Concept: Language Instances for Translated Document Layouts

You can design and customize content for multiple languages in a single Docs for Layouts document layout. You can select the languages that are available to add to the layout from the

Languages

section on the

Edit Tenant Setup – Global

task. Docs for Layouts doesn't support right-to-left (RTL) language formatting.

When you create a document layout, Docs for Layouts assigns a base language of English. To add a language instance, select

Language

>

Manage Languages

and search for the languages you want to add. When you add a new language instance, Docs for Layouts automatically copies the content that is present in the base language at the time you add the instance.

Workday does not automatically translate text into a new language. Instead, you customize each language instance by manually replacing the original content with text that has already been translated. If you want styling, layouts, data fields, or condition rules to apply across all language instances, you need to set them up in the base language before creating the language instances. Deleting a language from the

Language

>

Manage Languages

modal permanently removes all the content in that language instance from the document layout.

When you publish a document layout, you must publish each language instance separately as well. Data field and condition rule formatting in generated documents are based on the recipient user's location and not the language instance of the layout. If you don’t add an instance for a document recipient’s language in the document layout, the document will be generated using the base language.