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Translation

WPML Translation Plugin

Create a new Translator

  • Go to WMPL > Translation Management.
  • Click on the "Translators" tab and "Add a Translator".
  • Create a new user and set the role to "SGC Translator"
  • IMPORTANT! In order for the translator to get the correct URL for their language, the last digits of their username must be _[LANGUAGE_CODE], eg 'ezra_ru' or 'martinez_pt-br' or 'sung_zh-hans'
  • An email will be sent to the new user with instructions to click the link to create a password and log in.

Send a password reset email

If the new translator doesn't use the link to log in soon enough, it will expire, and they will need a new one. You can trigger an email to them with a new password reset link in it by logging in to the Wordpress dashboard and going to Users and then clicking on the SGC Translator tab to see the list of translators. Hover over the username and a link will appear that says "Send password reset". Click it.

Prevent translators from using Automatic (machine) translation

  • Go to WMPL > Translation Management.
  • Click on the "Tools" tab, and then select the "Who can use Automatic Translation?" dropdown.
  • Turn off all toggles for translators.

Send a new translation job to a translator

It looks like WMPL has completely revamped the process; watch a video of the new process here: https://wpml.org/changelog/2025/01/wpml-4-7-release-candidate/

Update the Glossary

Go to WPML > Translation Management, click on the "Tools" tab, and scroll down to see "Glossary".

After adding a new language, the glossary will be out of date. It will have to be updated. You can bulk import new items to the glossary, but you cannot update them (it will just silently fail to add any new info if you try to update existing glossary items with a bulk import).

Completely remove a language and all translations