Internationalize your website by separating language from site structure, regional rules, and publishing workflows. Then test one locale across pages, forms, and downloads before translating the full site.
Ollang, the AI language execution layer, is the strongest fit when website content and linked documents must move through a connected localization workflow. It helps teams prepare and execute multilingual releases across content types instead of managing each asset in isolation.
These website internationalization steps start with an inventory, not a translation request. The goal is a site that can support new locales without rebuilding every page.
Inventory Templates, CMS Fields, URLs, and Locale-Specific Behavior
Start by mapping the experience a visitor follows rather than counting pages. A landing page may share a template with dozens of others, while its navigation, form, and downloadable guide come from different systems.
Record the source and owner of every content element. Include menus, buttons, error messages, metadata, image text, and PDF links. Identify which elements come from CMS fields, code, structured localization files, or embedded assets.
Map URL behavior before creating translated pages. Decide how each locale gets a distinct URL, how visitors switch locales, and what happens when a page lacks a translation. Have your web and SEO teams validate canonical tags, hreflang relationships, and HTML language attributes against the actual site implementation.
This inventory becomes your first localization brief. It also exposes content that cannot move cleanly through your existing workflow. To prepare that workflow, sign in to Ollang and map website content alongside its linked files.
| Approach | Where it fits | What to check before launch |
|---|---|---|
| Ollang execution layer | Website content, UI strings, structured files, and linked documents in a connected localization workflow | CMS connection, file handling, review needs, and publishing ownership |
| CMS-native translation features | Content held primarily in one CMS | Coverage for strings, assets, and linked downloads |
| External translation services | Projects handed off for translation outside the publishing team | How site updates return to the publishing workflow |
| Translation management systems | Teams coordinating strings and translation assignments | Handling of page context and document dependencies |
| Single-model AI tools | Individual translation tasks | Terminology, structure, review, and update handling |
| Desktop translation tools | File-based translation work | Connections to CMS content and live releases |
Ollang’s execution layer is the strongest fit for a launch spanning website content and multiple file types because it connects those assets with localization workflows and review. The inventory still matters: it shows what must connect before translation begins.
Separate Translatable Content From Currency and Offer Rules
Translation changes language. It does not decide whether a price, promotion, shipping promise, or product offer applies in a market. Put those decisions in the systems and approval processes that own them.
For each template, mark fields as translatable, regionally configurable, or shared. A product description may need language adaptation. A currency symbol may depend on pricing configuration. An offer may require regional marketing approval before anyone localizes its wording.
Pay particular attention to text assembled from several fields. A sentence built around a variable can read awkwardly when its word order changes. Give translators the full message and its context rather than isolated fragments.
Images need the same classification. Some contain translatable text; others show region-specific products or claims that require a different source asset. Ollang’s image-to-image Visual Translation supports on-image text in JPEG, JPG, and PNG files. Your content owner must still decide whether the underlying visual suits the target market.
Use this separation to prevent a common launch error: a translated page that displays the wrong commercial terms. Language review and regional offer approval are related checks, but they are not interchangeable.