Multi-Language Options

You can automatically translate your website text into multiple languages to better target your audience using our multi-language feature.

Note: content added to a specific language version of your site won’t sync to other language versions so we recommend adding site languages when you are completely done building your site.

*Sites with over 200 pages cannot be translated into multiple languages.

Default Language

First choose a default language as the primary language that will use the main domain. This is likely already defined by the site builder; it works to automatically select the language of your content, but this can be manually defined as well in two locations:

• SEO & Settings Tab:

1) Navigate to the SEO & Settings panel.

2) Select Site Languages.

3) Use the Default Language dropdown menu to choose your site's language.

Multi-Language Window:

1. Navigate to SEO & Settings > Site Languages.
2. Click on Add Language to open the Multi-Language window.

3. In this window, use the Your site's default language: option to manually change your site's default language.

   

Add a New Language

To add a new language:

1. Go to the Site Languages screen.
2. Click on Add Language.
3. In the Multi-Language window that appears, select the red + Add Language button.

Select the language(s) you would like to add and click “Done.”

The additional languages will automatically be translated with Google Translate, but you can choose to manually translate by clicking the toggle.

You can now view the added languages and click “Save” to finish this process.

You can also disable or delete. Disable a language by clicking the toggle; this allows you to edit the content before making that language live. Delete a language by clicking the “x,” which will remove the language completely.

Position/Edit the Language Selector

Once you save the language(s) you will be prompted to position the language selector. This will allow site visitors to switch between site languages.

Click on the flag icons to open up the content and design options. From the content tab you can change the layout, as well as define the style/text, and spacing.

Note: changes to the layout will only affect desktop and tablet views; mobile automatically include a small language dropdown.

Once this is designed as desired, click “Done” and you will see the final popup.

Note: the automatic translation might not be accurate; you should review all text for accuracy.

You can toggle between site languages by selecting from the dropdown in the top bar.

You will now also see a "Manage site languages" option at the top of the dropdown in the top bar.

Editing Content

You can edit content in each of the language sites, but the changes made to the individual version won’t automatically sync to the others. You will need to make desired changes to the default language version, and then manually sync those changes to the other languages versions.

Adding additional pages and popups can only be done from the default language and then translated into each other language. If you’ve already translated your site and later add a new page, instead of retranslating the entire site, you can simply translate and add that specific page to the other languages.

To do this, open your pages panel from your default language, and using the gear icon on the new page, select "Add Page in All Languages". The new page will be added to all other languages without the need for a full site retranslation.

Updating Content

After translating your site, if changes are made in the default language that need to be updated in other languages, there are two options available to do this:

Sync to all languages at once: You can sync changes on a single page to all other languages in one click. To do this:

1. Begin by making a change in the default language on any page.
2. Open the page settings (gear icon) and select Redo Translations of Page

Note: Keep in mind that changes made to the default language pages can be sync'd to other languages. However, changes made to a secondary site language cannot be transferred back to the default language or other site languages.

Sync a single page: You can sync changes made in the default language to a single secondary language. To do this:

1. Use the language picker in the top menu to choose a secondary language
2. Open the page settings (gear icon) and select Update this Translation

Automatic Backups

Site backups are created automatically just before you retranslate site pages. So you can rest assured that an earlier site version is available if you've made an unwanted change.

Content that won’t be translated

• Personalization
• Ecwid products
• Blog posts
• Site and Page SEO fields (Titles, Descriptions, Keywords, and Alt Text)

Notes on Styling

When a site has been translated to another language, global styling settings will be applied to the translated site. This means that manual styling applied to the default language will be overridden on the translated version.

Please note that the following elements will not be retained after a site has been translated:

• Manual styling added in the default language version (styling not applied from the Global Styling setting).
• Text with added hyperlinks
• Line breaks