---
title: "Translate an entire site with AI"
slug: "translate-an-entire-site-with-ai"
abstract: "Translate all items from a site in one of the language supported by the site using SitecoreAI capabilities."
---
# Translate an entire site with AI

You can translate an entire site (content items and pages) in just a few clicks from the site **Dashboard** :mdiViewDashboardOutline: accessible in **Channels**. SitecoreAI enables fast, automated translation of your site’s content into supported languages, helping you scale [localization](https://doc.sitecore.com/sai/en/users/sitecoreai/create-and-manage-sites/configure-start-and-monitor-your-site-s-localization.html "Configure, start, and monitor your site’s localization") with minimal effort.

> [!note]
> The full site translation functionality is available for [Admin](https://doc.sitecore.com/xmc/en/developers/xm-cloud/en/creating-users-in-sitecoreai.html) or [Sitecore Client Site Managing](https://doc.sitecore.com/xmc/en/developers/xm-cloud/en/the-security-roles.html) roles.
>
> If a Sitecore Client Site Manager doesn't have *Write* and *Language write* [access rights](https://doc.sitecore.com/xmc/en/developers/xm-cloud/en/the-access-rights.html) to some items, the translation of these items be skipped.

![The Localization UI with the Translate with AI button](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/sai/en/users/sitecoreai/images/language-ai-translation.png)

To do so, you choose the site's target language and a source language (for example the language in which you have the most content items and pages).

When you translate a site using AI, you first choose the site's source language, for example, the language in which you have the most content. SitecoreAI then creates a language version for each site item in the target language. Each new version contains the original content translated in the target language.

By default, SitecoreAI only translates items that are missing a language version. For example, if your site is already 20% localized, SitecoreAI will only create language versions for the remaining 80% of the site items. However, you can request for all items to be translated, in which case additional language versions will be created for all items, even those that already had one.

When translating a site, **Shared** fields and some system fields are excluded from translation. **Versioned** and **Unversioned** fields of the following types are translated:

- Single-line text
- Multi-line text
- Rich text
- General Link (link title, link text)
- General Link with Search (link title, link text)
- Image (alt text)

To translate a site:

1. In **Channels**, for the site of your choice, click **Dashboard** :mdiViewDashboardOutline:.
2. You can start a site translation from the **Localization** widget if it is included in the **Overview** tab. Otherwise, in the **Localization** tab, click **Status**.
3. Click **Translate with AI** :mdiTranslate: for the language you want the site to be translated to.

    > [!note]
    > In the Localization section, you can see:
    >
    > -   what languages the site supports
    >
    > -   how much of the site has been translated in each language
    >
    > -   how many pages/items still need to be translated

4. In the dialog, in the **Source Language** drop down menu, click the language you want to use as original version. We usually recommend using the language in which you have the most items available, but you can also choose a source language because it is close to the target language and will lead to an AI translation of higher quality, for example.

    ![The Translate with AI dialog](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/sai/en/users/sitecoreai/images/languageAI.png)

5. To also translate items that might already have a language version, select the checkbox for **Add AI translated version even if a language version already exists**.
6. Click **Translate**.

> [!note]
> While the translation is processing, you can browse away from the Localization widget, or even close your browser window. However, we do not recommend making changes to the site items that exist in the original language until after the translation has ended.
>
> After the translation is done, you can see in the Localization section that the site is now translated at 100%. We recommend reviewing all the new versions created before publishing them.

> [!note]
> The list of translatable field types is defined in `/sitecore/experienceAccelerator/siteManagement/translatableFieldTypes`:
>
> <translatableFieldTypes>
> <fieldType key="single-line text"/>
> <fieldType key="multi-line text"/>
> <fieldType key="rich text"/>
> <fieldType key="Image"/>
> <fieldType key="General Link"/>
> <fieldType key="General Link with Search"/>
> </translatableFieldTypes>