 working with languages and translations what text can be translated in your site  there are three types of text that can be translated content blocks content items etc can be written in english or another language and can be translated into additional languages see managing content structure to learn more about content many configuration items also include text that can be translated default configuration provided by your site s software is provided in english you can also download communityprovided translations see managing and deploying configuration to learn more about configuration user interface text that is provided by the core software your install profile themes and modules is provided in english but can be translated into other languages you can also download translations that communitymembers have provided working with languages overview the core language module lets you add new languages to your site provides the language switcher block and provides the ability to configure block visibility by language the block and block visibility settings are only available if you have multiple languages configured the core content translation configuration translation and interface translation modules let you translate content configuration and the builtin user interface respectively the core update manager module manages automatic downloads of communityprovided translations of default configuration and userinterface text see the related topics listed below for specific tasks  