Documentation / Translating
The editor shows the original on the left and your translation on the right, one text at a time.
Opening it
From Translations, press Translate on a row; or press Edit translation in the toolbar while you look at the page on your site.
Reading the editor
- Language: tabs for each language, with progress such as
12/20. - Show: filters the texts: Texts, Empty, Images, links and code, and Highlight empty fields.
- Part and Original tell where a text is and what it says. Status shows its state.
- Address: each page has an address field for each language. Empty means the original slug. See Addresses.
- Progress: how many texts are translated, and Every field is filled in when done.
States
| State | Colour in the editor |
|---|---|
| Reviewed | checked by hand |
| Machine translated, not reviewed yet | a service wrote it |
| Translated by WordPress, the theme or the plugin | an existing translation was found |
| The original changed since it was translated | the old translation is kept, marked outdated |
| Not translated yet | visitors read the original |
Translating
- Type the translation in the field.
- Press Save and mark reviewed when it is right. Save keeps it without marking it checked.
- A text you leave empty is shown in the original.
Texts with code, images and links are kept apart from the words. Link addresses and attributes of tags are never sent to a translation service.
Machine translation in the editor
Press Translate empty fields with Google (the button names your service). The empty fields of the language shown are filled and saved as machine translations. Read them, then save to mark them reviewed. See Machine translation.
Other buttons: Copy the original into empty fields, and with Pro Translate again (see Translate again).
Images
An image field has Choose the image for this language. Use it to show another image in a language, such as a banner with text on it.
How this page shows in a language
Under How %s shows this page you choose between:
- Translated here: the texts of the page, in this editor (the default).
- Separate copy: a different layout, edited in its own editor. See Separate copies.
- Keep the original: visitors in that language see the page in the original, as it is. It counts as done, so Translate everything skips it.
Around this page
The header, footer, menu and site title around a page are translated once for the whole site, in the template. The editor links to it under Around this page: Translate the template.
Missing a text?
A text from your theme or a plugin that is not listed: choose it from what a scan of the settings found, or request support for that plugin.