Reach a larger audience by translating your site into multiple languages. For each new language you add, a duplicate version of your site is created to host the translation. You can translate sites manually, or use the free Google Translate feature built-in to the editor. If you use the Google Translate feature, make sure you review the entire translation before publishing.
Warning
After a site has been translated, all content added to any language version of the site will not sync to the other language versions. For this reason, we recommend adding multiple languages as a final step, once you have completed building your site.
The following features are currently not available in multi-language:
The default language is the main language of your site. All other languages will exist in sub-directories while the default language uses the main domain.
We try to identify the default language of your content automatically.
To manually set the default site language:
Once you add multiple languages to your site, all new content needs to be translated from the default language version of your site. Once languages have been added, the default language cannot be changed.
To add languages to your site:
Once you click Done, the new languages will be added to the site and any change you make in the location and/or design of the selector must be done in each language separately.
To disable a language, click the toggle next to the language.
To delete a language, click the X next to the toggle, and then click Delete.
Disabling a language. This allows you to work on the content and translation for that language before making the language public and live on your site. If you want to publish the site without one of the languages, make sure to disable that language.
Deleting a language. This removes a language from the site and any links to this language will redirect to the default language. A backup version will be added automatically to your backup list in the site settings.
The language selector appears in the navigation bar on all language versions of the site; it is what enables visitors to switch between languages.
To edit the design of the language selector:
By default, the multi-language feature automatically translates your site content into the new language using Google Translate. While this service is provided for free, Google Translate does not always provide the most accurate translations, so make sure to review and edit the content in the translated versions of your site. If you prefer to manually translate your entire site, disable the Use automatic translation for new languages toggle.
To select a different language version, click on the flag of your default language and select the language you would like to edit from the drop-down.
Any changes you make to any language version (for example, changing text, images, or adding/removing widgets) will not be reflected in the other versions of your site.
New pages can be added from the default language only. If you want to display a specific page in a specific language, add it to the default language first and then hide the page in the navigation menu. To add a page to all languages, first add it to the default language. Then switch to each translated version separately, in the left panel click Pages, select the page you want to translate, and click Translate in the drop-down.
Note
These fields are important for SEO, so make sure you translate them manually for each language. For more information on page information, see Site SEO Settings.
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