In a multilingual digital world, keeping your website content translated, consistent, and fresh can be a challenge.
That’s where Drupal’s AI-powered translation modules come in.
With the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs), Drupal developers now have access to powerful tools that make content translation faster and easier.
Two key modules that streamline AI-based translation in Drupal are:
Let’s explore both:
AI translate module
The AI Translate module is part of the AI module suite and integrates directly with Drupal’s content translation system, which allows content editors to generate translations for nodes using AI providers (like OpenAI or others) with a single click.
Key features:
Configuration
Prerequisites:
Enable modules:
Steps:
AI TMGMT Module
The AI TMGMT (Translation Management) module serves as an AI-based translator plugin for the Translation Management Tool (TMGMT) project. It leverages the AI module to support a wide range of providers, including OpenAI, Ollama, and other paid or free/local options. This ensures you can always access the latest, most cost-effective models for accurate and automated content translation.
Key Features:
Configuration
Enable Modules:
Steps:
Once enabled, the module provides the Translation menu item in the navigation.
Now you are allowed to select multiple items from the list to translate together. You can see the title, columns for each language. Against each content, there are symbols under each language. The home symbol indicates original translation, the cross symbol represents no translation available for that language, and the green check implies there is translation available for that particular language.
You can view the translation status of each content in the job items page and the status of each group of translation in the jobs page.
From here, you can manage or review the translations and complete them as appropriate.
If you want to avoid the process of review of translations, you can enable the Auto accept finished translations field in admin/tmgmt/translators/manage/ai?destination=/admin/tmgmt/translators
Conclusion
Drupal’s AI-powered translation modules, AI Translate and AI TMGMT, bring speed, flexibility, and scalability to multilingual content workflows. Whether you’re translating a single node on the fly or managing complex, large-scale translation jobs, these tools empower site editors and administrators to harness the capabilities of modern AI models like OpenAI, Ollama, and more.
By integrating AI seamlessly into Drupal’s translation ecosystem, these modules help reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and deliver translated content faster without sacrificing editorial control.
As LLMs evolve, these tools will continue to grow, offering even more efficient and intelligent ways to manage multilingual experiences in Drupal.
Reference
https://www.drupal.org/project/ai_tmgmt
https://www.drupal.org/project/ai
https://project.pages.drupalcode.org/ai/1.1.x/modules/ai_translate/