# How to translate customized text content?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-translate-customized-text-content/64670
**Category:** Translations
**Created:** [June 17, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-translate-customized-text-content/64670 "2017-06-17T11:59:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![tophee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tophee/32/73406_2.png) [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-translate-customized-text-content/64670/1 "2017-06-17T11:59:08Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [What exactly are the effects of "allow user locale"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-exactly-are-the-effects-of-allow-user-locale/58348/5):

> [@What exactly are the effects of "allow user locale"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-exactly-are-the-effects-of-allow-user-locale/58348/5):
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> If you customize a text, you need to customize it on every language you site visitors use.

How do I do that, given that `/admin/customize/site_texts` online gives me access to the copirs in the site locale?

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### Author: ![dax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dax/32/244677_2.png) [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-translate-customized-text-content/64670/2 "2017-06-17T15:05:10Z")

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I think you need to change language on your profile setting to see the other locales  
e.g. this is my forum if I set French on my profile:

 ![RWiWnvX](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/c/2/cc25d2974b4711e4a599f9d745dfb21e0c40b966.png)

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### Author: ![permacultureProgram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/permacultureprogram/32/108924_2.png) [@permacultureProgram](https://meta.discourse.org/u/permacultureProgram)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-translate-customized-text-content/64670/3 "2018-09-07T18:23:30Z")

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Just checking in because I will be dealing with a similar issue. Is this the solution for @tophee’s question?

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### Author: ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-translate-customized-text-content/64670/4 "2018-09-07T18:50:40Z")

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Yes, it is the solution.

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### Author: ![eextra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eextra/32/170266_2.png) [@eextra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eextra)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-translate-customized-text-content/64670/5 "2020-02-19T15:13:58Z")

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Doesn’t all these translations change after a major update for example?  
And what if api is used for translation ? No unwanted chaos?

I ask because translating all languages (and customized text) by hand is a lot of work.