Connect Jira with Smartcat

Overview

Jira is a popular tool for team collaboration. Blog posts, emails, social media campaigns, app store descriptions, and release notes can all be authored in Jira and localized through the Smartcat Jira integration.


Set up the integration

  1. Log into Smartcat, click Create project, and select Set up an integration

  2. Select the Jira tile and click Connect

    Smartcat integrations screen with the Jira tile selected

  3. Go to your Jira account, copy your Jira instance URL, and save it (you need it in step 6)

  4. In Jira, go to SettingsUser Management, copy your user email address, and save it

  5. Go to SettingsAtlassian account settingsSecurity and click Create and manage API tokens under the API token section. Create a new API token and save it

    Atlassian security settings showing the Create and manage API tokens option

  6. Go back to Smartcat and paste the collected parameters into the corresponding fields, then click Set workflow

    Smartcat Jira connection form with instance URL, email, and API token fields

  7. Choose the source and target languages, and a workflow — the steps to translate your content

📌 The source language you choose should match the source language of the files within the tickets for translation. Otherwise, Smartcat cannot translate them.

Smartcat workflow setup with source and target language selectors

  1. Choose the project(s) and the main rule to set Jira issues as translation tasks

Smartcat screen for selecting Jira projects and the rule for translation tasks

Your Jira integration is now configured and ready to send issues to Smartcat for translation.

You can set two types of rules:

  • Issues assigned to a Smartcat user

  • Issues with a Smartcat label

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