

1. Click on the gear icon in the top right-hand corner and click on Setup.
   
2. Enter "Custom Label" in the Quick Find box, then select Custom Labels.
   
3. Click New Custom Label button to add a new label.
   
4. Enter Short Description, an easily recognizable term to identify the custom label. The Name is automatically populated. Enter Value, which can be translated into any language that Salesforce supports.
   
5. Click Save.
6. Under Translations, click New to enter a new translation.
   
7. Select the Language you are translating into. In the Translation Text field, enter the translated value. This translated text overrides the value specified in the label's Value field when a user's language is the translation language.
   
8. Click Save.

B. Create and Translate Picklist values 

To use translated picklist values in TaroWorks Forms, you need to create custom labels as per the steps in A above, then create a global picklist value set and translate them.

1. Follow the steps in A above to create custom labels for picklist values to add, e.g, picklist field Gender and options are Male, Female.
2. Create a global picklist value set for Gender:
   1. Click on the gear icon in the top right-hand corner and click on Setup.
      
   2. Enter "Picklist Value Set" in the Quick Find box, then select Picklist Value Set. Click New.
      
   3. Enter details of the Global Value Set: Label, Name and Values. Click Save. 
      Note: The values should be the custom labels of the picklist options translated in step 1.
      
3. Translate the options as per the languages setup:
   1. Go to Setup and enter "Translate" in the Quick Find box, then select Translate.
      
   2. Select the Language to translate. Select the Setup Component as Global Value Set.
   3. Scroll to the Value Label and enter the Value Label Translation for each option. Click Save.
      
   4. Repeat for all languages you want to translate.
4. Create the Picklist field in Salesforce to map to the TaroWorks Form.
   1. Click Object Manager and select Object to add the field.
      
   2. Go to Fields & Relationships. Click New. Select Picklist. Click Next.
      
   3. Enter Field Label. Select Use global picklist value set created in Step 2 above. Click Next and proceed to save the field.
      
5. Proceed to your TaroWorks Form and create a single select or multi select question and reference the custom labels created.