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title: "Translations: sell in several languages"
description: "Turn on automatic translation of all your content (pages, products, blog, emails) and give each language its own version of your site on a dedicated URL."
url: https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/translations
---
# Translations
The **Translations** section drives the automatic translation of all your content ([showcase pages](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/pages.md), [product pages](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/products.md), [collections](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/collections.md), [blog articles](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/sections/blogs-articles.md), emails) into the languages you select. Each active language gives access to a version of your site at a dedicated URL (for example `/en` for English).
The **main language** is the language you write your original content in. A translated version has its own address. **Custom terminologies** are instructions for particular words, for example to keep your brand name unchanged.
Come here when you open your store internationally and want to add a new language, when you want to track the progress of an ongoing translation, or when you need to tell the translation engine how to handle specific terms (brand names, character names, expressions unique to your universe) so they aren't translated or are translated in a particular way.
Your changes are saved in one go with **Save** at the top of the page, or discarded with **Cancel**. A confirmation screen recaps the impact of your changes before launching the translation. If you change the languages or settings while a translation is in progress, it restarts from the beginning.
## Main language
This section sets your site's default language, the one your content is written in and shown before any translation. Pick it in the **Default language** field. The chosen language is the source language for automatic translations and for your custom terminologies; it doesn't count among the translated languages.
## Site language selection
This section determines the languages available on your site. As soon as a language is saved, a public URL is dedicated to it and the automatic translation of all your content starts. The number of allowed languages depends on your plan.
Use the **Search a language** field to find the language you want, then select it to activate it. Active languages appear below with the **Active** indicator and the link to the translated version of your site. The **Selected languages** counter reminds you how many languages are active relative to your limit. To remove a language, click the corresponding delete icon.
::: tip Give visitors access to languages on your site
Once a language is active, its pages are reachable via the matching URL extension (for example `/en` for English, `/es` for Spanish). To let your visitors switch between languages, add a **language menu** to your [navigation bar](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/editor/menu/header.md) or your [footer](https://docs.vivlab.com/en/editor/menu/footer.md), using the **Language menu** element of the page editor.
:::
## Translations in progress
This section tracks translations being processed. Processing takes up to 24 hours, but is usually much faster. Content re-translated after a language or terminology change appears here temporarily, then disappears once translation is complete.
Each row shows the **Type** of content being translated, the number of **Items to translate** and the date the work was **Created on**. If no translation is in progress, the table shows the message **No translation in progress**.
## Custom terminologies
Add custom terminologies so that automatic translation respects brand names, character names, or any other content that should not be translated or should be translated in a specific way. It's the best way to guarantee the consistency of your vocabulary across all languages.
Click **Add a terminology** to create a new rule. The rules form a table: one column per language, one row per term. Enter the term in your main language, then its exact translation in each other column, straight in the table. If a term should never be translated, enter it identically in every language. The three-dot menu at the end of a row deletes a rule. Once your rules are saved, they apply to every subsequent translation.