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Languages and URLs
Choose the language you write in, the languages you offer, and the address each one uses.
Language setup lives on the Languages tab under LocalePro → Settings. Connect a DeepL or Google key first, or LocalePro has nowhere to send new sentences.
The language you write in
This is the language the site is actually written in. Set it yourself. LocalePro tells DeepL or Google what the source is, rather than asking them to guess. A wrong guess gets saved, and then reused every time that sentence appears. Set this once, before you turn any other languages on.
Languages you offer
Pick from a catalog of 130 languages. Each one you turn on becomes a row with:
- The language, named in itself, next to its English name, the way a reader of that language would recognize it.
- A web address, defaulting to the language’s code (
/es/,/fr/,/ja/). Change it and the old address redirects to the new one, so a link you already published keeps working. - A notice when your connected services don’t support that pair. DeepL and Google don’t cover exactly the same languages, and the gaps are not the same ones.
A language you haven’t turned on is simply not offered. LocalePro never translates into a language you didn’t choose.
Category and shop addresses
If a language is on, the bits of the address like /category/ or /products/ can be translated too, so a French visitor sees /fr/categorie/ instead of /fr/category/. This is optional. Leave a field blank to keep the original word in that language.
Changing your mind
Turning a language off does not delete what it has already translated. The saved translations stay, ready if you turn the language back on. Changing an address after you’ve published is safe for the same reason: the old one redirects, rather than breaking.