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Weglot

Weglot adds translated versions to an existing website and gives you a place to review the wording.

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What can Weglot add to an existing site?

Start with one public page and one new language. In Weglot’s general setup, a JavaScript integration changes the displayed text in the browser at the same address. Subdomain or subdirectory integrations give each language a separate address, such as a French path on your domain.

Check the instructions for your site platform before choosing. Use public copy you are allowed to share. Weglot stores translated text in its translation list. Leave private account pages and checkout out of the first scope, and keep their existing access rules. Excluding a page does not automatically remove translations that were already saved.

How can you plan one translated page without touching your site?

Sketch a fictional café’s opening-hours page in two languages. Use paper only. Leave your site, domain settings and Weglot account untouched.

  1. Pick what visitors will see
    Mark the heading, today’s hours and the menu button as in scope. Leave the staff sign-in and checkout outside this exercise.
  2. Choose the address behavior
    Draw a language switch at the same address and a French page at a separate address. Decide whether people need to share the French page directly.
  3. Write down what must still work
    Check that the translated label still leads to the right menu and the hours have the intended meaning. Add a line for who reviews the text before visitors see it.

How do you budget for another language?

The word allowance is a fixed total of unique translated words across target languages. It does not refill each month. The source language does not use a translated-language slot. Weglot lists 2,000 translated words and one target language on Free.

Check your count and the plan’s other limits before adding pages or another language. Start with the public pages people need most.

What should you keep if you stop using Weglot?

Weglot documents translation import and export on Advanced and higher plans. Check that before choosing a plan if you need copies of your translated text. Weglot says the translations stop appearing when the service is canceled or paused.

Keep the original pages and a list of translated addresses. If you replace Weglot, plan where the translated pages will live, preserve the wording you can export and decide where links to the old addresses should lead.