Subsites with translation

Subsites with translation can be classified as:

(i) Regional subsites with translation 

The Regional Subsite with Translation option allows you to translate the content from the main website to a regional language. For example, if you want to translate your About Us page into French or German, you can use this option. This is a hassle-free way to offer content to your audience in multiple languages to reach a wider and diverse target audience.

Note: All the paragraphs, images, and fields from the original page being translated will remain the same.

The initial steps from the previous option remains the same except that you need to choose a different subsite type.

1. Click Start under the Regional Subsite with Translation option.

2. Enter your Site name.

3. Choose the webpage you wish to translate from the drop-down menu next to Parent language site.

4. Select the language of translation for your subsite from the Language drop-down menu.

5. Choose Region from the drop-down menu to create a subsite for a specific region.

6. Pick the document root under Parent Directory field, to add subsites into the root folder of the website. Otherwise, you can create a custom folder to add Subsites.

7. Enter the URL (you can use the suggested URL or enter your own) and click Save.

8. Click Add Page and choose New Translation Page from the drop-down menu if you wish to translate an existing page. We will explore the option of New Page in the next section. Click New Page if you wish to add a new page to your multi-lingual website that won't be available on the parent website.

9. On the Setup Language page, pick one of the existing pages from the Select page drop-down to get it translated. Click This page content requires translation, then Next.

10. Choose between Auto translation and Manual translation. If you want to translate each part of your website manually, choose the latter. Subsequently, you will have to manually write the translated content in individual boxes against each section on your website, then check the Translation is complete checkbox. You will have to do this one by one, then click Save.

11. If you choose Auto translation, click the hyperlinked blue text Setup Google Translation, following which you will have to upload the JSON key file containing Google API key by signing up on Google Cloud Platform. Learn more about this setup.
    
    

12. After the translation setup is done, you will see the screen below. Click Save.
    

(ii) Regional subsites with localized content 

Regional subsites with localized content give you the option to publish new content in a regional language. This will not be a mere translation of a particular page of your parent website, but rather additional content to an existing micro-site that is in another language. Quite similar to creating or adding pages to your website, you will find the options to include new sections, images, paragraphs, and do much more, all in a language of your choice.

The initial steps from the previous option remains the same except that you need to choose a different subsite type.

1. On the subsites dashboard, you can click Add Subsite, if you already have subsites. Click Start under the Regional Subsite with Localized Content option.
   

   

2. Enter your Site name.

3. Choose the webpage you wish to translate from the drop-down menu next to Parent language site.

4. Select the language of translation for your subsite from the Language drop-down menu.

5. Choose Region from the drop-down menu to create subsite for a specific region.

6. Pick the document root under Parent Directory field, to add subsites into the root folder of the website. Otherwise, you can create a custom folder to add Subsites.

7. Enter the URL (you can use the suggested URL or enter your own) and click Save.

8. Click New Page to create fresh content for your multi-lingual website instead of just having it translated.
   

   

9. You will be directed to the Add Page dashboard, which will look like Edit Page. Add the Page name and Page URL, enable the Set as home page toggle, and include other details accordingly. You can check the help document on Pages to learn about these fields.
   

10. Once the page is ready, you will have a website that you can start editing by adding elements like text, paragraph, images, icons, or buttons, and more.