Prepare PIM exports for Chinese translation: field scope, stable keys, locale values and return checks. Distinguish content work from system integration.
View the file review example ↓View references (1) ↓Choose the fields to translate before exporting
A product information management (PIM) translation handover starts with a field list. Identify reader-facing names, descriptions and display labels that need Chinese, then separate keys, product IDs, internal codes and other values that must remain unchanged. The same export can contain all of these data types.
Provide field definitions and an allowed example of each type. Explain the product and variant hierarchy and how Chinese content is stored in your actual system. Define the Chinese script and locale label with the data owner; do not assume that one universal locale code or export format applies to every PIM.
From reading to a project
Separate a display translation from its stored code
PIM field map · self-created
- Product / example locale
- DEMO-PIM-01 · fr-FR → zh-CN (confirm actual system codes)
- Display text draft
- Bleu → 蓝色
- Protected enum
- BLUE · keep the stored code unchanged
- Return-file decision
- Match the original product key, field and row. Ask the system owner whether blank means retain, clear or unresolved; agree any import test separately.
Review status: questions to confirm
Field scope
Name the display text and the protected values separately.
Stable mapping
Keep product, variant, field and locale references together.
Return contract
Agree the file structure and who tests the imported result.
Related published experience
DecathlonFrench → Chinese
French-to-Chinese translation of website product content for the China market.
Decathlon supports related French-to-Chinese product-content experience. It does not establish PIM integration; the illustrative field map is self-created.
For product-data text into Chinese, provide a representative export, field definitions, protected codes, product and variant keys, locale requirements and return-file structure. Confirm the actual source language and Chinese script; identify who checks any import separately.
Distinguish display text from typed or controlled values
A color can have an internal enum code, a translated display name and a separate product description. Translate only the agreed field. Changing a code because it resembles a word can break the mapping even if the Chinese wording itself is readable.
Ask the system owner to identify controlled values, list separators, HTML content, placeholders and length limits where they exist. Supply a sample export that preserves the real structure without customer-sensitive values. Record which fields may be empty and how an intentionally blank value differs from missing translation.
Check the return file before an agreed import test
Agree a return-file contract: column names or keys, row identity, file encoding, format and the status of untranslated fields. Ask the system owner whether a blank returned Chinese field preserves the existing value, clears it or represents an unresolved item. Do not infer that behaviour from the spreadsheet alone; record an unresolved status separately from customer-facing text. Compare the returned records against the exported scope so missing products, duplicate keys, unexpected changes and unresolved questions can be identified.
Translated content is not proof that the system accepted an import. If an import test or staging preview is requested, name its owner and include the test scope in the quotation. The system team should verify product mapping and displayed Chinese content in the target environment before publishing.
Connect product-content evidence to the right handover
The Decathlon record establishes French website product content translated into Chinese. It does not identify a PIM platform, data connector, import implementation or deployment. This article explains a new project brief, not an additional historical claim about that client.
Use the website content guide for the language and page context, and catalogue preparation when the output is a bounded publication. For French source content, continue through the French-to-Chinese service with the actual export format and handover owner.
Questions
Which PIM fields should be translated into Chinese?
Does translating an export include PIM integration or publishing?
Can a sample export be used before the full file is shared?
Sources
- Published project scope: DecathlonFirst-party project record. The preparation guidance and examples are editorial; their scope is distinguished from the recorded project.