{"id":17729113,"date":"2026-01-14T12:10:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=17729113"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:12:37","slug":"can-i-automatically-translate-content-from-secondary-languages","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/pt-br\/faq\/can-i-automatically-translate-content-from-secondary-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I automatically translate content from secondary languages?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead\">Yes. If you created content in a secondary language, you can send it for automatic translation to your primary language and other secondary languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To translate content created in a secondary language:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>WPML \u2192 Translation Dashboard<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the filter bar to select the source language. Then, click <strong>Filter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the secondary language content you want to translate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose the option to <strong>Translate automatically<\/strong> and click <strong>Translate your content<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image tb-image tb-image-dynamic tb-image-frame-none\" data-toolset-blocks-image=\"98911c0e4d3205f7f1d7187dd0afed77\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-translation-dashboard-automatically-translate-secondary-languages.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-translation-dashboard-automatically-translate-secondary-languages-1024x696.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17729129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-translation-dashboard-automatically-translate-secondary-languages-1024x696.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-translation-dashboard-automatically-translate-secondary-languages-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-translation-dashboard-automatically-translate-secondary-languages-150x102.png 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-translation-dashboard-automatically-translate-secondary-languages-768x522.png 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-translation-dashboard-automatically-translate-secondary-languages-1536x1045.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-translation-dashboard-automatically-translate-secondary-languages-2048x1393.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><div class=\"tb-image-caption\">Translating from a secondary language via the Translation Dashboard<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-db7e7161-7fff-43e8-0134-ede0528c9a77\"><div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/span><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: This only works when you manually send content for automatic translation. It does not work with <a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/documentation\/translate-everything-automatically\/\">Translate Everything Automatically<\/a>, which only translates from your primary language to secondary languages.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do I create content in a secondary language?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To create content in a secondary language on your WPML-powered website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create a new post or page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>Language<\/strong> box in the right sidebar, choose the language of your post or page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image tb-image tb-image-dynamic tb-image-frame-none\" data-toolset-blocks-image=\"0afc7d6625ee5912020fc27373b5adb7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-change-languahe-of-post.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"629\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-change-languahe-of-post-1024x629.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17729144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-change-languahe-of-post-1024x629.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-change-languahe-of-post-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-change-languahe-of-post-150x92.png 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-change-languahe-of-post-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-change-languahe-of-post-1536x944.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wpml-change-languahe-of-post-2048x1259.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><div class=\"tb-image-caption\">Creating a post or page in a secondary language in WordPress<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-10acc603-7fff-0b37-3277-28b824f16f1d\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the pop-up that appears, confirm the changes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Publish the content.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. If you created content in a secondary language, you can send it for automatic translation to your primary language and other secondary languages. To translate content created in a secondary language: Note: This only works when you manually send content for automatic translation. It does not work with Translate Everything Automatically, which only translates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":538393,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"faq-category":[26137],"class_list":["post-17729113","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-category-how-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/17729113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/538393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/17729113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17729150,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/17729113\/revisions\/17729150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17729113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/pt-br\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-category?post=17729113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}