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title: "Configuring translations for content and configurations"
date: "2026-07-08T11:01:16+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to configure content language settings and site configuration translations in Drupal—step-by-step for admins."
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This page explains how to enable translation capabilities for content entities and site configurations. Administrators must define translatable fields and update configuration groups to prepare the site for symmetric translations.

Configuring content language and translation
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**Prerequisites**

*   Users must have the Site Administrator role. For more information, visit [Managing roles and permissions](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-source/managing-roles-and-permissions).

To configure language and translation settings for content entities:

1.  [Access your site](https://docs.acquia.com/node/69836#access-a-site).
2.  From the left navigation menu, click **Configuration**.
3.  Select **Regional and language**.
4.  Select **Content language** **and translation**.
5.  For ****Custom language settings****, select the checkboxes for the entity types to configure. For example, select ****Content****, ****Media****, ****Page****, and ****Taxonomy term****.
    
    The system displays an expandable section for each selected entity type. 
    
6.  Expand the specific section to define the translatable fields.
7.  Select the ****Translatable**** checkbox to enable translation for the required entity subtype.
    
8.  Select the corresponding checkboxes for the individual fields to translate.
    
9.  Click **Save configuration**.

After a successful save, the following occurs:

*   A confirmation message opens to indicate that the settings are updated.
*   Translation becomes enabled for the selected entity and configured fields to ensure that users translate content in those fields.

Configuring configuration translation
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**Prerequisites**

*   Users must possess the **Configuration translation** permission to translate site configuration entities. For more information, visit [Managing roles and permissions](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-source/managing-roles-and-permissions).

To translate site configuration:

1.  [Access your site](https://docs.acquia.com/node/69836#access-a-site).
2.  From the left navigation menu, click **Configuration**.
3.  Select **Regional and language**.
4.  Select **Configuration translation**.
5.  Locate the configuration item in the ****Label**** column, and click the corresponding ****List**** or ****Translate**** option in the ****Operations**** column.
6.  Locate the target language in the **Language** column, and click **Add** in the **Operations** column.
    
    A translation dialog box opens. The dialog box displays the original text next to the corresponding fields to input the translated text.
    
7.  Enter the translated text in the corresponding fields.
8.  Click **Save translation**.

After a successful translation is saved, the following occurs:

*   A confirmation message opens to indicate that the configuration translation is saved.
*   The translated configuration becomes available when the selected language is active on the site.