Is it possible to use Content Porter 2009 SP2 to help translation?

Question

We've delivered a large site in Tridion 2011 SP1 HR1 and our client is looking at rolling at a language variation.

We don't have Translation Manager in place and the client would like to extract all their content, send it away and then import it.

I know we could write something but I wondered if it was possible to leverage Content Port 2009 SP2?

1. Extract components from the "global" publication.
2. Send component Xml for translation.
3. Localise components in the child publication Tridion.
4. Import back into child publication, using item Mappings to change the ImportContext to change the publication part of the path to the child publication.

Would that work?

Answer 1

Why don't you localize it at source and send separate package for translation then import it in the destination after translation?

i think that would avoid any risk.