How to Manage Language and Translation for Your Website and Apps

Introduction

Unlock the power of global reach with Muvi's Language and Translation feature. Say goodbye to language barriers and cater to a diverse audience effortlessly. By adding multiple languages, you can translate the content of your streaming website and/or app into different languages. When your end-users select their preferred language on your website and/or app, they can see the content in their preferred language.

Muvi's intelligent auto-detection feature detects the user's location and displays the content in their native language, creating a personalized experience that resonates. You have full control over which languages to enable or disable, making it easy to customize your streaming platform according to your target audience.

Unlike unreliable auto-translation methods, Muvi empowers you with manual translation capabilities. You can trust that every word is accurately translated, as you can verify and rectify any translations. You are no longer relying on the Google Chrome browser for inconsistent results.

Note: To view the list of languages that we support, click here.

How to Add a Language

To add a new language, navigate to “Settings” -->” Language & Translation” in the Dashboard.
Click on the “Language” tab. You can see the “English” language only.
Click on “Add Language” to add a new language.
Search and select the language from the drop-down and click on “Save”.
Repeat the process to add multiple languages.
Once the language is added, you see the "Language Drop-down" in the top right corner of the Dashboard, and you can also view the “Language Button” on the website.
The end-users can click on the language button to select their preferred language.

How to Make a Language Primary

After adding multiple languages, you can make one language the primary language. By default, “English” is selected as the primary language.

To make a language primary, navigate to “Settings” -->” Language & Translation” in the Dashboard.
Click on the “Language” tab.
“English” is selected as the primary language by default
On the left-hand side of a language (that you want to make as primary), click on the “Star Icon”,
When asked for confirmation, click on “Proceed” to make that language the primary language.
Once a language is set as a primary language, your website content will be changed to that language automatically (if already translated).
You can change your primary language to any other language at any time.

Disable/Enable Language from the Dashboard

You can disable any language from the CMS. Once the language is disabled, it will not be available on the front end. Again, if you wish, you can enable the language and it will be visible on the front end.

To disable a language, navigate to “Settings” -->” Manage Language” in the CMS.
Click on the “Languages” tab.
On the right-hand side of a language, click on the toggle button to disable a language.
The language will be disabled.
When you visit the website, the language will not be displayed when you click on the language button.
Again, if you want to enable the language, click on the toggle button.

How to Map a Language to a Specific Country

When you add a language, it is by default mapped to all countries. However, a language can be mapped to one or more countries. For example, if you map “Hindi” to India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, then Hindi will be only visible to the end-users in these countries when they click on the language button on the website. The Hindi language will not be visible to the end-users of other countries.

To map a language to specific countries, navigate to “Settings” -->” Language & Translation” in the Dashboard.
Click on the “Language” tab.
Under the “Mapped to country” column, on the right-hand side of a language, click on the “Pen Icon”.
Under “Edit Country Mapping”, you can see all the countries on the left side.
Click on a country that you want to map for the language, and then click on the “>>” icon.
The country will be mapped and will be shown under the "Mapped Country".
Repeat the process to map multiple countries.
Click on “Save”. The countries will be mapped with the language.
To unmap a country, click on the country under “Mapped Country” and click on the “<<” icon.
Then, click on “Save”.

How to Do the Translation (Manually)

You translate the content of your website/app manually in the Muvi Dashboard. There are different categories like “General”, “Player”, Monetization”, “Audio”, “Mobile & TV”, and “Custom”. For each group, you can do the translation manually.

To translate the content of a specific “Category”, navigate to “Settings” -->” Language & Translation” in the Dashboard.
Click on the "Translation" tab.
Select the "Language" in which you want to do the translation from the "Language Drop-Down" in the Dashboard.
On the left-hand side, click on a “Category” to translate it (e.g., General, Player, Website, etc.)
The original content is available in English on the left-hand side.
To translate the content, copy
Go to “Google.com” and type in “English” in the language you want to translate. For example, if you want to translate from “English” to “Arabic”, then type “English to Arabic”.
Paste the content you copied from the Dashboard into Google Translate.
Then copy the translated content from the Google translator and paste it on the Dashboard.
Repeat this process for all the content in that group.
Then select another group and follow the same process to translate the texts for the group.
When the end-users select the language on your website, they can see the translated text.

How to Do the Custom Translation

If you want to translate any text/sentence that is not present in the “Groups” (i.e., “General”, “Player”, Monetization”, “Audio”, “Mobile & TV”), then you can use the “Custom” translation for that text/sentence.

To do the custom translation, navigate to “Settings” -->” Language & Translation” in the Dashboard.
Click on the "Translation" tab.
Select the “Language” from the Dashboard language drop-down menu.
Click on the “Custom” tab.
Type the “Text”/ “Sentence” that you want to translate in the “Original (English)” text box.
Copy the text/sentence from the CMS.
Paste it into Google Translate.
Copy the translated text/sentence from Google Translate.
Paste the translated text/sentence in the “Translation” text box in the Dashboard.
Click on “Save”.
You do it for multiple texts and/or sentences.
When the end-users select the language on your website, they can see the translated text.

How to Do the Translation Using the Export and Import Feature

You can also do the translation using the “Export” and “Import” method. This method can save you time and effort from the manual translation process. At a time, you can do the translation of all the groups.

To do the translation using the “Export” and “Import” methods, navigate to “Settings” -->” Language & Translation” in the Dashboard.
Click on the "Translation" tab.
Select the “Language” from the “Language Drop-Down” in the Dashboard in which you want to translate your content.
Click on “Export” in the Dashboard.
All the text and sentences will be exported in XLSX.
You can do all the translations in the XLSX sheet and save them. You can even send this sheet to someone (like freelancers) to do the translation for you.
Once all the translations have been completed, you can import them to the Dashboard.
To import the XLSX sheet, click on the 3 dots (next to “Export”) in the Dashboard.
Click on “Import”.
Click on the folder icon to browse and upload the XLXS sheet, or you can drag and drop the sheet on the folder icon.
Click on “Import”.
All the translations will be imported to the Dashboard at once.

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