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On-Prem Features and Security Updates

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Structured PDF Translations

You can now upload a text-based PDF directly to Lilt and get a translated PDF back while retaining original formatting for both Instant and Verified Translation jobs. LILT’s new PDF translation feature automatically extracts the text, translates it, and reconstructs the document, ensuring that your tables, columns, and images stay right where they should be. Check out more about how it works here

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Language & Locale Management API

We now have a new language & locale management API, delivering a more efficient and robust way to handle translation pairs in the Lilt platform. This powerful API brings several key benefits:⁠⁠​ Streamlined Workflow: Automatically creates missing languages and locales when setting up new translation pairs, eliminating manual setup steps⁠⁠​
Intelligent MT Integration: Automatically enables machine translation for supported language pairs (60+ languages), ensuring optimal translation quality with zero configuration⁠⁠​
Enhanced Reliability: All pair creation happens in a single transaction, preventing incomplete setups and ensuring data integrity⁠⁠​
Error-Proof Operations: Comprehensive validation with clear error messages and graceful handling of duplicates, making integration seamless and reducing support requests⁠⁠​ This API represents a significant step forward in making language management more accessible and error-resistant for both administrators and developers. Find out more here

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Improve Translation Memory Management

Prioritize Recency Organization SettingLILT released a new organization-level setting that allows for recency-based match prioritization. If enabled, 101% matches will be treated as equivalent to 100% matches, prioritizing recency over context precision. This supports customers who want to use the most recent 100+% match translation, regardless of context, without decreasing the strength of TM matches.

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Prioritize Recency Organization Setting

LILT released a new organization-level setting that allows for recency-based match prioritization. If enabled, 101% matches will be treated as equivalent to 100% matches, prioritizing recency over context precision. This supports customers who want to use the most recent 100+% match translation, regardless of context, without decreasing the strength of TM matches.
Find out more here.

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Instant Translate Analytics

We’ve introduced a powerful new set of analytics specifically for our government users, focusing on Instant Translation. These new metrics provide insights into translation efficiency, user activity, and overall ROI. All metrics can be aggregated at the organization, domain, language pair, and user level. Find out more here:

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Breaking Changes

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ElasticSearch

ElasticSearch has undergone a major renovation, to switch to the ECK operator and upgrade from version 7 to version 8.
In order to successfully install this version of LILT, the following should be executed by a system administrator prior to installing this version of LILT:
  • Uninstall the existing ElasticSearch helm installation
  • Ensure ElasticSearch PersistentVolume(s) and PersistentVolumeClaim(s) for elastic have been removed

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Troubleshooting

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Certificate Issues with Dataflow and Internal Tools

If you experience connectivity problems, particularly with Dataflow or when connecting to internal tools, the TLS certificates may need to be regenerated. To resolve this:
  1. Remove the lilt/certs folder from your installation directory
  2. Remove the TLS certificate secrets from your Kubernetes cluster by running: 
    kubectl delete secret tls-server-certificates -n lilt
kubectl delete secret tls-server-certificates-minio -n lilt
kubectl delete secret tls-client-certificates -n lilt
  3. Re-run the install-lilt.sh script to regenerate certificates
This will create fresh certificates and resolve most connectivity issues between internal services.