{"id":1707779,"date":"2020-09-15T12:47:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T12:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/?post_type=course-lesson&#038;p=1707779"},"modified":"2025-10-06T07:49:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T07:49:01","slug":"translating-the-content","status":"publish","type":"course-lesson","link":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/es\/course-lesson\/translating-the-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Translating the Content"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"tb-fields-and-text\" data-toolset-blocks-fields-and-text=\"f22a37fee98651a79f96eea5e73c142d\">Once you\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/es\/course-lesson\/how-to-prepare-the-site-to-run-multilingual\/\">prepared your site to run multilingual<\/a>, the next step is translating it. \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To get started, go to <strong>WPML \u2192 Translation Management<\/strong>. The Translation Management Dashboard is your central hub for managing all translations on your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From here, you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Filter and find the content you want to translate<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose which languages to translate into<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decide how the translations should be done<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Translation Management Dashboard also shows the status of each item, so you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Keep track of what\u2019s already translated and what\u2019s still in progress<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See which content still needs translation<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify content that requires an updated translation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"choose-what-to-translate\">1. Choose what to translate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Translation Management Dashboard lists all the content on your site. You can scroll through the page to find specific items organized by section\u2014like <strong>Posts<\/strong>, <strong>Pages<\/strong>, or <strong>custom post types<\/strong>. Or, use the filters at the top to quickly locate the exact content you want to translate.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\" tb-image tb-image-dynamic tb-image-frame-none aligncenter\" data-toolset-blocks-image=\"ee7bc500fa096ede0eee4cce18d8fad0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-selecting-content.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-selecting-content-1024x528.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2802670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-selecting-content-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-selecting-content-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-selecting-content-150x77.png 150w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-selecting-content-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-selecting-content-1536x791.png 1536w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-selecting-content-805x415.png 805w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-selecting-content.png 1968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><div class=\"tb-image-caption\">Selecting items for translation in WPML\u2019s Translation Management<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-3d7c92ff-7fff-2386-0e80-681c8956bc96\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/span><\/p><\/span><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"translating-content-yourself\">2. Choose how to translate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve selected the content for translation, WPML asks how you\u2019d like to translate it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/documentation\/automatic-translation\/\">translate the content automatically<\/a>, do it yourself, assign it to another translator, or send it to a professional translation service. If you opt for automatic translation, it&#8217;s recommended to use <a href=\"https:\/\/ptc.wpml.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Private Translation Cloud<\/a> (or PTC), WPML&#8217;s proprietary AI engine. PTC understands context and delivers human-quality translations.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\" tb-image tb-image-dynamic tb-image-frame-none aligncenter\" data-toolset-blocks-image=\"ead66c0f1b2a83c990be3d001744cc55\"><a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-sending-content-for-translation.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1011\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-sending-content-for-translation-1011x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2802676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-sending-content-for-translation-1011x1024.png 1011w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-sending-content-for-translation-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-sending-content-for-translation-148x150.png 148w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-sending-content-for-translation-768x778.png 768w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-sending-content-for-translation-1517x1536.png 1517w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-sending-content-for-translation-514x520.png 514w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-sending-content-for-translation-300x304.png 300w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-sending-content-for-translation-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-sending-content-for-translation.png 1596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1011px) 100vw, 1011px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><div class=\"tb-image-caption\">Choosing a translation method and sending content for translation<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prefer a fully automatic workflow?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can have WPML translate all site content automatically into all target languages\u2014no need to send items for translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To enable this, go to the top of the Translation Management dashboard and turn on <strong>Translate Everything Automatically<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\" tb-image tb-image-dynamic tb-image-frame-none aligncenter\" data-toolset-blocks-image=\"fc81c941a05314d48a48d362a808e5be\"><a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-enabling-translate-everything-automatically.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"352\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-enabling-translate-everything-automatically-1024x352.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2802681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-enabling-translate-everything-automatically-1024x352.png 1024w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-enabling-translate-everything-automatically-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-enabling-translate-everything-automatically-150x52.png 150w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-enabling-translate-everything-automatically-768x264.png 768w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-enabling-translate-everything-automatically-1536x527.png 1536w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-enabling-translate-everything-automatically-805x276.png 805w, https:\/\/toolset.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wpml-translation-management-enabling-translate-everything-automatically.png 1922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><div class=\"tb-image-caption\">Enabling Translate Everything Automatically<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-10d850a8-7fff-ed08-7bc6-71d90274c363\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/span><\/p><\/span><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As you create or edit content in your site\u2019s primary language, WPML will translate it in the background automatically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4341,"featured_media":1734385,"template":"","related-lesson":[8467],"class_list":["post-1707779","course-lesson","type-course-lesson","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","related-lesson-translating-your-site"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course-lesson\/1707779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course-lesson"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/course-lesson"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4341"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course-lesson\/1707779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2828043,"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course-lesson\/1707779\/revisions\/2828043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1734385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1707779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"related-lesson","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolset.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related-lesson?post=1707779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}