 configuring content language settings and translation goal configure language and translation settings for one or more content entity types see managing content structure for an overview of content entities to do this you must have at least two languages configured afterwards you will have a translate operation available for your content entities either as a tab or link when you are viewing or editing content or on content administration pages steps in the manage administrative menu navigate to configuration   region and language   content language and translation  under custom language settings  find the content entity types that should have customized language settings on your site check the box next to each one a section will appear below the list with settings for that entity type for each entity type you checked in the settings section below check the boxes for each entity subtype that should be translatable on your site if the entity type does not have subtypes there is just one check box for the entity type as a whole for each entity type or subtype select the default language  also if you want to have languages other than the default available when you create content check show language selector on create and edit pages  for each translatable type or subtype look through the list of fields for the type or subtype and verify that only the fields that should be translatable are checked for example you would probably want to translate a title field but you might not want to translate a start date field click save configuration when all of your changes are complete  