{"id":2951,"date":"2023-09-27T16:33:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T13:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finland.wordcamp.org\/2023\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2023-09-27T16:33:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T13:33:42","slug":"discover-weglot-the-best-way-to-translate-a-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finland.wordcamp.org\/2023\/discover-weglot-the-best-way-to-translate-a-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Weglot, the best way to translate a website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\">This is a post from our Gold Sponsor Weglot. Learn more from them at the end of this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weglot is a leading\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/weglot.com\/integrations\/wordpress-translation-plugin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WordPress multilingual plugin<\/a>\u00a0that allows you to launch a translated website instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It detects, translates and displays the content of your website in minutes, removing the pain of having to manage multiple websites for multiple markets. Get a fast first layer of neural machine translation from leading translation providers which you can then easily edit yourself, add your teammates to make edits or order professional translations through the Weglot Dashboard. 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