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Translate a page

If your buyers, students or visitors think in another language, a translated page is the warmest welcome you can give them - and the kind of job that sits on a to-do list for years. On a bernard-hosted site it’s one ask.

The prompt

“Translate my [name of the page] page into [the language] and add it as a new page, linked from the original - keep names, prices and addresses exactly as they are.”

Signed in, Get my prompt fills in your site for you. Otherwise press Copy and fill in the [bracketed] parts. First time? Connect your AI to bernard once: Use your own AI (opens in a new tab).

How it works

  1. Connect bernard to your AI (once). Log in to bernard, open your site, go to Use your own AI, and paste the setup prompt into your AI to connect it - a one-time setup.
  2. Paste it into your AI - ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, whichever you already use - then ask in your own words, or use the prompt below.
  3. Approve. The AI sends back a preview link. Check the new page and the link between the two versions, press Approve, and it’s live.

Tell the AI who the page is for - formal or familiar address matters in many languages - and it will choose the right register, not just the right words.

Questions people ask

How do I add a translated version of a page to my website?
If your site is hosted with bernard, ask your AI - ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini - to translate the page and add it as a new page with a link between the two. You see both on a preview, and nothing goes live until you press Approve.
Can I check the translation if I don’t speak the language well?
Ask the AI to translate it back into English so you can compare, or send the preview link to a friend who speaks the language - the preview is a real page anyone can look at before you approve.
Will the translated page show up in searches in that language?
It can - it’s a real page on your site, so ask the AI to give it a translated title and description too. The AI preserves your site’s search-engine metadata when it edits, and a full year of history means you can remove or redo it any time.

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