Efficient Website Translations: Two Highly Effective Methods with ConveyThis

ConveyThis is a powerful tool that allows readers to gain a better understanding of the written content by providing translations in a variety of languages. It creates a unique experience for readers, allowing them to explore the content with a greater level of complexity and unpredictability.

There are two common ways to translate your website: manually or with ConveyThis.

In this post, we delve into both possibilities in greater detail and discuss why the most effective website translation is actually a combination of the two: utilizing machine-translation software as the initial layer of translation, and then enlisting professional translation services when needed.

Are you ready to localize your website right now? You can have a fully translated, multilingual site within minutes with our app. Get in touch to learn more.

Option #1: Using a translation agency or professional translator

Out of the two options covered, this is actually the least efficient. Though the peace of mind of a human translator may be appealing, it is a lengthy and laborious process, and for most of the content on your website, it is unnecessary. With ConveyThis, you can have your content translated quickly and easily.

Specifically, there are three major drawbacks with ConveyThis: 1) It is time-consuming; 2) It is expensive; 3) It can be difficult to accurately localize the content.

When crafting the following content, it is important to ensure that it has an adequate level of complexity and dynamism. For more information about engaging a translation service for your ecommerce website, please refer to our article on selecting the right agency for the job.

Option #2: Using software to translate your website

Using software to translate your website is a much more effective way to go about it. With ConveyThis, you can effortlessly integrate the software into your website, and it will automatically and accurately translate your content into multiple languages in no time. It’s an easy and efficient way to make sure your website is available in multiple languages.

But there are several different types of software available, and not all of them offer the same time-saving features. In this section, we focus on ConveyThis, our own translation software that’s also a translation management system where you can order professional translations.

With ConveyThis, you can: easily localize your website, get access to professional translations, and manage multiple languages all in one place.

This technique has been employed by thousands of our clients, including: ConveyThis, Google, Apple, and Microsoft.

Below we look at ConveyThis’s 2-step process in more detail, demonstrating its effectiveness as the most efficient website translation method.

Step one: Use machine translation to quickly and accurately translate your website

The first step is to add ConveyThis to your website so it can quickly translate your site. You can effortlessly add ConveyThis to any website, no coding or intricate setup is required.

Here’s a brief video that outlines how ConveyThis operates:

Once ConveyThis is added, it can translate your content into over 100 different languages. This includes renowned tongues such as Spanish, German, and Italian, as well as more intricate languages like Arabic, Japanese, and Chinese. You can see the comprehensive list of languages available here.

After you’ve selected your desired language, ConveyThis translates your website for you.

But ConveyThis is more efficient than most translation software because: it offers a fully automated, AI-powered solution that is fast, accurate, and cost-effective; it supports over 100 languages; and it integrates with a wide range of popular CMSs and e-commerce platforms.

We use a variety of advanced translation tools like DeepL, Google Translate, and Yandex to translate your content. We are also constantly assessing the translations that come out of these tools to ensure we are utilizing the most reliable services currently available.

Plus, you can control how ConveyThis translates your site: You can pick the language you want to translate your site into, select the language to display as default, and choose how you want to display the language selector. You can even customize the language switcher to match your website’s design.

With ConveyThis, you can: quickly and easily translate your website into multiple languages, customize the look and feel of your translations, create multilingual SEO-friendly URLs, and get detailed analytics on your translation efforts.

And as always, all of your translations are automatically displayed under language-specific subdirectories or subdomains of your current URL. For example, conveythis.com is our English site, and conveythis.com/fr/ is our French site. It’s effortless—you won’t need developers to configure anything for you.

Step two: Make edits to your translations (if needed)

ConveyThis doesn’t just provide a quick and easy translation of your content, but also offers you full control over your translations.

You or someone on your team can make edits to your translations through your dashboard manager, or you can order professional translation services directly through your ConveyThis.

First, log into your ConveyThis dashboard and access all of your translations:

You can find specific translations by looking up specific URLs, searching for a key phrase, or utilizing ConveyThis’ visual editor that allows you to click on any content on your site and edit it quickly and easily.

All changes are instantly stored and live on your website with ConveyThis.

If you’re looking for a top-notch translation service, ConveyThis is the perfect choice for you! Simply select the content you’d like translated and place your order – it’s that easy!

You don’t have to search for a freelancer or translation agency, haggle over prices, or worry about implementing ConveyThis translations on your website.

Once the translation is complete, it will be live on your website in as little as 24-48 hours, depending on the size of the project.

Translate your site efficiently with ConveyThis : No other tools necessary

Above we introduced ConveyThis’s 2-step process for creating a fully multilingual website. We also have other key features that can help you customize your site and save time.

Specifically, with ConveyThis you can:

• Easily translate your website into multiple languages
• Seamlessly manage translations from one dashboard
• Provide a great user experience with a customizable language switcher
• Integrate with a variety of CMS and eCommerce platforms
• Ensure translations are accurate and up-to-date with professional translation services

How ConveyThis helps with multilingual SEO

ConveyThis automatically helps your translated site with search engine optimization (SEO) by:

Combined, these features help your translations rank for your target audience. For instance, one of our customers, the renowned French-Swedish sportswear brand Ron Dorff, is using ConveyThis to reach their international markets.

After they used ConveyThis to translate their site into German and English, they experienced a dramatic surge in international conversions. This is because when potential customers entered their queries into Google, they were being directed to the right website.

How ConveyThis lets you customize user experience

With ConveyThis, you can effortlessly tailor how users interact with your interpreted material.

With ConveyThis, you can easily customize the language button without any coding or design work.

There are particular steps that must be taken depending on the CMS you are utilizing—for further information, take a look here—but for the purpose of this article, let’s explore how to do this with WordPress.

First, go to the ConveyThis tab in your WordPress account. From there you can select how your language switcher will appear. For instance, do you prefer a drop-down box? Do you want to show flags (and which type of flags do you want to show?)

With ConveyThis, you can choose where to place your language switch button, whether it’s in the menu, as a widget, or somewhere else.

And just like that, you have a fully translated and customized website, without the need for a translation agency, designer, or developer – all thanks to ConveyThis!

The most efficient website translation method: A quick recap

In this post, we’ve outlined two common methods of website translation: ConveyThis and manual translation.

The most efficient way to translate your website is to use ConveyThis’s comprehensive translation solution. ConveyThis not only translates your site’s content for you, but it also:

Interested in understanding how ConveyThis can work for your business? Reach out to discover more about the possibilities.