diff --git a/Documentation/SettingUpLanguages/Index.rst b/Documentation/SettingUpLanguages/Index.rst index b5252e5..42e4fde 100644 --- a/Documentation/SettingUpLanguages/Index.rst +++ b/Documentation/SettingUpLanguages/Index.rst @@ -6,16 +6,16 @@ Setting up languages ==================== -Languages are defined in the :ref:`site configuration ` -for each root page. When creating a new page on root level via TYPO3 backend, -a very basic site configuration is generated on the fly. It prevents immediate -errors due to missing configuration and can also serve as a starting point for -all further actions. +A site defines its languages in its +`site configuration `_. +When you create a page on the root level of the page tree, TYPO3 creates a +site configuration for it. This configuration has one language, English, as +the default language. Add the other languages of the website to it. .. _languages-site-management: -Sites module -============ +Adding languages in the Sites module +==================================== Add the languages of a site in the :guilabel:`Sites > Setup` module, on the :guilabel:`Languages` tab of the site configuration. @@ -24,16 +24,14 @@ Add the languages of a site in the :guilabel:`Sites > Setup` module, on the :alt: The Languages tab of a site configuration with three languages :class: with-shadow - A site with English as the default language, Español, and Arabic + A site with English as the default language, Español, and العربية .. tip:: - Detailed information on how to extend the site configuration - with additional languages can be found in the - :ref:`site handling documentation - `. + `Adding languages `_ + in TYPO3 Explained describes the properties of a language. -Once you have defined at least one additional language, you can translate -pages and content. The :guilabel:`Content > Records` module shows the +As soon as a site has a second language, you can translate its pages and +content. The :guilabel:`Content > Records` module shows the translations of a page in the languages that you check in its language menu, at the top right of the module. For each of these languages, it shows the following: