Translation of WordPress websites with WPML and AlfaBeta: Getting Started Guide

  1. How to get started
  2. How to connect your website to AlfaBeta
  3. Sending content to be translated to receive a quote
  4. Receiving completed translations
  5. Cancellation of translation jobs
Contact us
Book a call

How to get started

To send content for translation to AlfaBeta, make sure you have the following plugins installed on your website:

  • WPML Multilingual CMS – the main plugin
  • WPML String Translation – this plugin will allow you to translate interface strings

You can download them from your wpml.org account. If you don’t have an account yet, you can create a new one by choosing the WPML Multilingual CMS or Multilingual Agency plans.

TRANSLATING WEBSITES WITH WPML

How to connect your website to AlfaBeta

You will find AlfaBeta in the Translators tab, under WPML >Translation Management. You will be able to access this tab only after registering to WPML. The entire process takes just a few minutes.

 

If you need help with configuring the WPML plugin, please consult the help pages on the WPML website or use the support forum in English.

 

To connect WPML to AlfaBeta, all you need is an authentication key (API token) that you can request through the appropriate form on the page “translate a WordPress site with WPML”.

 

Go to WPML > Translation Management and click the Translators tab to select your translation service.

Select your translation service

Find AlfaBeta in the list of translation services and click on the Activate button..

Once the page loads, click on the “Authenticate” button and enter your API token. 

Congratulations! AlfaBeta’s account is now linked to your WordPress site.

TRANSLATING WEBSITES WITH WPML

Sending content to be translated to receive a quote

You are now ready to send content for translation.

Go to WPML > Translation Management and expand the sections with the content you want to translate. Select your items and scroll down to Step 2.

Under Translation Method, select Assign translation service and click the “Translate” button.

Receive and confirm a quote

When you have transmitted your content via Translation Management, AlfaBeta will receive an alert and will carry out a detailed analysis of your batch to produce a quote.

AlfaBeta will send you an e-mail containing a detailed quote for your batch, including terms and conditions and instructions on how to confirm the job.

TRANSLATING WEBSITES WITH WPML

Receiving completed translations

When AlfaBeta has completed the translation of your content, we will be ready to transmit it to your website.

We recommend that you set “Draft” as document status at the item “Translated document options” in WPML > Settings. In this way, when we send you back the translated content, you will be able to check that everything is ok, before publishing.

You may check the status of translation jobs in any moment: simply click on the Check status and get translations in the upper part of the page.

Final phase

Once you have received the final translations of pages, posts, portfolio elements, etc. we will need to carry out the final adjustments.

The menus will have to be synchronised and there might be the need to translate some other interface strings ( e.g. some widget content). We suggest that we work together on this last phase.

TRANSLATING WEBSITES WITH WPML

Cancellation of translation jobs

Should you wish to cancel, for any reason, the translation of content sent by WPM to AlfaBeta, please bear in mind that you cannot manually delete or cancel translation jobs from the Translation jobs panel.

The project can only be deleted by AlfaBeta. Please contact us directly to carry out this operation.