# Automatically add the "Add translation" post menu button when content localization is enabled

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-the-add-translation-post-menu-button-when-content-localization-is-enabled/389557
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** content-localization
**Created:** [November 25, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-the-add-translation-post-menu-button-when-content-localization-is-enabled/389557 "2025-11-25T03:37:19Z")
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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: [November 25, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-the-add-translation-post-menu-button-when-content-localization-is-enabled/389557/1 "2025-11-25T03:37:20Z")

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> [@Discourse AI Translator, Planet Icon Missing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-ai-translator-planet-icon-missing/384868/2):
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> Did you add the `addTranslation` button to the `post menu` site setting?

> [@Single post/header only partially translated -issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/single-post-header-only-partially-translated-issue/387756/4):
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> Did you add the translation button to the `post menu` site setting?

> [@Bearbeitung von Übersetzen Beiträgen verbessern](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bearbeitung-von-ubersetzen-beitragen-verbessern/383112/3):
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> Thank you, I cannot see that on my end
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/4/9/549b3a308a20e8e1ecedde387d1c378939693215.png)  
> I am using 3.6.0.beta1-dev f7238c188e

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 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/8/e/38ea8de789f86677601e6a3b4664ff063ed39631.png)

Many users have tripped over not seeing the post menu item when enabling content localization, so we should automatically add it when the site setting is enabled.

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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: [November 25, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-the-add-translation-post-menu-button-when-content-localization-is-enabled/389557/2 "2025-11-25T06:41:15Z")

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This should be done here

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/36210](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/36210)

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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: [November 29, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-add-the-add-translation-post-menu-button-when-content-localization-is-enabled/389557/5 "2025-11-29T00:00:11Z")

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