# Add "Translate Now" button visible to allowed groups

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-translate-now-button-visible-to-allowed-groups/383544
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** ai, dynaloc, content-localization
**Created:** [September 22, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-translate-now-button-visible-to-allowed-groups/383544 "2025-09-22T15:18:10Z")
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### Author: ![nat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nat/32/235063_2.png) [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-translate-now-button-visible-to-allowed-groups/383544/1 "2025-09-22T15:18:10Z")

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Currently, the translation feature automatically retranslates posts up to a maximum of twice a day. This is to add a reasonable limit to users who like to edit their posts after submission.

> [@Content Localization - Manual and Automatic with Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-localization-manual-and-automatic-with-discourse-ai/370969/32):
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> Additionally I’d like to lobby for a moderator/admin feature _Translate Now_ which forces a translation (or re-translation of something edited, bypassing the throttling mentioned above when it’s urgently needed)

> [@Content Localization and Automatic Translations for Your Community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-localization-and-automatic-translations-for-your-community/370000/32):
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> Is there any plan to add translate button or translate post with rebuild HTML button but not with rebake posts or other way to force the translation on posts?

> [@Content Localization and Automatic Translations for Your Community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-localization-and-automatic-translations-for-your-community/370000/33):
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> could there be somekind `force translation` option in admin menu for those situations when something is changed so much it would ne necessary?

There have been several requests to let admins / `content_localization_allowed_groups` manually trigger an update.

This topic is to track the feature that allows immediate re-translation of the post to the configured languages.

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### Author: ![nat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nat/32/235063_2.png) [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-translate-now-button-visible-to-allowed-groups/383544/3 "2025-09-23T17:15:10Z")

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Hey folks, this is now available if you update.

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/34904](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/34904)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/b/a/9ba7cd95570ffaac69c4f5290c863555579e3a1e.png)

This feature is available on with the same post menu item, available to users in `content_localization_allowed_groups`.

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### Author: ![nat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nat/32/235063_2.png) [@nat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nat)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-translate-now-button-visible-to-allowed-groups/383544/4 "2025-09-27T00:00:38Z")

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