Brief Overview
The My Languages page lets you manage all languages available for your WalkMe content. From this page, you can define the source language, add additional languages, and manage translation settings across your account.
Available actions:
- Add a new language: Define the display name, short identifier, and visibility in the WalkMe Menu
- Enable machine translation: Automatically translate supported content through AWS Auto Translate
- Edit or delete existing languages: Update details or remove languages you no longer need
Access
You can access the My Languages page from the Multi-Language app in the WalkMe Console.
Multi-Language
How It Works
The first language used in the WalkMe Editor becomes the source language for all WalkMe items, the WalkMe Menu, and general settings.
The source language appears at the top of the My Languages page. The status panel displays the total number of configured languages and translated words.
ISO standard
WalkMe uses the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) language codes to identify languages consistently.
If any languages are not using ISO codes, a button appears next to those languages and in the top-right corner of the page, allowing you to migrate them to the ISO standard.
Multi-Language ISO Standard
Create a new language
To add a new language:
- Select + Add Language
- Select a language from the ISO standard list
- Once you select the language, the language identification fields are added automatically
- Enter a Display Name
- Enter a Custom Identifier (short name)
- Optional: Turn on any additional settings you want to apply
- Select Create Language
Note
The Custom Identifier (short name) must contain only alphanumeric characters and hyphens. It is used for Auto-Toggle and Language Push (API).
Language settings
Language settings control how a language behaves across WalkMe.
- Check I want to import translations from another language to copy and import translations from another language
- Turn on Show in WalkMe menu to show the language in the menu
- Turn on Machine Translation to use automated machine translation
Manage languages
To edit or delete a language:
- Select the language from the my My Languages list
- Open the Options menu
- Select Edit Language and update details, or
- Select Delete
Warning
Deleting a language permanently removes all translations for that language and cannot be undone.
Machine Translation
Machine Translation automatically translates supported content using AWS Auto Translate.
You can translate:
- All content (supported languages only), or
- Manually per item from the Translations page
Note
- To use Machine Translation, the source language must be set to English (ISO)
- Automated translations are provided for convenience, and WalkMe does not guarantee the accuracy of translated content
Enable Machine Translation
- Select the source language
- Set English as the default language
- Select Save changes
- Select a supported language
- Turn on Machine Translation
- Choose All content or Manually per item
- All content is offered for all languages supported by AWS and SAP
- Select Save Changes or Create Language
Manually per item
If you enabled Machine Translation – Manually per item, follow these steps to translate specific WalkMe items individually.
- Go to the Translations page
- Select the item you want to translate
- Select Auto-Translate
- Select Save Changes
Translations
Technical Notes
- Language deletion cannot be reversed
- Machine Translation is supported only from English (ISO) to selected languages
- Machine Translation - All content is available only for languages supported by AWS and SAP
