Multilingual pages
Reach more visitors in their own language — translate pages and let readers switch on the live site
Atelier is multilingual: add a second language, translate your pages, and let visitors switch between them on the live site.
Add a language
First, add the language you want to publish in.
Open the System back-office
Go to Languages in the System back-office.
Add your second language
For Fernway Botanical Studio, that might be German alongside English. Once added, it becomes available to translate into.
Translate a page
With a second language available, open a page and translate it into that language. Atelier offers two modes:
- Symmetric translation shares the source page's layout, so only the words change. The German page mirrors the English page's structure — you just swap the text.
- Asymmetric translation gives the translation its own independent layout. You can let it diverge from the source — a different hero, an extra section for a local promotion — or bring it back in line with the source when you want them to match.
Translations follow the same promise as everything else: the agent proposes and previews, and the page goes live only when you click Publish.
Each language publishes on its own
Every language keeps its own draft. Publishing the German page puts only the German changes live — an English draft you're still working on stays a draft until you publish it in English.
Translate a block
Reusable blocks translate the same way. Open the block, pick a language from the language menu, and translate its words. A block translation always keeps the source block's layout, and every page that uses the block shows it in the visitor's language.
Switching languages on the live site
Once your site has more than one language, a language switcher appears in the site header — visitors tap a language code (e.g. EN / DE) to move between languages, landing on the same page in the language they choose. On a single-language site the switcher stays hidden; it lights up automatically the moment you add a second language.
Tip
Start with symmetric translation when you just need the same page in another language — it's the least work. Reach for asymmetric only when a language really needs its own layout.