Add a language version to an item

To translate the content of an item into a new language, first you need to create a version of that item in that language. When you've done that, you can start translating the content of the item. If the item is, for example, a page, you translate the fields of that page.

If your website is an SXA site, you can also run a built-in script that creates a new language version of the entire website, including all its items and fields.

Before you begin
  • Make sure that the target languages have been added to your environment. You add languages to the sitecore/System/Languages item.

To add a language version to an item:

  1. In the content tree, select the item you want to create a language version of.

  2. On the Versions tab, select a target language, for example, German.

    An item in the Content Editor that doesn't exist in a particular language
  3. Click Add a new version. The item is now displayed in the target language version.

    An item in the Content Editor after creating a language version of it

Now you can start translating the content of the item in the newly added language.

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