Phrase Strings is one of the main software localization management systems used by software development teams, designers, and linguists worldwide, with many users in Germany. The system is part of the Phrase suite of tools and focuses on agile localization workflows for software projects. While Phrase itself has a connection from Phrase Strings to Phrase TMS, BeLazy also offers a specific integration.

Use cases:

BeLazy supports integration with Phrase Strings through a comprehensive connector that enables seamless localization project management. There are two main use cases where the Phrase Strings integration comes in handy:

  • You need to coordinate translation and review resources across multiple Phrase Strings projects while supporting both online and offline translation workflows.
  • Your customers create localization projects in their Phrase Strings instances and assign jobs to you, and you want to automatically manage these assignments in your business management system,

BeLazy connects Phrase Strings with any business management system or tracker, and allows:

  • Job listing with all project details, including workflow and volume information,
  • Project creation in a business management system or tracker from Phrase Strings job assignments,
  • Linguist assignment monitoring in Phrase Strings, and reassigning linguists in the business management system or tracker,
  • Linguist assignment monitoring in the business management system or tracker, and reassigning linguists in Phrase Strings,
  • XLIFF file export and import for offline translation workflows,
  • Closing Phrase Strings jobs when corresponding jobs are closed in the business management system or tracker.


Integration type:

The Phrase Strings integration utilizes the official Phrase Strings API with comprehensive access permissions including read, write, and team management capabilities. This API-based approach ensures reliable connectivity and full feature support while respecting Phrase Strings' permission system and project security settings.

Requirements:

You need an API token with three access types: read, write, and team.manage. API keys are available for every Phrase Strings user.

The user whose API key you are using must have at least one of the following user types with sufficient permissions:

  • Owner: Can see all jobs across all projects
  • Administrator: Can see all jobs across all projects
  • Project Manager: Can only see jobs in projects they are assigned to

Workflow configuration requirement: Phrase Strings supports both Basic and Advanced review workflows. Since the API doesn't indicate which workflow is being used, for Advanced workflows you must add a project variable with name workflow and value advanced. Without this variable, BeLazy treats the workflow as Basic.

Expected URL format:

The URL is always https://app.phrase.com.

Phrase Strings-specific configuration:


API authentication:

  • API token setup: Generate an API token in your Phrase account by logging in, selecting your username in the header, choosing "Profile settings", then "Access tokens" from the menu. Generate a new token with read, write, and team.manage scope, then copy the access token to BeLazy.

Billing and analysis configuration:

  • Charging basis selection: Choose whether you charge customers by word or key count. This determines how receivables are created in your business management system. Both word and key counts need to be mapped in the unit mapping regardless of your selection.

Functionalities and connector-specific information:

  • Unit of acceptance: Job (localization assignments per target language with in-progress status)
  • Multiple target languages: Supported, jobs can have multiple target languages
  • Specialization, end client, workflow: Only workflow and project are extracted/available
  • Project exclusion: Not supported
  • Download files: Bilingual XLIFF files supported for offline translation workflows
  • Upload files: XLIFF import supported for completed translations
  • Delivery: Multi-language job completion coordination - jobs close only when all target languages are delivered
  • Linguist assignment: Supported from business management system to Phrase Strings
  • Vendor creation: Not supported - team members must be manually added to projects
  • Project bundling: Supported 
  • 2-factor authentication: Supported via API authentication
  • Pricing: Not supported by Phrase Strings
  • Analysis creation: Total word or key counts only - translation memory matching not supported

Workflow-specific features:

  • Basic workflow: Standard translation workflow with basic review capabilities
  • Advanced workflow: Enhanced review process requiring project variable configuration (workflow=advanced)
  • Job filtering: Only processes jobs with "in-progress" status
  • Delivery coordination: Target languages uploaded from bilingual files when target language jobs are closed in business management system

Limitations:

  • Translation memory: Not supported - only total key or word counts available
  • Pricing information: Not available from Phrase Strings (calculated by business management system)
  • Vendor creation: Cannot automatically create team members - manual invitation required
  • User restrictions: Only processes jobs for Administrator, Owner, or Project Manager user types
  • Analysis limitations: No fuzzy matching or detailed analysis breakdown available

Connector-specific data extracted: See here.


The integration provides comprehensive automation for software localization workflows, enabling enterprises and translation companies to efficiently manage distributed Phrase Strings projects while maintaining centralized business operations and coordinated delivery across multiple target languages.