Webflow Localization

Maintaining a Localized Site

Overview
Known Localization Limitations & Bugs
001
Supported Languages
010
Tips & Techniques
Choosing the Right Locales
100
Localizing an Already-Localized Site
101
Localizing Dates
102
Localizing CMS Option Fields
103
Localizing Numbers & Currencies
104
Locale-Specific Styles & Code
105
Maintaining a Localized Site
106
Locale-Specific Pages & Sections
107
Localizing Form Success & Error Messages
107
Locale Switcher
The Locale List Element
401
Build a Dropdown Locale Switcher
402
Add Flags to the Locale Switcher
403
Add Localized Locale Names to the Locale Switcher
404
Make the Locale Switcher Responsive & Visible in your Nav
405
Advanced Localization
Splitting Locales by ccTLD
801
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Published
January 24, 2024
Updated
January 24, 2024
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Limitations

  • No automated translation support
  • No "Editor" support for translation
  • All translation requires some form of Designer access

Possible Solution

I haven’t tested it, but on 2024-Jan-24 Webflow announced that translation was added to “Editor Mode”, which refers to the editor role in the designer.

You might be able to set it up as follows;

  • Client-owned free workspace
  • Site in that workspace, running on the appropriate plan + localization
  • You invited as a guest
  • Site configured so that the client has a Site access role of “Can edit”
  • Your invited account has “Site admin”

This should hopefully give you the basic setup you’re looking for. You can design, the client can edit and translate, they are paying for the site.

Alternately, you can use your own CC and bill them, but… that get weird if they uninvite you from the workspace. I guess you’d call support to have your CC removed?

Obviously it’s not super easy to set this up- likely you’d have to create the account for them, and setup the hosting for them which mean them trusting you with their Google login and credit card info, or else them learning how to do it themselves through video tutorials you create.

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