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AI Translations

Beta

Use AI to automatically translate your site content into one or more locales.

Closed Beta

AI Translations is currently a closed beta feature. To express interest in gaining access, fill out the AI translations access request form.

AI Translations lets you generate translations for pages and components across your Makeswift site without leaving the builder. You can define custom instructions to guide the AI—such as terms to leave untranslated—and then select exactly which content and locales to translate.

AI translations overwrite existing content in the chosen locales and cannot be automatically undone. Review translations carefully before publishing.

Add AI translation instructions

Before requesting a translation, you can define global instructions that apply every time the AI translates your content. For example, you might tell the AI not to translate brand names or product-specific terms.

1

Open Localization settings

In the left sidebar, navigate to Settings > Localization.

Localization settings panel showing the AI translations section

2

Enter your instructions

Enter any rules you want the AI to follow in the text field within the AI Translations section. For example: Don’t translate the company name or product names.

3

Save

Click Save. Your instructions are applied to all future translation requests for this site.

Request a translation

1

Open the translation dialog

You can access the translation dialog from the Localization settings panel by clicking Translate site.

Localization settings showing button to open the translation dialog

Or from the locale menu when a locale is selected.

Locale menu showing button to open the translation dialog

2

Select locales and content

The translation dialog opens on the Site tab. Choose which locales to translate into using the checkboxes on the left. On the right, select the components and pages whose content you want to translate. You can search and sort translatable documents (pages and components).

Translation dialog showing locale selection on the left and content selection on the right

Existing translations for the selected content will be overwritten. Items not selected are left unchanged.

Click Continue when you’re ready.

3

Review and confirm

A confirmation screen summarizes the number of locales being translated and shows the AI translation instructions that will be applied. You can click Edit to update your instructions before proceeding.

Confirmation step showing a summary of the translation request and the AI translation instructions

Click Translate site to start the job.

View translation history

The History tab in the translation dialog shows all past and in-progress translation jobs. Each job is listed with a timestamp. Jobs currently running show a Translating indicator.

History tab showing translation jobs with timestamps, statuses, and a Retry failed translations option

If a job completes with errors—for example, content the AI could not translate—a Retry failed translations button appears. Click it to re-run only the failed items.