.. _simple_translation: Simple translation ================== The simple_translation module provides a user interface that allows users to copy pages and translatable snippets into another language. - Copies are created in the source language (not translated) - Copies of pages are in draft status Content editors need to translate the content and publish the pages. .. note:: Simple Translation is optional. It can be switched out by third-party packages. Like the more advanced `wagtail-localize `_. Basic configuration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Add ``"wagtail.contrib.simple_translation"`` to INSTALLED_APPS in your settings file: .. code-block:: python INSTALLED_APPS = [ ... "wagtail.contrib.simple_translation", ] Run ``python manage.py migrate`` to create the necessary permissions. In the Wagtail admin, go to settings and give some users or groups the "Can submit translations" permission. Page tree synchronisation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Depending on your use case, it may be useful to keep the page trees in sync between different locales. You can enable this feature by setting `WAGTAILSIMPLETRANSLATION_SYNC_PAGE_TREE` to `True`. .. code-block:: python WAGTAILSIMPLETRANSLATION_SYNC_PAGE_TREE = True When this feature is turned on, every time an editor creates a page, Wagtail creates an alias for that page under the page trees of all the other locales. For example, when an editor creates the page "/en/blog/my-blog-post/", Wagtail creates an alias of that page at "/fr/blog/my-blog-post/" and "/de/blog/my-blog-post/".