digitalpulsebe/craft-multi-translator

Translate content of elements using the external services

2.16.0 2025-07-04 12:21 UTC

Requires

• craftcms/cms: ^5.0.0-alpha.1
• deeplcom/deepl-php: ^1.5
• google/cloud-translate: ^1.16

proprietary

README

Translate your site content using Deepl, Google Translate or ChatGPT

Requirements

This plugin requires Craft CMS 4 or Craft CMS 5

Installation

You can install this plugin from the Plugin Store or with Composer.

From the Plugin Store

Go to the Plugin Store in your project’s Control Panel and search for “Multi Translator”. Then press “Install”.

With Composer

Open your terminal and run the following commands:

composer require digitalpulsebe/craft-multi-translator -w && php craft plugin/install multi-translator

when using DDEV:

ddev composer require digitalpulsebe/craft-multi-translator -w && ddev exec php craft plugin/install multi-translator

Translation Services

For now, we support these API services:

• Deepl - Create your account at Deepl to get an API Key
  • with support for Glossaries
• Google Cloud Translation - Create an API key in your Cloud Console
• OpenAI (ChatGPT) - Create an API key in at OpenAI

Roadmap

Please let us now which API's and features are desired for this plugin!

Plugin Settings

Configure options in the Craft control panel settings

Permissions

For non-admin users, enable permissions under the 'Multi Translator' section:

• 'Manage settings'
  • this will allow CMS users to enter an API key an edit general settings
• 'Translate Content'
  • enables the element actions to translate one-by-one
• 'Translate Content in bulk (element action)'
  • enables the bulk actions to translate one-by-one

Supported field types

• craft\fields\PlainText
• craft\fields\Table
• craft\redactor\Field
• craft\ckeditor\Field
• verbb\vizy\fields\VizyField
• craft\fields\Matrix (recursive)
• benf\neo\Field (recursive)
• verbb\supertable\fields\SuperTableField (recursive)
• lenz\linkfield\fields\LinkField
• verbb\hyper\fields\HyperField
• nystudio107\seomatic\fields\SeoSettings
• ether\seo\fields\SeoField

Usage

There are two ways to trigger a translation.

Translate one-by-one

1. Navigate to the entry on the desired source site/language.
2. Use the buttons in the sidebar and select the target language.

(you can reverse this flow by setting the default direction in the configuration)

Translate in bulk

1. Navigate to overview of entries you want to get translated.
2. Select the entries in the source language.
3. Use the 'Translate to' dropdown in the actions bar and choose the target language
4. A queue job will be started

Manage Glossaries

When using DeepL API, you can add a glossary for supported language pairs. When translating, the plugin will search a glossary for the appropriate source and target language. There can only be one glossary for each language pair.

Extending with events

You can add your own logic by listening to these events:

The beforeElementTranslation event

Example:

use digitalpulsebe\craftmultitranslator\events\ElementTranslationEvent;
use digitalpulsebe\craftmultitranslator\services\TranslateService;

Event::on(
    TranslateService::class,
    TranslateService::EVENT_BEFORE_ELEMENT_TRANSLATION,
    function (ElementTranslationEvent $event) {
        $sourceElement = $event->sourceElement;
        $sourceSite = $event->sourceSite;
        $targetSite = $event->targetSite;
    
        if ($sourceSite->handle == 'disabledSite') {
            $event->isValid = false; // cancel translation for this scenario
        }
    }
);

The afterElementTranslation event

Example:

use digitalpulsebe\craftmultitranslator\events\ElementTranslationEvent;
use digitalpulsebe\craftmultitranslator\services\TranslateService;
use digitalpulsebe\craftmultitranslator\MultiTranslator;

Event::on(
    TranslateService::class,
    TranslateService::EVENT_AFTER_ELEMENT_TRANSLATION,
    function (ElementTranslationEvent $event) {
        $event->targetElement->slug = MultiTranslator::getInstance()->translate->translateText(
            $event->sourceSite->language,
            $event->targetSite->language,
            $event->sourceElement->slug
        );
    }
);

The beforeFieldTranslation event

Example:

use digitalpulsebe\craftmultitranslator\events\FieldTranslationEvent;
use digitalpulsebe\craftmultitranslator\services\TranslateService;

Event::on(
    TranslateService::class,
    TranslateService::EVENT_BEFORE_FIELD_TRANSLATION,
    function (FieldTranslationEvent $event) {
        if ($event->field->handle == 'fieldTable') {
            $event->isValid = false; // cancel translation for this field
        }
    }
);

The afterFieldTranslation event

Example:

use digitalpulsebe\craftmultitranslator\events\FieldTranslationEvent;
use digitalpulsebe\craftmultitranslator\services\TranslateService;

Event::on(
    TranslateService::class,
    TranslateService::EVENT_AFTER_FIELD_TRANSLATION,
    function (FieldTranslationEvent $event) {
        if ($event->field->handle == 'body') {
            $event->translatedValue = 'CUSTOM VALUE';
        }
    }
);