Translate content

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An administrator enables languages; see Manage website languages.

When a language is enabled, you are ready to translate existing content or create content in a specific language. Content here can be, for example, pages or blocks on an Optimizely Content Management System (CMS) website or product-related content on an ecommerce site. When a language is enabled in CMS, content properties that are not global are available for translation.

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To prevent editors from accidentally creating content in the wrong language, an administrator can set access rights differently for different languages. If implemented, you can only edit and create content in languages you can access.

See also the Optimizely Languages app to extend the functionality in CMS for translating content into multiple languages.

Translate existing content

The Sites tab displays the languages available for content creation, with the default language for the website at the top. Languages that are enabled on the website but are not enabled for editing are shown in italics.

Translate a page

By default, pages in the tree structure are displayed in the Pages tab, including those not translated. These are shown in italics. Select Show Content in Current Language Only to see pages for the chosen language.

Do the following to translate a page:

1. Under the Sites tab in the navigation panel, select the desired target language for translation, such as svenska.

   

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   You can also select More > Translate from the Page tree.

   

2. Optimizely notes that the content is in English and does not exist in svenska. Click Translate. The add language window displays.

   

3. Select Translate content using UI and click Add Language. The content is automatically translated for you.

   

4. Click the Compare view icon to translate in one panel while simultaneously seeing the original version in the other panel.

   

5. Edit the content and follow the content publishing flow to save and publish the translated page.

Translate a block

You can access language versions for blocks from Blocks in the assets panel. By default, all blocks are displayed, including those not translated; these are shown in italics. Select Show Content in Current Language Only to see blocks for the chosen language.

To translate a block:

1. Under the Sites tab in the navigation panel, select the desired target language for translation, and the interface reloads.

2. Expand the assets panel and select Blocks.

3. Select the desired block to translate in the block structure and then the Translate option in the context menu.

   

4. Click the Compare view icon to translate in one panel while simultaneously seeing the original version in the other panel.

5. Edit the content and follow the content publishing flow to save and publish the translated block.

Global properties

Depending on your implementation, some properties may be globally shared, and you can edit them in the master language. These properties are marked as non-editable when editing the content in another language. Switch to the default language if you need to edit these. When editing in the All Properties view, the default language is usually the first language listed next to Languages in the header.