# Simple translation The simple_translation module provides a user interface that allows users to copy pages and translatable snippets into another language. - Copies are created in the source language (not translated) - Copies of pages are in draft status Content editors need to translate the content and publish the pages. #### NOTE Simple Translation is optional. It can be switched out by third-party packages. Like the more advanced [`wagtail-localize`](https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail-localize). ## Basic configuration Add `"wagtail.contrib.simple_translation"` to `INSTALLED_APPS` in your settings file: ```python INSTALLED_APPS = [ ... "wagtail.contrib.simple_translation", ] ``` Run `python manage.py migrate` to create the necessary permissions. In the Wagtail admin, go to settings and give some users or groups the “Can submit translations” permission. ## Page tree synchronization Depending on your use case, it may be useful to keep the page trees in sync between different locales. You can enable this feature by setting `WAGTAILSIMPLETRANSLATION_SYNC_PAGE_TREE` to `True`. ```python WAGTAILSIMPLETRANSLATION_SYNC_PAGE_TREE = True ``` When this feature is turned on, every time an editor creates a page, Wagtail creates an alias for that page under the page trees of all the other locales. For example, when an editor creates the page `"/en/blog/my-blog-post/"`, Wagtail creates an alias of that page at `"/fr/blog/my-blog-post/"` and `"/de/blog/my-blog-post/"`.