# About adding a translation to a released component

This section discusses translating a component that has already been localized.

In this scenario, the component's English-language message strings have been externalized into the portlet WAR file's resource bundle. These strings can be translated to the target language and then made available to the Discovery Framework.

Note: If you are working with a double-byte, extended character set language, consult the section "Working with non-Unicode characters" that appears later in this chapter before following the procedure below.