Overview
This article explains how to submit your Japanese locations to Tripadvisor through our system. Following this process ensures your locations appear correctly on Tripadvisor.
Submission Timeline
- New location & Translation Deadline: All new locations + translations must be submitted before the 1st of each month to be included in the monthly batch sent.
- Monthly Cycle: Submissions to Tripadvisor occur on the 7th of each month
- Processing Time: Allow 4 weeks for locations to appear on Tripadvisor after submission
Step-by-Step Process
Submission Through API
1. Prepare Your Location Translations
For each new Japanese location you want to submit to Tripadvisor, you need to provide:
- Location name in Japanese + English
- Business Description in Japanese + English
Note:
Locations without proper Japanese translations cannot be processed and will be delayed until the next monthly cycle.
English text should have English characters only
Japanese text should have Japanese characters only
2. Submit Translations
Send the translations for the following fields via API:
- Name
- DescriptionLong
- DescriptionShort
Sample Code for sending Translations in the Backend:
curl -X "PATCH" "https://sandbox.uberall.com/api/locations/$id" \
-H 'Accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8' \
-H 'privateKey: $PRIVATE_KEY' \
-d $'{
"translations": {
"fr": {
"name": "nom",
"descriptionShort": "courte description"
},
"ja": {
"name": "名前",
"descriptionShort": "簡単な説明"
}
}
}'
Submission Through Excel Import on the platform
Step 1: Prepare and Export Your Locations
- Log into your account
- Navigate to "Location Hub"
- Select the locations requiring Japanese translations
- Click "Export" in the top-right corner to download the Excel file
Step 2: Add English Translations to Excel
- Open the exported Excel file
- Add these new columns (keep original columns intact):
-
name(en)
- next to the "name" column -
descriptionShort(en)
- next to the "descriptionShort" column -
descriptionLong(en)
- next to the "descriptionLong" column
-
- Fill in translations:
- In regular columns: Add the Japanese text
- In (en) columns: Add English translations
- Important: Do not modify any other data in the file (unless intentionally changing the data of those columns)
Step 3: Upload the Updated Excel File
- Save your Excel file
- Return to "Location Hub"
- Click "Add Locations" and select "Excel" from the dropdown
- Click "Select File" and choose your updated Excel file
- Complete the upload process
Note! If you encounter errors during upload, refer to our troubleshooting guide.
For creating new locations from scratch with translations, follow our location creation guide and add translation columns as described above.
Submit to Tripadvisor
Uberall will extract all new locations that include the required translations, and perform the translations required on Address, and submit all new locations to Tripadvisor.