Guides

Plan and translate a multilingual Umbraco site.

Clear, experience-led answers about language variants, AI translation, Dictionary items and the tools available to Umbraco teams.

Make an existing site multilingual

Adapt your content model, protect existing URLs and roll out new languages in stages

Languages, variants, domains, dictionaries and an editorial launch checklist

Choose a safe workflow for pages, structured content and whole-site translation

Manual editing, human workflows, translation platforms and integrated AI packages

Choose between manual editing, import/export and monitored AI translation

Scope, quote and deliver multilingual Umbraco work as a repeatable service

Work out realistic token costs per page, per site and per language before you commit

Evaluate translation quality, cost, governance and provider fit for an Umbraco project

Preserve Block List, Block Grid, rich text and custom editor structures safely

Get language URLs, canonicals, hreflang, sitemaps and translated metadata right

Localise SEO and social copy with standard fields, SeoVisualizer and MetaMomentum

Find source changes, prioritise retranslation and keep every language current

Diplo Translator Omni

Bring AI translation into the Umbraco backoffice — and keep the final say with your editors.

Try it on your own Umbraco site: five single-page draft translation runs, with no time limit. AI provider usage costs are separate.