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Wix Multilingual: Auto-Translating Your Site

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In this article

Auto-translating your entire site
Auto-translating individual elements
Updating your translations
Purchasing translation packages
FAQs

Make your website available in multiple languages with Wix Multilingual. You can automatically translate your site to over 130 languages.

a screenshot of the Wix Multilingual translation manager

Before you begin:

To translate your site, you need to add and set up Wix Multilingual on your site.

Auto-translating your entire site

Auto-translate your entire site in one go and update the translation every time you add or change your site's content.

To auto-translate your entire site:

Go to the Translation Manager in your site's dashboard.
Click Generate translations.
Click Auto-translate Site.

A screenshot of the Wix Multilingual translation manager Machine Translation button

Review each page of your site and edit the translations if needed.
(If the newly added language is still hidden) Publish your translations:
1. Click the Language drop-down under your language and select Manage Languages.
2. Click Hidden next to the relevant language in the status column and select Visible.
3. (In your editor) Click Publish at the top right to publish your site.

a screenshot of the Wix multilingual translation manager in the site dashboard

Tip:

Some elements take longer to be auto-translated. We recommend waiting a few minutes and refreshing the page if you can't see the translation.

Auto-translating individual elements

Translate your site's individual elements using auto-translate. This is best when you want to have more control over when and what you translate.

Wix Editor

Studio Editor

Dashboard

Go to your editor.
Click the Switch languages drop-down menu at the top of your editor.

A screenshot of clicking the Switch Languages drop-down at the top of the Wix Editor.

Select the language you want to edit.
Select the text element you want to translate in your page.
Click Auto-translate.
(Optional) Design the text element in your secondary language.
(Optional for buttons and links) Click the Link icon to change the link.
Click Save.
Click Publish.
(Optional if the newly added language is still hidden) Publish your translations:
1. Go to Multilingual in your site's dashboard.
2. Click the Status drop-down next to the relevant language and select Visible.

a screenshot of the wix multilingual translation mode in the editor

Note:

Currently, collapsible text can only be translated manually.

Updating your translations

Auto-translating your site is an ongoing process, not a one-time task. When you update your site’s content in your main language, like changing the call-to-action on a button, or publishing a blog post, you need to translate that changed or new content. If you don’t, it will stay in your site’s main language.

To simplify this process, use the translation manager needs update status label. You can filter for items that need updates.

There are two labels for you to look out for:

New content: Marked with the not translated label.
Updated content: Marked with the needs update label.

Notes:

Click Save when moving between pages and filters to ensure your changes are applied.
Manually update content labeled as needs update.
You can also use the import and export tool to manually update your secondary language.

To update your translations:

Go to the Translation Manager in your site's dashboard.
Choose the relevant language at the top left.
Filter using the relevant status: untranslated or needs update.

A screenshot of the new filtered content in the translation manager

Translate your content:
- New content:
  - Click Generate translations to auto-update all the new content.
- Updated content:
  - Click an item from the list and choose what you want to do:
    - Auto-translate: Click Auto-translate to use your word credits to automatically translate the text.
    - Manually translate: Edit the existing translation.

Translating content in the Wix Multilingual translation manager

Purchasing translation packages

Whether you've run out of word credits or just want to top up, you can purchase a translation package at any time. Choose from an additional 3K, 10K or 50K word credits.