Beginning Drupal 8

Chapter 13 ■ Multilingual Capabilities
Figure 13-9. Content language configuration
Checking the box, for example, for the Article content type displays additional details as to which
elements of that item are translatable. For the Article content type, this includes the title, body, comment
settings, image, and tag fields. For demonstration purposes, check all the boxes for all the elements, followed
by clicking the Save button.
Translating Content
With the pieces in place, the next step is to author content in the site’s native language and translate it to the
various languages that your site has been configured to support. For demonstration purposes, assuming you
checked the box for Article in the previous step, create a test article in the native language set for your site.
Click the Manage link on the admin menu, the Content link in the secondary menu, and the “Add content”
button on the Content page. Select Article as the type of content to create. Note that a new field appears on
the “Create article” form, the “Language select” list. For demonstration purposes, select the default language
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