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# Channel Translation

## Localization

This page is the first section in the navbar in the category ***translation*** at the left of the page.

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## What does channel translation do?

When this setting is enabled for a specific channel, any message in this channel that is not in the language defined by the configuration will be translated to the target language.

## Translate a new channel

To translate a new channel, you need to click on ***Add a Configuration*** button.

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You see a popup that accepts different parameters

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* ***CHANNEL***: the channel where messages that are not in the target language will be caught and translated.
* ***SENDING CHANNEL***: the channel where the translation will be sent.
* ***LANGUAGE***: the language where the message will be translated.

You can see more options by clicking on the ***OPTIONS***.&#x20;

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These options accept different parameters

* ***STYLE:*** the style of the message, if the translation will be sent in embed, in a webhook, or just like a regular message
* ***DELETE MESSAGE:*** if the language of the message sent by the user is different than the ***Language*** option, the message will be deleted.
* ***DELETE TRANSLATION:*** the bot will delete his translation after a time that depends on the length of the translation (0.13 seconds per character).
* ***TRANSLATE BOT:*** even if the message is sent by a bot, the bot will translate the message if the language doesn't correspond to the target language.
* ***ALWAYS SEND:*** even if the message is in the same language as the LANGUAGE option, the bot will translate the message.

{% hint style="info" %}
These parameters can be left blank.
{% endhint %}

Once you have made your configuration, you must click on the ***Save*** button on the popup. You will now see the new configuration that you have added, to post your configurations, follow[ this instruction](#save-configurations).

## Save configurations

When you have configured all the channels that you want to be translated, don't forget to save your configuration!

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