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Setting up languages
====================

Languages are defined in the :ref:`site configuration <t3coreapi:sitehandling>`
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 <https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:sitehandling>`_.
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.
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: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
<t3coreapi:sitehandling-addingLanguages>`.
`Adding languages <https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:sitehandling-addinglanguages>`_
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:
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