How to translate my posts in different languages? starter plan & up
How to enable multiple languages in Beamer.
- In your Beamer Dashboard go to Settings > Languages (settings).
- In Languages (language) you can click on the select box to pick a language you would like to enable. Then click on Add to include it in the list.
- You can add as many different languages as you like.
- Remember to save your languages by clicking on the save button on the right.
- This list will enable the multiple languages for your Beamer feed and for your individual posts!
How to remove a language?
- In the Languages (language) screen, go to the language you want to remove.
- Click on the remove icon (clear).
- Don’t forget to save your changes.
How to pick a default language?
- In the Languages (language) screen, go to the language you want to make the default language.
- Click on the make default (vertical_align_top).
- Don’t forget to save your changes.
- Your default language will appear at the top and will have a default tag like so: default
How to change the text to right to left?
There are many languages that are written and read from right to left (RTL) instead of left to right (LTR). When you use those languages, you may want to mirror your UI to make it fit better with those languages. To do so:
- In the Languages (language) screen, go to the language you want to make RTL.
- If the option is available, the language will have a switch at the right labeled right to left.
- Click on the switch to activate. If the switch is green and at the right position (toggle_on) then the option is enabled.
- Don’t forget to save your changes.
How to translate your Beamer feed
- Go to Settings > Language. Scroll down to find a general list of available translations for each of the enabled languages. This translations will include phrases, call to actions and other translatable text.
- Sart translating!
- Remember that this will be different for each of the languages you included (as explained in the first section of this guide).
- When you are ready to launch don’t forget to press save translations.
How to translate individual posts
- Once you have enabled different languages (as explained in the first section of this guide) you’ll be able to translate individual posts.
- Each time you create or edit a post you’ll see a list of the available languages in the top of the editor.
- To add a translation to that post just click on the language you want to include and add content. You can translate directly from the other languages or even add specifically localized content that will be only accessible for that language.
- If a user has that language set in their browser they’ll get your translated feed and hence your translated post.Remember that if you don’t include a translation for a particular language that post will not be displayed in that language feed.
- If the language a user uses in their browser is not included in your list, the feed will display the language marked as default. You can learn to change your default language here.
Display translated posts.
As mentioned before, translated posts will be shown according to the language that a user has set on their browser. If you want call a specific language for your widget you can do so using the Beamer Embed Code. Like this:
<script>
var beamer_config = {
product_id : "YOUR PRODUCT ID",
selector : "YOUR SELECTOR",
display : "right",
top: 0,
right: 0,
button_position: 'bottom-right',
language: 'EN',
filter: 'admin',
lazy: false,
alert : true,
callback : your_callback_function,
//---------------Visitor Information---------------
user_firstname : "firstname",
user_lastname : "lastname",
user_email : "email"
};
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.getbeamer.com/js/beamer-embed.js" defer="defer"></script>
In the previous code example the parameter language includes the two letter code of the language to display.
Language code list.
Beamer uses two letter codes for languages. For the most common languages the codes are: EN for English, ES for Spanish, DE for German, FR for French, PT for Portuguese, IT for Italian, ZH for Mandarin Chinese, HI for Hindi, JA for Japanese and RU for Russian.
The following are all the two letter codes for languages in alphabetical order:
SQ – Albanian AR – Arabic HY – Armenian AZ – Azerbaijani EU – Basque BN – Bengali BG – Bulgarian CA – Catalan KM – Cambodian CF – Canadian French ZH – Chinese (Mandarin) HR – Croatian CS – Czech DA – Danish NL – Dutch NB – Dutch (Belgium) EN – English CE – English (Canada) NZ – English (Australia / New Zealand) UK – English (UK) ET – Estonian FJ – Fiji FI – Finnish FR – French FB – French (Belgium) KA – Georgian DE – German EL – Greek GU – Gujarati HE – Hebrew HI – Hindi HU – Hungarian IS – Icelandic ID – Indonesian GA – Irish IT – Italian JA – Japanese JW – Javanese KO – Korean LA – Latin LV – Latvian LT – Lithuanian MK – Macedonian MS – Malay ML – Malayalam MT – Maltese MI – Maori MR – Marathi MN – Mongolian NE – Nepali NO – Norwegian FA – Persian PL – Polish PT – Portuguese BR – Portuguese (Brazil) PA – Punjabi QU – Quechua RO – Romanian RU – Russian SM – Samoan SR – Serbian SK – Slovak SL – Slovenian ES – Spanish CO – Spanish (Colombia) MX – Spanish (Mexico) SW – Swahili SV – Swedish TL – Tagalog TA – Tamil TT – Tatar TE – Telugu TH – Thai BO – Tibetan TO – Tonga TR – Turkish UK – Ukrainian UR – Urdu UZ – Uzbek VI – Vietnamese CY – Welsh XH – Xhosa
How to use localization tools.
Instead of spending time and effort on manual copy & pasting or implementing automated solutions by yourself, you can always rely on translation tools like Crowdin.
Crwodin allows you to automate your Beamer content translation. Use translation memory, contextual translation, machine translation engines, and one-click translation orders to get your content translated quickly, accurately and consistently.
You can learn more about how to use localization for your changelog, release notes and in-app notifications in this post from our blog, Product 101.
How to change translate Beamer with Crowdin?
- Create your first localization project at Crowdin.
- And install the Beamer app.
- Choose the sync schedule, so the app will automatically upload all new content from Beamer to Crowdin and vice versa every hour, day, or week.
- You can also synchronize content manually in one click.
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