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title: "Symmetric translations "
date: "2026-07-07T17:13:49+00:00"
summary: "Manage multilingual content effortlessly with Symmetric Translations in Source CMS: Translate pages, templates, and regions through one streamlined workflow."
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url: "/source-cms/symmetric-translations"
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Symmetric Translations is a feature in Source CMS that enables users to manage multilingual content directly within the Drupal Canvas experience. By configuring languages a single time, users translate pages, templates, and global regions through an integrated workflow. The symmetric approach requires users to build page layouts a single time in the default or source language of the site, and then provide text translations for each additional language through a dedicated translation interface. The layout structure remains consistent across all languages. The system overrides only translatable text content, such as strings, HTML, and URLs, per language.