Expand your reach by offering your website in multiple languages. Durable translates your content and keeps those translations in sync when you update the original, including SEO metadata.
Your site starts with one default language, chosen when your business was first created. From there you can add up to 5 more so visitors can browse in the language that fits them best.
Prefer a walkthrough? This video shows how to add languages, publish them, and edit a translation by hand.
Access Language Settings
To access your language settings:
In the left menu, click Website.
In the Website Editor, click the Settings (slider) icon in the top right.
In the Site settings modal, select Languages.
Add a Language
Add a language when you want visitors to browse the site in that language.
In the Languages modal, find the Translations section.
Click + Add a language.
Select a language from the dropdown (for example Spanish, German, or Japanese).
The language appears in the Translations list with a Translating status pill. Durable translates your site in the background and flips the pill when it is ready.
Repeat to add up to 5 languages.
Edit a Translation
Edit a translation when the automatic wording does not match how you talk about your business. When you change the original later, Durable updates the matching translations. Re-open Languages anytime you want to fine-tune again.
From the Languages list, click the language you want to edit (for example Spanish).
A modal lists your website sections (for example Home, About, Services).
Use the search bar to find a specific string.
Expand a section to view the strings and their translations.
Click a string, type your text, then click Save.
To restore the automatic translation for a string, click Translate next to the field.
Durable leaves business names and service names in your original language so they read the same in every language. Tweak any other string anytime in Languages.
Publish Your Languages
New languages only reach visitors after you publish. Until then they stay in Languages while Durable finishes translating.
Click Publish in the top right of the Website Editor.
In the Publish your site modal, click Publish changes.
The language status in Languages updates to Live.
Open your live site (your existing URL, or View from the editor), then use the language switcher in the navigation bar to confirm each language.
Place the Language Switcher
Visitors pick a language from the switcher in the navigation bar. Durable styles it to match your site, so you only choose where it sits.
Hover over the navigation bar, then click Edit navigation bar (pencil). For more on navigation editing, see Editing Navigation and Footer.
Go to the Content tab.
Scroll to Language switcher position.
Choose In navigation (with your main links) or Next to buttons (to the right of your navigation buttons).
Click Done in the lower right.
SEO for Every Language
Durable also translates page titles, meta descriptions, and other SEO metadata for each language, so you do not maintain those by hand. Update your original content as usual; the translated metadata stays in sync. To review SEO fields, see Edit SEO Settings for Your Site and Individual Pages, or start with Understanding Durable's Foundational SEO Features.
What's next
On the live site, use the language switcher to confirm each language. For publishing and visibility, see Previewing, Publishing, and Managing Visibility.