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# Multilingual Content

> Author, translate, and manage multilingual Digital Product Passport content across every market with tieback's English-first language tooling.

Global products require multilingual documentation. **tie*back*** provides a structured multilingual authoring model that lets brands manage translations for market-specific content, covering recycling guidance, disclaimers, and supplementary information, across all enabled languages.

## English-First Authoring

All Market Pack content is authored in **English (en-GB)** as the primary source language. English serves as the authoritative version from which all translations are derived.

This approach ensures:

* a single source of truth for content governance
* consistent quality across all language versions
* clear editorial accountability

## Adding Languages

Each Market Pack can support multiple languages. To enable a language for a market:

1. Open the Market Pack from the **Localisations** section.
2. Navigate to the **Languages & Formats** tab.
3. Add the desired language to the market's enabled languages list.

Once a language is enabled, it becomes available for translation across all content within that Market Pack, including recycling guidance, disclaimers, and supplementary content.

## Translation Workflow

**tie*back***

supports two translation approaches:

### Automated Translation

For rapid multilingual deployment, **tie*back*** integrates with professional-grade machine translation services. Automated translations can be generated for any enabled language with a single action, providing a strong starting point that can be refined as needed.

### Manual Translation

For brands that require precise editorial control, the translation interface provides a **side-by-side editing experience**:

* The **source panel** displays the English original as a read-only reference
* The **translation panel** provides an editable field for the target language
* Changes are saved per content entry, per language

Manual translations take precedence over automated translations and are preserved across subsequent automated translation runs.

## Translation Status

Each content entry displays a clear status indicator:

| Status              | Meaning                                                                      |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Auto-translated** | Content has been translated automatically and has not been manually reviewed |
| **Not translated**  | No translation exists for this language                                      |

These indicators help editorial teams quickly identify content that needs attention.

## External Links

External links, such as references to local recycling authorities or regulatory bodies, are part of the translatable content model. This allows brands to provide region- and language-appropriate source links. For example, a German Market Pack might link to a German-language recycling authority page when viewed in German, and an English-language equivalent when viewed in English.

## Content Integrity

The multilingual model is designed to preserve content integrity:

* **Formatting is preserved**: Markdown formatting, line breaks, and list structures are maintained across translations.
* **Manual overrides are protected**: automated translation runs do not overwrite manually edited translations.
* **Source content governs**: the English original remains the canonical version. Translations supplement but do not replace the source.

## Related Docs

* [Market Packs](/localisations/market-packs)
* [Localisations Overview](/localisations/overview)
* [Consumer Experience](/passports/consumer-experience)