Translate with AI

David Klement

5 minutes

AI / Languages/Localization

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AI translation in Kontent.ai empowers content creators to effortlessly localize their message for global audiences. With advanced machine learning algorithms, it provides accurate, context-aware translations that maintain the original tone and intent, streamlining the content adaptation process and enabling creators to connect with new markets efficiently.

Translate your content with AI

Traditionally, translation requires a lot of time and money. That’s why the AI in Kontent.ai is ready to assist you.

Translate the whole content item

With AI, the translations are a few clicks away.

In Content & assets, open the item you want to translate.
Switch to the target language to which you want the item to be translated.
Go to More actions > Translate with AI.
Select the language to translate from.

Once the AI finishes translating, you’ll see the whole content item translated to the targetted language.

Using AI to translate the whole content item quickly.

Translate parts of your content

Use AI to translate your content elements.

In Content & assets, open the item you want to translate.
Switch to the target language – the one you want to translate to.
In the top right above the content elements, click .
Select a language to translate from. If there’s only one language to translate from, it’s selected automatically.

Once the AI finishes its job, it adds the translation below the existing content within the content item.

Text in a content item translated automatically by AI — Article body translated using AI.

Considerations

There are a few things to remember when using AI translation.

Language identification

The AI determines the source and target languages based on their names and codenames and considers the source content as well. To ensure the AI determines the languages accurately, we recommend that project managers use standardized machine-readable language codenames.

Source of translation

When using AI to translate your content, Kontent.ai uses DeepL to facilitate the translation. In case DeepL doesn’t support the specific source and target language combination, ChatGPT translates your content instead. Make sure your languages are well-named.

Translating structured content

The AI only translates content outside structured content like tables or components.

Tables are only copied to the target language, not translated.
Components in rich text are not copied and translated to the target language.
Content items embedded in rich text are carried over to the target language. You need to translate them separately, though.

If you need to translate the structured content from the source language, use AI assistance in rich text. For example, to translate a component from your source language to French:

Copy the component from the source language and paste it into the target language.
Select the text in the component.
Click Ask AI and select Improve content.
Type instruction Translate to French.
Click Improve content.
Select Replace selection.